First Day of School

Our first day of our homeschool co-op to officially kick of our homeschool year.  I'm (hoping) to record our journey on a new blog:  Piedmont Art and Science Academy

Pool Time

Trying to squeeze in a few more swims before the pool closes for the seaon.  Peanut is finally enjoying our trips to the pool.

His favorite part:  All the balls floating in the pool.  This boy is crazy about anything round, and since "Bah!" is one of his few words, he practice it any chance he gets, sometimes in less than ideal situations.

 

  Our library has a summer display that includes a beach ball, which made this little guy go absolutely ballistic (pun intended) while I was trying to check out the other day. It's amazing how well he can project his voice when he's trying to make a point.

 

And the kids' tennis lesson last week was hilarious.  He was eating a snack for the first part of the lesson, so he didn't realize what was going on until about 20 minutes in.  But the look on his face when he finally looked up and saw several dozen tennis balls spread across the courts was priceless.  And then the yelling started up again.

 

Have to remember to bring along his own "Bah" everywhere we go.

15 months

 We're a little late on this post, but better late than never!

 His favorite pasttime these days--climbing into any box he can find.  He even squeezes himself into the little photo storage boxes that we use for toys.

 Yes, we're shocked at how messy you get, too!  He's loving food, but must have the fastest metabolism known to man.  He's still hovering somewhere between 20 and 21 pounds, depending on the day and the size of his latest meal.

 And in the continuing search to figure out if there is some underlying cause for all his allergies (bloodwork came back and he was allergic to almost everything--dogs, cats, grass, trees, cockroaches, dust mites), food issues, and slow weight gain, he went in for an upper endoscopy yesterday.  He looked so cute in the little gown.  It was a little scary because they had to use general anesthesia, which I wasn't too excited about, but he did great and didn't even cry until they brought him back and he saw my face.

They were basically looking for any condition in his esophogus, stomach, or upper intestines that might offer some answers, but from what they saw, he looks good.  They are doing a follow up with some small biopsies they took, so we'll see if there is anything else, and just keep plugging on. 

 And here's the cleaned up version.  I kind of love his crazy long hair, but it was getting so messy.  He doesn't hold still very well, so I think we still need to do some touch up work, but it was the best that they could manage yesterday.

At 15 months, he's still not walking, but he's one of the fastest crawlers I've ever seen, cruises on everything, can balance for a few seconds standing, and just climbed up on the couch the other day (but he's still very likely to fall right back off, so that really isn't a good thing).  He gives hugs and kisses, says Dada a lot, and might have even finally said Mama the other day and meant it.  Always the last. . . 

We love this little guy!

New Styles

Just because we aren't going back to school in a traditional sense, doesn't mean we can't get back-to-school haircuts.  All three kids were looking pretty scraggly after a summer of swimming (and, well, Peanut just happens to always have scraggly hair).

 The kids were both really happy with their cuts.  Bean's was mostly just a trim with some long layers, but Bug decided to go way shorter than we normally cut his hair, and while I'm still trying to get used to it because he looks like a totally different kid to me, I do think that it looks pretty good.

I'm glad everyone's hair turned out pretty good, because otherwise it would NOT have been worth the effort.  We went to the closest chain haircut place, and there was only one woman working there. I should have walked right back out as soon as I saw that.

 She was one of the nicest people I've ever met, but REALLY slow.  And with a 15 month old, that isn't good.  We did his hair first, and 30 minutes later, he had completely had it, but still had to wait through Bug and Bean's haircuts which took another hour plus.  I had originally thought that if it all went fast enough, I might have Bean entertain Peanut for a few minutes while I got a quick trim, too, but I gave up on that idea about 10 minutes into the whole thing.

(This one is just because I think its funny that I cannot manage to get more than one or two shots before he starts with the silly faces.)

Picture of Peanut will have to come tomorrow along with some other stuff about him.  Poor baby had already gone to bed after a rather eventful day before I remembered to take these.

Hair Trouble

Long hair on the baby is fun, but long hair at mealtime--not such a great combo.  When those messy hands go up to his hair, he ends up with smoothie, or egg, or beans smeared through his hair.  The worst one so far was the fermented pickle--not a good cologne.

It's always been so much easier when I could just wipe down the baby's head with a washcloth.

(And yes, he is so a third baby--ignore the Christmas bib.  We like to celebrate early around here.)