Lincoln has been really interested in his toes lately, but due to his chubbiness, he has been unable to suck on them. However, when I took off his clothes and diaper, he happily bent in half and tested out the flavor of his toes!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Terrible Twos
It's not all smiles and sunshine these days in the Murray family. Landon has decided that it is time for him to test the boundaries, and in the past few days he has thrown two full blown tantrums, just like the ones you see on TV! And, of course, those tantrums were in the middle of Home Depot, with Aaron and Costco, with me. To add to the delightfulness, he has decided that he does not want to take a nap anymore, and he will fight us on even just laying down on his bed. I've tried a few different wrestling moves to get him to lay down, but somehow I always end up on the losing end of that deal, and yesterday he gave me a backwards head butt that gave me a decent lip injury. He has also learned how to open the child-proof door handles, and surprised us at 5am Saturday morning, ready to start his day. Yikes. It all adds up to lots of prayers for wisdom and patience.
I love the boy, but recently I don't like him that much at certain times throughout the day. It's bizarre how a little two year old can have such a big personality and be ready to test a parent on who is in charge so early on. In the pictures below, notice how the bed is empty, and Landon is sprawled on the floor under his blankets. This picture was taken after he fought a nap for two hours, and when he decided that he was going to assert his independence and change into pajama pants, and sleep on the floor (so there!). The day before he also fought his rest time, and I found him standing up, leaning over the side of his bed, where he had apparently been sleeping just moments before. Many times I have wished for a video monitoring system so I could watch the drama unfold (unfortunately, all of the video monitors I have purchased have not worked in our house, for various reasons, so we just use the audio ones for both boys).
Lincoln's first bike ride
We went on a family bike ride last week, and it was Lincoln's first ride in the bike trailer. We kept it short, and he did well. He is so mellow, even when he gradually slipped down and the straps were up by his head, he didn't fuss! And Landon happily shared "his" stroller with his brother-hooray.
Pumpkin Patch
Last Friday we joined several other moms and children from our church at a local pumpkin patch. Landon had fun pulling a wagon full of pumpkins and picking out two pumpkins, a big one for him, and a baby one for his "Lincoln brother" as he likes to call him. We finished off our morning field trip by heading to a local park that we hadn't visited yet, called Round Rock Memorial Park, where the round rock that this city was named after still resides in the creek. The children painted and decorated their pumpkins, and we had lunch. It was a nice start to our fall celebrations.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Visit from the Blackmans
My Uncle Gary, Aunt Glenda, and Cousin Hayley came out to Austin last week, and Hayley is living with us while she settles into life in Austin attending the Ballet Austin school as a trainee. We enjoyed our visit with Glenda and Gary, and the boys love having family around. Landon gets excited whenever we come home and Hayley's car is in the driveway. He says, "Mama, Hayley's car!" They blessed us by watching the boys twice while we went out on dates, and that was a real treat.
Here's the famous "Rock Band" shot. Uncle Gary was a superstar and got 100% on his first time playing the guitar. We were all impressed!
Uncle Gary with the boys.
Landon loved to play roll the ball with Aunt Glenda.
Landon in his big boy bed
Landon is moving up to a "big boy" bed. Here he is on his first night sleeping on the bottom bunk. Notice the Thomas the Tank Engine sheets and pillow- he's a huge fan and knows the names of all of the trains (and, by default, so do I!).
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