Tot School! Two weeks of fun!

These past two weeks of Tot-school have been a little haphazard but filled with lots of life-school if not much else! Hey- it's summer after all, so I can't feel too bad!

We did get in a few days of lessons though. We have specifically been working on our letters. We have been doing some of the projects off of the Totally Tots site for working through the alphabet. I usually introduce a new letter by using the Starfall site and then we do the project. R-Man had been pretty non-committal about most of the letters, but when we got to "C" he fell in love! He now points out Cs on EVERYTHING! It is so funny! And reassuring (phew... he is learning something)!

Here is the cat project we did for the letter C

Here are the dinosaur prints we did across the letter D

We spent a little bit of time at a local splash pad to try to escape the heat! R-Man never stopped running! Well, I shouldn't say that- he did stop running, but only to start dancing to the music that must just constantly be playing in his head! It was hysterical to watch!

(always on the go!)

R-Man also got to seem some relatives on daddy's side this past week- Auntie Barbara and Aunt Laurie (Grammy's Aunt and sister). They were both a total kick in the pants! Let's just say that wigs, do-rags (I am sure I am spelling that horribly wrong!), flipping backwards in reclining chairs, and chocolate candies called "Bear Poop" were involved, among other things that I dare not mention! Just see for yourself-

(do-rag!)

One of Auntie Barbara's new wigs- the whole family tried it on! Quite the site! Doesn't he look thrilled?!

Both boys in their new motorcycle shirts

Say cheese! I was tickling him, trying to get a real smile!

Getting tickled by Aunt Laurie!

Getting wrapped up like a burrito in his car mat by Aunt Laurie!

The final burrito!

Posing with Auntie Barbara

Auntie Barbara going for a ride in the recliner! The first thing she yelled was "Grab a camera!"

Holdin' Lion Cub! Does he look a little scared to you?!

And finally, some pics taken by R-Man himself!

Mama

Grammy & Lion Cub

Big Brother- takin' care of Lion Cub!

He may be 3, but R-Man really does amaze me sometimes by how caring he can be for his little brother!

Here he is just making sure that the sun isn't in Lion Cub's eyes!


And he loves giving kisses to his little bro! Lately he has really been wanting to pick him up and hold him, and although the picking Lion Cub up is out of the question, we have been trying to give him a chance to hold him more (which is difficult since Lion Cub screams most of the time!).

Here is a picture that R-Man took of me and Lion Cub- I didn't think it was half bad!


R-Man also had a chance to get away for a weekend with his Grammy & Pappy and his cousins a couple of weeks ago! They went to a local indoor water park attached to a hotel where they got to stay for the night, and they went to see Ice Age 3 (which he had been wanting to see since he saw a preview last summer!). To top it off, his cousin that was up from Texas got to stay with us for a night after they got back- he adores her and they had a lot of fun together!


Although R-Man has been acting up a little bit more in recent weeks than he did when Lion Cub first arrived, he is still doing pretty well considering that his whole world has been turned upside down, and much of it I can't attribute to anything more than him just being 3! He has also been craving a little more cuddle time with mom, which is hard to come by with a VERY fussy 6 week old (just like his brother!) but he has been having lots of wrestling time with dad and I have been trying to squeeze in the snuggles when I can (which is usually when I am not bouncing on the exercise ball with his brother!).

We love you R-Man and think you are a wonderful big brother! We look forward to the days when Lion Cub is more of a playmate for you, but for now just hang in there buddy! The time will come! And by the way- I LOVE your big blue eyes! You are beautiful!

Love,
Mama

Valuable to a 3-year-old!

The other day R-man wanted to take some pictures with my camera, which I said was fine since I was sitting right there! He proceeded to take pictures of some of his favorite things around the living room, which happened to include (at the time):

His Guitar

"Cars"

His Hoop

And of course.. his mama! (I can't believe I am posting this pic! But hey, he loves me!)