Have you ever felt like you needed to go to the bathroom but there is none around? Now have you ever been potty training and felt like you had to go poop but there was none around? Ok Ok if you are reading this most likely you cannot remember that far back so have you ever had a child potty training who had to go poop and was in regular undies and you were at a store looking for a digital camera and there was only one person running the whole story so the service was slow?
Today Samuel was being a big boy and wore his big boy undies to Church, then to eat, and to Radio Shack. Half way through he finally could not hold it any longer (since he was holding it since Church but would never go there). He needed to go poo but mommy was spending too much time "talking with the man" as he said. He was such a big boy though and held it until we were done buying our new camera to take pictures of the new baby when he comes in a few days. Mommy finally stopped talking to the man and we were able to leave but without Samuel and Andy spotting a giant robot and trying to buy it. Luckily they decided on their own that Santa could buy it for them instead.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
"No"
Lately Andy's favorite word has been "no." In fact he has started to just go around and say "no" for no apparent reason at all. People can call Samuel whatever they want and he will make sure they know his name is Samuel and not that. Well today I said something to Samuel and he replied back with "My name is Samuel" and of course Andy replied "No." So Samuel made sure Andy knew that his name was Samuel but Andy replied "No." Samuel got so upset and started to cry and said "I want to be Samuel Daddio." For some reason Andy already knows what buttons to push on his big brother to make him upset.
Later in the car trip to Church Andy was holding his "My First Bible" and Samuel asked Andy if he is going to learn about Jesus and of course Andy replied "No" just to say no, so Samuel made sure Andy knew that we go to Church to learn about Jesus.
Later in the car trip to Church Andy was holding his "My First Bible" and Samuel asked Andy if he is going to learn about Jesus and of course Andy replied "No" just to say no, so Samuel made sure Andy knew that we go to Church to learn about Jesus.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Going to Sesame Street
Today on base we had Sesame Street come and visit. So we all packed up and went to see Elmo and Cookie Monster (Big bird was sick) live. Actually Big Bird is not a main character on Sesame Street anymore yesterday's episode and the one before ever showed him and most don't. I am a Sesame Street expert :o).
Anyway Samuel hates real life characters like giant Elmos or Cows handing balloons were as Andy will go up to them and give them a big hug and kiss while Samuel cries in clinging to Mommy's leg. So to help out we brought our neighbor boys while their parents went to an MFE (Army for Mandatory Fun Event). So Samuel wanted to be brave and he did not cry but was kind of reluctant to go into the area at first.
Anyway the boys had a blast and the dad next to me with his 8 month old son, who was looking at me the whole time, looked like he was at an MFE too.
Anyway I asked some totally random stranger if they could email me some of the pictures they took since I forgot my camera and below is one they sent me. Enjoy.
Anyway Samuel hates real life characters like giant Elmos or Cows handing balloons were as Andy will go up to them and give them a big hug and kiss while Samuel cries in clinging to Mommy's leg. So to help out we brought our neighbor boys while their parents went to an MFE (Army for Mandatory Fun Event). So Samuel wanted to be brave and he did not cry but was kind of reluctant to go into the area at first.
Anyway the boys had a blast and the dad next to me with his 8 month old son, who was looking at me the whole time, looked like he was at an MFE too.
Anyway I asked some totally random stranger if they could email me some of the pictures they took since I forgot my camera and below is one they sent me. Enjoy.
Shots
So today Andy had his 18 month well baby check up and immunization shots, anyway unlike fearless big brother Andy does not like doctors. Samuel on the other hand loves going to them and will show them anything and everything for them to check. I think it was because he had some really cute nurses when he was in the hospital for 2 days in Columbia and he wanted to show off. :o)
Anyway back to Andy, after the check up, which he did not like, I asked him in an excited voice if he was ready to get his shots and he replied "Yeah!" I think he was wanting to just get out of the doctors office more than anything. Well on our way there people would stop and look at him and his little strut he has and ask him where he was going. He would reply "Shots!" If they asked if he liked shots he would reply "Yeah" and throw his hands in the air for excitement.
When we finally got to the shot area they asked who was getting shots today and Andy replied "Eeee!" which means me in 18 month old talk. So I asked him if he was excited about getting shots and off course he answered with a big smile on his face "Yeah" They thought it was the cutest thing in the world and he was so excited until I picked him up and set him on the bed and the nurse scooted up and trapped his legs. He looked at me like what in the world is going on with the "are you on their side?" look since I was holding down his hands. They stuck him 3 times and he cried but when it was all over I asked him again "Andy do you still like shots?" and with a sad face and a slow voice he answered "Yeeeaaah."
