He's Quick

Bedtime.

Stories were done and Daddy had just finished getting his goodnight kiss from Declan (and the monkey's of course).

It was my turn so I stepped to his bedside and said "ready for my kisses" to which Declan replied "Well you've come to the right place."

They Be Buds

My guys had a great weekend. I worked Saturday and Sunday so it was just the boys all weekend. Makes me so happy when I can tell they both had a good time. Declan is more attentive to Daddy and tells me lots of stories (and I can follow most of it) about what they've been up to. Daddy is relaxed and also sharing little anecdotes about their day. 

Today they sat and watched an entire movie together. Declan asked LOTS of questions and they both laughed through the entire thing. They're buds.

If You Catch It, It's Everything

So as I wrote before, Declan has been taking pictures of his toys. I grabbed his phone and told him I was looking at his photos. I came across a cute one, a closeup of monkey.

"Awwww, you took a picture of money."

"Yup, and his bum." And Declan giggles.

"You took a picture of monkeys bum?"

"Yup."

So I swipe ahead to the next photo and it's all brown. Obviously a closeup of monkeys blanket part.

"Is this his bum?"

"Noooooooooo."

I then swipe back two photos and find another closeup of the blanket part of money but this time there is a little fold or crease in the fabric. I've gotta say, it's a little "bum"-like. 

"Is this money's bum?"

"Yeah!!" And the giggles commence.

This evening after I got in from work Declan was sitting on the couch having just finished snacking on some crackers. Daddy and I were busy talking about the day just as Daddy hands Declan his dinner plate. Amongst the busy of activity going on I catch Declan say "Thank you Daddy." 

Those three words in that moment said so much. We are very lucky.

Just Enjoy Him

After a night of little sleep because somebody came into our room at 1:30 and couldn't be quiet so he had to sleep in the spare room with me and he still was restless... He still woke me up at 5:30am. Not cool. So I brought him downstairs to his toys and TV and told him I needed to sleep on the couch while he played. I woke up after an hour to a happy kid with toys everywhere. The real surprise was when he told and then showed me that he carried his laundry downstairs while I was sleeping. Yup. There it was. He placed it properly and neatly at the bottom of the stairs. No more sleep for me.

On our way home from our excursion to the park we checked the mail. Some happy boy got mail from Grandma! Declan was so happy the package had his name on it.

More and More Entertaining

Declan was in a great mood today. He was happy, cooperative and loads of fun.

True story from this morning (sorry Declan, don't hate me later):

"Something's wrong with my business. Is it bigger? It hurts."

"Don't worry honey, it will go back."

We wait...

"Ok. It's better now."

Boys.

Later in the day while I was at work Daddy tells me that Declan was taking pictures of his toys.

I can't wait to snag his phone tomorrow to see how they look.

After snapping pictures he was watching videos of me on his phone and he says "so long Suckers!" 

Need be afraid??

Formalities

Daddy picked Declan up from Kelly's today. The report is that Declan sat on the potty two times. He didn't "use it" but he did try it out. Kelly told Declan that if he used the potty like a big boy then she would call Mommy or Daddy and then perhaps he'd get a special treat. He has decided he'd like that treat to be Lego. Now we wait.

On the drive home Declan was getting annoyed because Daddy wasn't getting around the other cars (rules of the road are not things he knows Michu about yet you see). Daddy had to explain why he wasn't doing things at Declan's request. He also told him not to worry about the driving, that he has it under control.

There was some silence.

Then Declan spoke.

"Are you going to ask me about my day Daddy?"

He's priceless.

Oh The Giggles

The When I walked in the door, home from work Declan didn't even hear me. Even through the front door I could hear the giggles. Upon opening the door I heard full belly chuckles from the little one and some more laughter from Daddy. What a nice way to come home. Of course it was made even better once Declan realized I was home and ran to welcome me.

After hearing about Mommy, Daddy, Poppa and Nick seeing the "dinosaur movie" yesterday our Declan was excited to show Daddy the two dinosaurs he had been playing with at Kelly's. He was showing Daddy the big one and the little one when he dropped one right on his big toe. Daddy reported so many tears. Poor guy. He just wanted to be a part of the dinosaur fun.

...that's one crowded bed.