He's NOT a Super Hero

Saturday evening the boys visited Molly and McGregors house. Declan was treated to a sleepover. Lucky little one was up until 10pm playing with all of the toys at their place. When he told me all about it today he was sad that the Hot Wheels track was broken this time but was thrilled that McGregor has Light Sabers. Daddy sent me a picture of Declan dressed in his Darth Vader pjs with the red "Darth Vader" saber. This afternoon when Daddy showed the picture to Declan he said "Look Declan, you're a super hero!"

Declan replied "No I'm not. I'm a bad guy. I'm Darth Vader." And this is said with a furrowed brow. He's serious about this.

Sweet thing about the boys having their own adventure last night was that they shared a bed. In the morning Daddy woke up to his little boy laying on his belly but raised on his elbows, staring at him and saying "Hi Daddy." Sweet way to be woken up.

Art Day

Declan and mine's last day alone together for a while as I finished up my vacation time. We had another great day and squeezed in some finger painting.

Incredibly messy but totally worth it. I always assume that his art is nothing more than scribbles but today he surprised me when what looked like just some swirls he said was a "storm". 

Cute, I kind of laughed and then he said it was a big storm and it takes all the men. He's so dark and then he says "let's draw a beach!" And there's my little ray of sunshine again.

Mommy-Declan Day

We had a great day, just me and the kid. After a quick bath for the stinky one we headed out. First stop was for gas and to wash the car. Declan closed his eyes most of the time but then said "that's wasn't scary" once we were done. Of course he told Daddy later that it was scary. Then we drove to Toys-R-Us in Oakville. Brought along his gift cards but after checking out the entire place there wasn't anything he was dying to get. Well except a $150 remote control R2D2...and that's not happening. Next we visited Daddy's old work so Declan could play with the train table. There was a 5 1/2 year old girl who played tag with Declan in the kids department for a half hour. He was loving it. Luckily we knew the staff so they weren't upset. I told Declan Daddy would be jealous because he wished he was with us visiting.

In the afternoon Declan just wouldn't nap. He got up to pee, he got up to poop and then I just kept him up. We played some games (including Memory which he is legit beating me at) to finish out the day and then he crashed hard come bedtime.

Funniest words out of his mouth today? When Daddy got home and Declan asked "You like being jealous Daddy?"

The Bat

Great first half of the day. Declan and I headed out to meet up with Gramma and Poppa for a breakfast date. We are at the stage now where he will tell me when he needs to pee. We jumped up from the table mid-meal for a successful bathroom break. I can't believe only two weeks ago  I wasn't sure he'd ever use the toilet.

After breakfast we were back at Gramma and Poppa's for a visit. A game of catch with Gramma had Declan in giggles and all sweaty from playing hard.

After some lunch at home Declan went down for his nap. About 30 minutes in (and having been awake the entire time) Declan yelled to me that he want to poop on the toilet. This was all on his terms. Of course this is how this all went down.  About 10 minutes of waiting paid off and Declan got his first successful on the toilet poop!!! He was pretty pleased with himself and he so very quickly grabbed the last toy that's been waiting in the bathroom, the poop reward. Declan now has "The Bat" matchbox toy plane. My smart, stubbourn child decided on his terms when it was time. Thankfully the time is now!

Hyperactivity

Before I'd even gotten my key in the front door I could hear the welcome train charging toward the front door. 

"MOMMY! MOMMY! MOMMY!"

Truly a wonderful way to be greater when I get home. 

Of course this was followed by just a slew of words that nearly melted together, something about a Kinder egg and Daddy and "How was your day?" and he's off through the kitchen, then back again and rambling.

Wait. Did he say something about a Kinder Egg? 

Right.

Chocolate. 

Kid is on hyperdrive.

Daddy tells Declan to give me a moment to run upstairs and take my jewelry off and wash up. Upon my return I sit down, request a quick hug and kiss before witnessing the Muffin Man run around and around and around...

"Tyler are you seeing this?"

Declan just kept running in circles around the ottoman while babbling on about things from his day. I don't think I've ever seen Declan so full of energy. Tried to get him to sit beside me and talk about his day but he couldn't stay still. In 10 minutes of just watching him I was exhausted.

And tomorrow is just the start of my 6 days off with him. I really should get some sleep tonight.

Simple Sunday

While we may have stayed indoors all day it was still a great day. Lazy simple days are often the best. We actually started the day with a little sleep in. Declan came to wake us just after 7am-heaven. Even better is that with his regular routine of climbing into our bed and watching videos we actually in bed until 8am.

The rest of the day was just normal. Jumped on the trampoline, sat together and watched Declan play angry birds, some cartoons and toys, running around the house, belting out "Happy Together" while in the bath...the usual.

Maddy Time

The Muffin Man was pretty happy that he got to stay home and spend some time with Maddy. Daddy and I were out for dinner with friends so Declan would get to be the center of someone else's attention for a while. Reports are that he was pretty good, they took a selfie and got in some Playdoh time. I must admit I'm never thrilled when I'm home and Declan really wants to play Playdoh so it's ideal that he got some time in while I wasn't there. Can't wait to hear in the morning about how much fun he had.