Anyway back to Andy, after the check up, which he did not like, I asked him in an excited voice if he was ready to get his shots and he replied "Yeah!" I think he was wanting to just get out of the doctors office more than anything. Well on our way there people would stop and look at him and his little strut he has and ask him where he was going. He would reply "Shots!" If they asked if he liked shots he would reply "Yeah" and throw his hands in the air for excitement.
When we finally got to the shot area they asked who was getting shots today and Andy replied "Eeee!" which means me in 18 month old talk. So I asked him if he was excited about getting shots and off course he answered with a big smile on his face "Yeah" They thought it was the cutest thing in the world and he was so excited until I picked him up and set him on the bed and the nurse scooted up and trapped his legs. He looked at me like what in the world is going on with the "are you on their side?" look since I was holding down his hands. They stuck him 3 times and he cried but when it was all over I asked him again "Andy do you still like shots?" and with a sad face and a slow voice he answered "Yeeeaaah."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Baseball
So to get out of the dog house with Grand Parents and Great Grand Parents, Cousins, Aunts, Great Aunts, Friends, and a few people I barely know; I am posting a short 4 minute video of my boys playing baseball for your enjoyment. Keep an eye out for Samuel's reaction to the bugs in the grass after he hits the ball. I hope you all enjoy.
EDITED: for some reason the video did not properly upload so I did it again. Hopefully it will work this time.
EDITED: for some reason the video did not properly upload so I did it again. Hopefully it will work this time.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
I'm in Trouble
Ok I just thought I would let everyone know that I have not died. I have been getting a few emails lately about not posting for almost 2 weeks now. I just thought I would let you know that I will be playing catch up tonight.
Rusty
Rusty
Friday, August 8, 2008
What Phrase Are You Famous For?
So yesterday Anndea asked Samuel "If babies say 'waaaa' then what do Andys say?" And he replied "binkie" (slang for pacifier). She laughed because I have been working on getting him to stop using it, which lately he has become very attached to. So she continued and asked "So what do Daddios say?" And he quickly replied "I am going to check my email." The she decided to ask the finally question, "What do Mommies say?" And he said in a stern voice "Talk!"
She thought it was funny but could not figure out what "talk" meant, but when she told it to me I just laughed and she asked why it was so funny and I replied "Because you always say 'Samuel Mommy and Daddio are talking.'" When she gets home she wants to tell me about her day while at the same time Samuel wants to tell her about his, so she is trying to get him to take turns.
So who wants to share what phrase they are famous for? If you do not know ask a little kid who is around you a lot.
She thought it was funny but could not figure out what "talk" meant, but when she told it to me I just laughed and she asked why it was so funny and I replied "Because you always say 'Samuel Mommy and Daddio are talking.'" When she gets home she wants to tell me about her day while at the same time Samuel wants to tell her about his, so she is trying to get him to take turns.
So who wants to share what phrase they are famous for? If you do not know ask a little kid who is around you a lot.
My Other Woman
Early this morning while my wife was still home and I in bed, I received a two phone calls on my cell phone. As I got up to get it my wife was running down the hall to try to get to it before me but neither one was able to get to it before the voice mail kicked in. Anyway my wife asked me why my other woman was calling me so early in the morning.
When I was checking my voice mail the first call was an automated recording from our car dealer and the second was from a woman, Anndea's mom that is.
Just thought it was funny and thought I would share.
When I was checking my voice mail the first call was an automated recording from our car dealer and the second was from a woman, Anndea's mom that is.
Just thought it was funny and thought I would share.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Camping With the Boys
Again I have not forgotten about the pictures, they will becoming as soon as I can find the camera cord for the computer.
On Sunday the boys and I went camping with a friend of mine who has a son Samuel's age as well as an 11 year old. We were suppose to stay til Tuesday night but we got our heat wave for the year. It got up to 99 degrees. :o) Anyway the boys had a blast, after setting up camp Sunday evening we rented a boat for an hours and tried to knee board for about 40 minutes. Our goal was to get the boys to ride with us but Samuel did not want to. Andy had a blast though. He sat in the boat and had the biggest smile on his face as the wind blew past him. In fact when he would fall to the floor from hitting a wake from another boat he would just sit up and laugh. Samuel on the other hand did not like it when we started speeding up especially when I was on the knee board.
After that we went back to camp and cooked hotdogs over an open fire and then made smores. They were so excited because we were going to go fishing on Monday. Finally we got them to go to bed but it was so hot that Samuel, though fell asleep, he tossed and turned all night. Once they were asleep we had some wonderful beef ribs :o) and then through away the trash in the dumpster 50 yards away. Anyway, Andy on the other hand would not fall asleep in the tent and I had to eventually take him to the car and sit with him for about 20 minutes with the the AC running. Once he fell asleep I moved him into the tent but after about an hour someone rolled over and hit him and woke him up and he would not go back to sleep.
