Milking Adventures Spoof

I was so excited waiting to get home from the garage sale with her that I almost wet my pants (that could have something to do with the large Dr. Pepper from Sonic, but moving on...). Chad and Hayden don't see what a big deal this is. "Yes, Parker and Mommy, we know you like milk. Yes, we know it is going to give you milk." Don't they understand that we don't know anyone who owns a plastic milk cow? To them it is just natural that you go to a garage sale and come home with a plastic milk cow. Maybe it come from my genes, my mom likes to garage sale. (My grandmother collects roosters for her kitchen, maybe thats why I have been known to buy animals from garage sales in my day. Hmmm...)...

I could go on, but I won't. Love you Regina. We miss you and your family! Here is the real story...




Parker with his plastic milk cow.


Parker "drinking" the milk straight from the udders of the plastic milk cow.

Parker loves animals. It all started when DiGi got Parker some little plastic animals. A few months after that we went to a garage sale where we got some bigger plastic animals and Parker has such fun playing with them. He loves setting them up and using his imagination with them. After we saw Regina's milk cow we started looking at the plastic cow and talking about how a cows udders make milk, etc. Well, Parker has decided that he can get milk straight from the cows udders...literally.

So...how fast can we come to the farm, Regina, so he will know that is not EXACTLY how it works?

A little bit of Elvis lives in...

Parker!

When Parker is really happy that I have done something for him, found something he lost, etc. he says "THANK YOU MUCH!" I know he is missing the "very" but I still think it is super-cute!

For sale...

an adorable two year old boy. Some of his features include...

• Saying "stop it" and "go away".
• Hitting other kids at the park.
• Spitting on his brother.
• Screaming at everyone.
• Crying at the drop of a hat.
• Saying "Nooooooooooo"!
• Throwing things and then laughing.

****WARNING WARNING WARNING...YOU DON'T WANT THIS KID. HE IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS TERRIBLE TWOS! THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BY IMTYO (INSANE MOMS OF TWO YEAR OLDS). WARNING WARNING WARNING****

Learning new things...

Let me preface this post by saying we had a traumatic experience last year when Hayden went under water and it was extremely scary for all of us. That being said, we knew it was time for...

SWIMMING LESSONS!

Since our little accident, Hayden has been afraid of all water, but to be honest he has never really even liked water in his face during bath time so this stems back to the womb, I guess :). Today I was nervous because I know his water issues, but since I was paying money and we were timed, I wanted to get the most for our money.

This is what a 30 minute session looked like for us...

Miss Alicia: Do you want to come in the water with me?

Hayden got right in but after a minute...

Hayden: I don't want to get in the water (as he is in the water)
Miss Alicia: But you are already in the water.

Hayden: I don't want to get in the water

Miss Alicia: But, Hayden, you are already in the water.

Hayden: I want to get out.

The girl in black: Don't you want to learn to swim?

Hayden: No, I want my Mommy.

Me: Here I am Hayden, see, Mommy's taking your picture.

Then, I ended up putting my feet in the water and getting him to come sit beside me and...

he started splashing and Miss Alicia started splashing back and he didn't mind. Then she was letting him play with this rocket thing and she would let him throw it and she would go get it. Then she would make him get in the swimming pool (on the first step to get it), then she would make him stand on the next step and the next thing I knew...

he was holding on to her and they were in the middle of the swimming pool blowing bubbles.

I was so proud of that kid! He might as well have won an Olympic Medal...he did so good! You know, I don't know if he will learn to swim this summer but I just want him not to be afraid of the water so, if we can even accomplish that, I will be happy!

I look forward to our next time going to swimming lessons and I know he does, too.

Puppies...

Today as Parker and I were driving to pickup Hayden from school I told him that we would be going to lunch with Chad at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant (pronounced Pep-eees). Parker said, "puppies, pet, puppies, nice." I told him not puppy but Pepe's, a place where he could eat chips and dip. We never really talked about it with him again but I did tell Chad about it.

Tonight over dinner Chad asked Parker where we all went earlier today and he said, "Doggies."

You've got to love this age :)!