Halloween 2013

 

Myer never ceases to amaze us and he didn’t disappoint on Halloween. First, let me start by saying Myer is 2 years 7 ½ months. Now that you know he isn’t even 3 yet, you’ll understand why we were so impressed with our little guy last night. For starters, he wore his whole train engineer costume (hat and all) the entire night. He also never asked for help carrying his candy bucket, and we hit about 20 houses all of which he said “trick or treating” (his words) and “thank you”.  

Myer as the train engineer- Halloween 2013

 

He even crossed the street with care and admired everyone’s pumpkin carving talents. It was a just a special night to be able to relive an old holiday tradition through our child’s eyes. The simplicity and purity of life are amazing things, and we are so grateful to have Myer show us what’s really important in life! His excitement yesterday was infectious, and it felt good to just be with family walking up and down streets.  The humanity in the neighborhood with people laughing, socializing, and loving one another was also inspiring and cherished. When I see a man on the street get out of his car to help another man push a broken down car out of the way, I can’t help but smile inside and feel good about our society. For me, it came in the way of a Starbucks drive-thru the other day. The person in front of me paid for my coffee. Of course, it was only $6, but it meant so much to me that I paid for the person behind me. I drove off thinking how wonderful people can be in this world. I also thought that if a $6 coffee could make me feel so special and loved, there were plenty of things I could do for others to make them feel the same way as I did that morning. Therefore, on Dec. 1, I will be starting a new tradition in our household. Instead of the daily advent calendar to just solely count down the days til Christmas, I want to create a Good Samaritan count up. By this I mean, I will create a list of 24 helpful things that Myer, Chad, and I will attempt to accomplish during this holiday season. I think this will be a great family tradition and will help Myer learn the beauty behind being a caring and loving person as he grows older. My goal is for him to be the man that is getting out of his car to help another stranded driver someday.

 

For those interested, I’ll post the list as soon as I have it in case you want to play along with your family.

Where has the time gone?

Today is August 27, 2013. Its been over 9 months since my last post, so Myer is now 2 1/2 and growing like a weed. He is about 3'2" and probably around 35lbs. He is a little monster! His vocabulary has exploded in the last couple of months, and he is saying everything from "excavator" (that's a bulldozer like truck for those that don't know) to singing "Day-O" in Nani's car. He loves to ask questions, but will not accept "I don't know" as an answer yet. Therefore, I have to know where every car is going, what every truck is doing, and the location of all his missing toys. Like I said in an earlier post, his memory is incredible because he will remember every bargaining tactic I use to persuade him to eat his dinner, brush his teeth, or use the potty. For a while, I had promised him a toy car if he used the potty. Well, for weeks he would randomly bring it up until finally he was awarded the car. Of course, the potty trick didn't last too long, so we are still working on that. Some of Myer's favorite foods are: pancakes, barbeque, grapes, milk, sweet potatoes, yogurt covered raisins (or white gummies as we like to say), and fried okra. Yep, that is right...the boy likes fried okra! In fact, every time we drive by the restaurant, he tells me he wants okra. I guess he gets that from Chad. Overall though, Myer is a great eater and will try most things. He is not a huge dessert fan, but of course, he will eat it if he tries it. As for daycare, we are still taking him to Miss Judy's. He also goes to Waumba Land at church which has been so good for him. He asked me the other night if we could pray before eating dinner. I think he likes to say "Amen". We still have a hard time getting him to sit still in restaurants, but the high pitch screaming has subsided for the most part. That was by far the worst habit we had to break. I know he was just being 2, but I am glad that phase is almost over. He is such a sweet and sensitive boy that I hated people seeing that side of him out in public. It was almost like I wanted to tell everyone that he is normally not like that. I guess the majority of people understand though. Oh, we did take Myer on his first plane ride in June. We decided to make a quick trip down to Disney to celebrate our 10yr anniversary with him. The plane ride was a success, thank goodness, but Disney was difficult this time around with Myer being a little older. He got thrown off his nap schedule, he didn't eat much, and it was so hot that it made for a very stressful time. Chad and I have promised each other not to go back until Myer is about 4 or 5. I just hope Chad can hold out a couple years. :)  Myer still loves trains. He has already asked Santa to bring him a Chuggington track system. We have a picture hanging on our frig and every time Myer sees it, he says "Christmas". I hope he can be a good little boy for the next 4 months. We will probably try and get him some educational toys as well though because he loves to learn. He still likes to sit and look at books by himself. He even gets out his toy computer to "work" on like mommy and daddy. He knows most of his shapes, numbers, and letters already, so next up will be reading or adding. I know Chad would like him to be in Calculus by age 5. :) Myer is still working on his athletic ability, but I will say that the kid can dribble a soccer ball for his age. He tends to be left footed, so I find that pretty cool. He hasn't shown much interest in catching, so baseball and football may be a while off yet, but he loves swinging the golf club and putting the ball in the basketball goal. As for tennis, well...he just likes running around the court. He is a pretty good swimmer though, so maybe endurance will be a strength of his, like me and he'll excel in sports that highlight that long distance. I guess only time will tell. Whatever he does, I just hope he has fun and will be proud of his accomplishments.

Myer's First Haircut- August 2013

Myer's 2nd Birthday