This is where all the fun began. I took him outside and walked around with him and then moved a chair into the shade of a tree and sat there with him for a little while, when all the sudden I heard something growl at me. It sounded like a bobcat, but I could not see anything in the trees around our camp site. You could hear Coyotes on the other side of the lake so I thought that maybe one had crossed over. When the thing growled at me again I jumped up and quickly moved behind the tent. The growling stopped but I could still hear ruffling every now and then from the trees.
Finally, some time around 1 or 2 AM Andy had fallen asleep so I decided we would sneak back into the tent but everyone else has spread out and were asleep, so I laid him down on the broken cot outside of the tent and sat in the chair beside it. It was still really hot so I went over to get a drink of water from the table but when I got about half way there (3 feet from the tent) what ever it was started to growl at me again. I quickly jumped back and picked up a nice and heavy metal rod and waited about 30 minutes then started to slowly move over to the table and got a drink. At about 3:30 AM I finally started to doze off and on because I thought whatever it was had left. Anyway on one of the head bobs something caught my eye. I quickly jumped up, heart beating 100 miles per hour, Andy still happily sleeping on the cot, and I looked over and there was this scruffy gray thing at the picnic table!
I immediately popped the pole into my hand and my wife saved my life. Literally if she did not give me that wedding ring the 6 foot tall monster would not have ran off. No really though when I lifted up the pole it tapped my ring and made a nice nose and scared the thing off. As the 8 foot tall glowing silver bigfoot started to re-enter the tree line the ground shook but everyone else was sleeping like babies. I ran towards the table to make sure the 12 foot giant gray haired lake monster was leaving and not just going around the tent. That was the last I heard or saw the escaped military experimental killer half human half werewolf thing.
About an hour Tim woke up to fix the tent so that bugs would not come in when he saw me standing outside of the tent. It scared him so I laughed and told him what had happened all night. He did not believe me but shortly afterwards the sun started to come up and we hear this big splash in the lake (20 feet away). The giant 2 headed fury lake monster finally gave up and decided to go back under before he melted from the sun light.
Anyway, at 5 in the morning it was still hot, non of our cloths had dried, and it was so humid the diaper bag felt like It had been dipped in the lake (who knows, the gigantic 3 headed mutated alien with spider legs could have taken it and dipped it in the water since it was close to the table).
To make a short story long, at 5 AM Tim was already starting to sweat again so we decided to call it a day before the boys over heated, and I would get in trouble for forgetting to put sun block on the boys, so we packed everything up and called our wives and ended the 3 day trip a little early on a happy note at Cracker Barrel. I personally think Tim just wanted to keep all my Reese's Whoppers for himself since they were in his ice box (not by the table though :o).
On Sunday the boys and I went camping with a friend of mine who has a son Samuel's age as well as an 11 year old. We were suppose to stay til Tuesday night but we got our heat wave for the year. It got up to 99 degrees. :o) Anyway the boys had a blast, after setting up camp Sunday evening we rented a boat for an hours and tried to knee board for about 40 minutes. Our goal was to get the boys to ride with us but Samuel did not want to. Andy had a blast though. He sat in the boat and had the biggest smile on his face as the wind blew past him. In fact when he would fall to the floor from hitting a wake from another boat he would just sit up and laugh. Samuel on the other hand did not like it when we started speeding up especially when I was on the knee board.
After that we went back to camp and cooked hotdogs over an open fire and then made smores. They were so excited because we were going to go fishing on Monday. Finally we got them to go to bed but it was so hot that Samuel, though fell asleep, he tossed and turned all night. Once they were asleep we had some wonderful beef ribs :o) and then through away the trash in the dumpster 50 yards away. Anyway, Andy on the other hand would not fall asleep in the tent and I had to eventually take him to the car and sit with him for about 20 minutes with the the AC running. Once he fell asleep I moved him into the tent but after about an hour someone rolled over and hit him and woke him up and he would not go back to sleep.
This is where all the fun began. I took him outside and walked around with him and then moved a chair into the shade of a tree and sat there with him for a little while, when all the sudden I heard something growl at me. It sounded like a bobcat, but I could not see anything in the trees around our camp site. You could hear Coyotes on the other side of the lake so I thought that maybe one had crossed over. When the thing growled at me again I jumped up and quickly moved behind the tent. The growling stopped but I could still hear ruffling every now and then from the trees.
