Movie Monday on Tuesday

I know, I know, I've been slacking off on updating the blog.  But this summer has been so full of traveling, friends, family, and fun that I've had to prioritize and the blog has been down the list a ways.  I am storing everything up though, for the time when I am able to finally sit down, get pictures ready, and write.  And yes, that may be once the weather starts getting bad.  The last month or so, we've finally gotten decent weather where we can be outside for more than 5 minutes without getting drenched in sweat.  Little Boo didn't mind that weather, but Mommy kind of did!  So we've been soaking up the time we can be outside, running around in the sunshine, playing ball, riding bikes, and getting dirty.

But I digress.  You didn't come here to read about why I haven't kept the blog updated the past couple months; you came for the promised movie.  Have at it!

"Chicken"

He calls the middle strap of his life vest his "tail" and handed it to Daddy while we were waiting to watch the sun set at the lake.  Of course, the two of them turned that into play time as well!

Boo loves ice cream!  He was especially liking eating Mommy's "purple ice cream."  (Honestly, I don't know what's up with my eye roll about 4 seconds into the video - ignore it.  Please.)  At 16 seconds, Boo finally caught the eyes of the two young girls who were at a nearby table and you see him sending his "cheese!" smile their way.  What a flirt!

Binky

A few nights ago, we trialed Boo going to sleep without his beloved binky.  Now, I've been reading about it and many people seem to wait until their children are around age 3 to take the pacifier away.  But others have said that they trialed it much sooner (or forgot it when going on a trip) and the child did very well without it.  So we thought, why not give it a shot...

We had had a couple of conversations with him throughout the day about giving his binky to the binky fairy for another little girl or boy to have who needed one.  And maybe a big-boy present would be in its place when he woke up!  He seemed to be okay with this.  So Daddy put Boo down for the night; he asked to be placed in his crib soon after they started rocking, which is not uncommon anymore (we've come a looong way, baby).  Because Boo was just in there talking up a storm, Chris decided to sit next to the crib until he settled down more.  Wellllll, that lasted over an hour!  At that point, I could hear Boo saying (through the monitor) "Uv oo, Dad-dy.  Daddy night-night, floor.  Daddy, legs, floor."  I had no clue what on earth that last one meant, so I went upstairs to see what he was doing.  Come to find out, he was laying face-down in Boo's doorway, trying to inch himself out without being seen - flashback to last summer!!!  I could hardly contain my laughter at seeing my grown husband on the floor, being caught by our 2 year old trying to leave his room!  (He could only see Chris' legs at this point, hence his last comment.)  So we just decided to bite the bullet; we gave him one of his trains and said good night.  And then proceeded to listen to him cry and sob his heart out for the next 10 minutes.   But not for his binky, nooo...he is scary smart: he cried for his daddy.  Who caved.  That little boy got his binky and was asleep within 5 minutes.  Like Chris told me, if he had been crying for Mommy, I probably would have been up those stairs just as quickly.  He was starting to sound a little panicky by the time Chris got to his room with the binky.

At least we tried.  And we'll try again at some point.  But this round goes to the binky.

Parents: 0  Binky: 1