Some April Pictures & Our Weekend

Kyler was pretty understanding for the most part when I was working a lot before the tax deadline. He had his moments when he wanted to sit and help mommy though. Now that the deadline is over, he likes to go into my office, climb up on the chair, and do some work "wook" of his own. He pretends to type on the computer and will flip through my notebook and write in it with the pen.

This kid has always had interesting taste when it comes to food. Most kids seem to enjoy more bland diets, but not Kyler. He takes after his dad. He loves Mexican and can handle more spicy stuff than I can. When we have chicken, he always asks for barbecue sauce "ba ba tu sauz." And we have gone through more ketchup lately than ever before. Last night, Brett let him have a taste of his IPA (a really really bitter beer) and Ky asked for more "moe." We were hoping for a bitter beer face, not a two year old beer lover.

In the mornings, I have started giving Kyler cold cereal with milk on (I had been just giving him dry cereal). You would think he hadn't eaten for a week judging by how much he suddenly eats for breakfast. He asks for more and more, eating probably twice as much as me. Then when he's done he will pick up his bowl and drink the milk out. Can you believe how big he's getting? We only use the high chair about 1/3 of the time, and he doesn't even need a booster seat for our table.

We decided to give Ky his birthday present early. Since he's so young and will be getting plenty of goodies for his birthday, we thought we might as well give him a head start on his bike. He was so excited when I pulled out the box!

The bike we got is not the typical first bicycle with training wheels. It is called a Strider and it has no pedals or training wheels. It is really small and super light. The idea is for kids to learn to balance first, then pedal after. This way we never have to go through the traumatic experience of taking away training wheels. Right now he just walks with it, the next stage he will sit down and walk it, and then he will start to coast with his feet up. Eventually he will put his feet on the footrest bars and coast and balance for a long distance going pretty fast. Then it will be time to introduce a bike with pedals.

We took care of Frazier (my parents' dog) on Saturday while they were out of town. He and Kyler have quite the little relationship. The dog knows just how rough he can be with Ky and lets Kyler do pretty much anything he wants to him (as you can see by this picture).

We ordered a fire pit last week and it got it's first use this weekend. I happened to have some marshmallows in the pantry so we decided to roast a few. Kyler thought they were pretty good. He would laugh when we put them in his mouth - I don't think he's ever had anything so ooey gooey and sticky before. He has a mouth full in this picture.

And this is what Kyler has spent the past two-plus days doing. My aunt (mother of three boys) found a huge box of old Matchbox cars and brought about 100 to Kyler on Saturday morning. He spent the entire weekend playing with them. He uses a piece of trim as a ramp and slides them all out of the box, then turns the ramp so they slide back inside. He cried and cried when I shut the box last night and told him the cars needed a rest. When he woke up this morning, he opened the box right back up. As I've been writing this, he's been filling up a basket and bringing them to my room, lining them all up on my bed.