Finally, some time around 1 or 2 AM Andy had fallen asleep so I decided we would sneak back into the tent but everyone else has spread out and were asleep, so I laid him down on the broken cot outside of the tent and sat in the chair beside it. It was still really hot so I went over to get a drink of water from the table but when I got about half way there (3 feet from the tent) what ever it was started to growl at me again. I quickly jumped back and picked up a nice and heavy metal rod and waited about 30 minutes then started to slowly move over to the table and got a drink. At about 3:30 AM I finally started to doze off and on because I thought whatever it was had left. Anyway on one of the head bobs something caught my eye. I quickly jumped up, heart beating 100 miles per hour, Andy still happily sleeping on the cot, and I looked over and there was this scruffy gray thing at the picnic table!
I immediately popped the pole into my hand and my wife saved my life. Literally if she did not give me that wedding ring the 6 foot tall monster would not have ran off. No really though when I lifted up the pole it tapped my ring and made a nice nose and scared the thing off. As the 8 foot tall glowing silver bigfoot started to re-enter the tree line the ground shook but everyone else was sleeping like babies. I ran towards the table to make sure the 12 foot giant gray haired lake monster was leaving and not just going around the tent. That was the last I heard or saw the escaped military experimental killer half human half werewolf thing.
About an hour Tim woke up to fix the tent so that bugs would not come in when he saw me standing outside of the tent. It scared him so I laughed and told him what had happened all night. He did not believe me but shortly afterwards the sun started to come up and we hear this big splash in the lake (20 feet away). The giant 2 headed fury lake monster finally gave up and decided to go back under before he melted from the sun light.
Anyway, at 5 in the morning it was still hot, non of our cloths had dried, and it was so humid the diaper bag felt like It had been dipped in the lake (who knows, the gigantic 3 headed mutated alien with spider legs could have taken it and dipped it in the water since it was close to the table).
To make a short story long, at 5 AM Tim was already starting to sweat again so we decided to call it a day before the boys over heated, and I would get in trouble for forgetting to put sun block on the boys, so we packed everything up and called our wives and ended the 3 day trip a little early on a happy note at Cracker Barrel. I personally think Tim just wanted to keep all my Reese's Whoppers for himself since they were in his ice box (not by the table though :o).
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Vacation Bible School
So today we had our Vacation Bible School at church and they originally was not going to have a class for young children under 5 years old but since four of the people working it had children under that age, a lady volunteered to teach the class. Anyway it turned out that we had 17 kids on that class! The teacher and Anndea had been talking and thought we would have more than 10.
Anyway the boys brought our neighbors and they all had a blast. The learned about Daniel and the lions den and interpreting dreams with the help of God, and about King Nebby. They got to play with play doe, make lions and much more.
Everyone in their class was full of energy, I have never understood why people give kids cookies half way through the day it just makes them crazy. And of course they had 2 snake breaks and after the first I thought we would never get the kids back down.
When I was in Wynewood doing youth ministry (we mainly had 3rd- 8th graders) I had figured the above out. You tell the kids if they are good they can have cookies once it is all done. The kids are the best angels in the world even the ADHD ones. Then about 15 minutes before the parents get there you give them the cookies and coke and the parents profusely apologizes for their children's behavior, even if you said they were great. :o) So moral of the story bribery with cookies is better than cash.
Now with Andy this does not work, once he sees a cookie or hears the word cookie he just throws a fit until he gets tired or gets one. Typically it is until he gets tired because he has not eaten all his chicken yet.
On a side note, the boys and I leave tomorrow to go camping for 2 nights so keep me in your prayers.
Anyway the boys brought our neighbors and they all had a blast. The learned about Daniel and the lions den and interpreting dreams with the help of God, and about King Nebby. They got to play with play doe, make lions and much more.
Everyone in their class was full of energy, I have never understood why people give kids cookies half way through the day it just makes them crazy. And of course they had 2 snake breaks and after the first I thought we would never get the kids back down.
When I was in Wynewood doing youth ministry (we mainly had 3rd- 8th graders) I had figured the above out. You tell the kids if they are good they can have cookies once it is all done. The kids are the best angels in the world even the ADHD ones. Then about 15 minutes before the parents get there you give them the cookies and coke and the parents profusely apologizes for their children's behavior, even if you said they were great. :o) So moral of the story bribery with cookies is better than cash.
Now with Andy this does not work, once he sees a cookie or hears the word cookie he just throws a fit until he gets tired or gets one. Typically it is until he gets tired because he has not eaten all his chicken yet.
On a side note, the boys and I leave tomorrow to go camping for 2 nights so keep me in your prayers.
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