We are trying to incorporate new, fun, and healthy meals into our routine this year and try to stay out of our usual rut. This week, we started off with a tasty butternut squash and apple soup.
So tasty!
Little Buddy wasn't a big fan of calling it "soup" (to him, soup equals chili), so we gave him some bread and told him to dip it in the "squash salsa." That, he loved! I don't mind being a little sneaky if it gets him to eat his veggies.
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The next day, Monday, was a school day for Little Buddy and he was all about it. It so fun to see him get excited for class. His favorite thing to do there is sing "Happy and You Know It" with his class, and he often sings it excitedly at home. What's not fun, however, is now trying to pick him up from school in the afternoon. "More school, Momma, more school!" followed by some tears and pouting in the parking lot. Not even his new underwear (I finally found a set with Big Bird on it!) could snap him out of his despair at leaving school. Thankfully, he was willing to take a nap and that helped break the funk before dinner.
More undies to wear over diapers! Hopefully, we are on the right track.
Our Monday meal adventure: The big enchilada! We've only been trying to make this for a month. It actually turned out very tasty!
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Our Tuesday routine took a bit of a turn. Instead of Boot Camp, we went to the school open house at St. Ed's. Little Buddy will start his transitional kindergarten there once he is four, so we like to go and familiarize ourselves with the school, staff, and curriculum requirements now so we will be ready. He seemed to enjoy the tour and the four-year-old classroom, and he really enjoyed the free muffins!
After our school trip, I tried to take Little Buddy to the local library, an activity we try to be regular about, but never seem to make it. We usually go to Toddler Time on Thursday (for up to 2 yrs), but Tuesday was for the preschool set (3-6 yrs). You would think that with Little buddy being two and a half, we could make it through the preschool story time. That would be a negative, ghost rider. Toddler time has more get up and move activity, which Little Buddy prefers. We left preschool time early, but managed to pick out a few books in the kids' section before leaving for lunch.
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On Wednesday, I unexpectedly had to go to pick Little Buddy up from school an hour into his day. The weather has really warmed up here and everything is starting to bloom. It's lovely, but no fun at all for my little guy's allergies. His nose was running uncontrollably at school, so his school wanted to send him home early. Although I had a lot of homework, we were able to make a day of it and meet friends at Wonderwild. His nose dried up immediately once we started playing inside. We both had a lot of fun, and the day got even better when Daddy stopped by to eat lunch with us.
Passed out after a fun with friends at Wonderwild!
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We stayed very busy on Thursday, with Boot Camp, some playground time, and lunch with Daddy before nap. I was very proud of Little Buddy for climbing up the rock wall with just a bit of assistance. He's not much of a climber by habit, so it was great to see him try something new.
Proud of him for climbing up the wall. I was just a little anxious when he climbed out of my reach! It's much taller than it looks here.
In the afternoon, once Little Buddy woke up from nap, we headed out in the back yard because the weather was so nice. As I set up some of our painting materials for some art time, I got a surprise: Turns out Little Buddy can reach up and open the gate! He is just too tall! Guess I am going to have to have Daddy lock it up there is no escaping. I was able to distract him and get him back to painting.
He was too quick for me to snap a pic of him actually unlatching the gate.
Art time!
Finishing the day with a Happy Birthday call to Uncle C...
...and story time! We decided to real Little Buddy's library books tonight. I always let Little Buddy pick out his own books from the children's section, but I was surprised about one of the books when we started reading it. Unbeknownst to me, one of the books he picked was a children's book on coping with divorce! It was a bit of a shock, but he really likes reading the "Mommy, Daddy" book.
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This Friday was Daddy's day off, so we were excited to spend the day together. Following Boot Camp, we went to Chuy's for lunch, where we saw a coworker of Daddy's and his young daughter. The little girl was very cute a bit smitten with Little Buddy. She even colored a napkin for him after she found out he liked boats.
Boat
Message on the back of the boat. Oh my little guy is already attracting the older ladies!
After lunch, we took Little Buddy with us to pick out a new couch for upstairs. Thankfully, there was a little children's play area set up, and he was content playing legos with the giant raccoon.
Playing legos with his new friend.
"Good job, Raccoon!"
"Momma, Raccoon and I are going to try out this recliner!"
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On Saturday, Daddy had Habitat for Humanity, so Little Buddy and I got a lot of quality time after my run. It was so nice, we played outside all morning. We even opted for another picnic lunch.
Peanut butter tortillas al fresco!
Getting a quick Skype session in with Mamaw and Papaw after lunch. You could tell he was starting to get tired, though, because his eyes almost shut a few times, lol. Thankfully, he took a great nap.
For dinner, we decided to make pizza. Grammy and Pop-Pop had sent Little Buddy his own mini pizza-making set. He was happy to contribute to the dinner preparations.
Sprinkling the cheese.
Very focused with his pepperoni.
We did it!
The finished product...yummy!
No better way to finish a day than with Daddy snuggles. I love hearing that giggle!
It was great to just spend the day hanging with my little guy, especially since I have a very big week coming up. I will be at a conference in San Antonio for most of the next week and I know I am going to miss him. He and Daddy are going to have a great time together though!
Good night,
LBM
Little Buddy's Momma
