2 Years Old

Dinner: "Long life noodles," hot dog, mushrooms (2 of these are his faves).

The not-so-cake cake.

Why, yes, that's a Frozen balloon.

Tyler's Birthday Party

Three weeks after Tyler's birthday, we finally had his party! Woohoo! It turned out to be great. He was very happy, and most of the kids who were originally going to come made it. A couple of them caught the awful stomach flu that's been going around, and didn't make it. 

Tyler had picked out rainbow cupcakes from Cupcake Royale. He wanted the party to be Olaf and Sven (from Frozen) themed. I was able to get him an Olaf balloon, some Frozen jellybeans, and a bunch of Olaf and Sven stickers. I also got him this Olaf toy to put on his cake, but it didn't work out with cupcakes. We had the party at the karate dojo, which was great. After the party, his teachers said it was one of the smoothest parties they've run because 5 of the kids were already their students!

 

Cold Turkey

Yesterday, I noticed that Crosby's "wubbanub" was becoming cracked from wear and tear. This is his pacifier. It is attached to the mouth of a small stuffed giraffe. He continued to suck on throughout the day after I discovered this, but I was feeling pretty uncomfortable about it. I mean, he practically chews on it, now that he's so big and has all those teeth. And, he's teething, again, so he's really going to town. 

As a result, we decided that yesterday was the night we would ween Crosby from his pacifier. Cold turkey. I showed it to David, then, we told Crosby that it's broken now, and we need to throw it away. So, we cut the pacifier off the giraffe's mouth, and tossed it in the garbage in front of it. Yikes! It sounds so cruel, and I felt so cruel. But, we figured we would take that route first, and see what happens. We still have a couple of pacifiers hidden away, so those were our backup. 

He snuggled up to the giraffe while we read books afterward, but then was very upset when it came time to get into bed. He cried for about 30 minutes, with us going in to comfort him every 5 minutes. 

Today, at nap time, he rejected the giraffe when I gave it to him to snuggle. I gave him extra hugs and kisses, and rocked him a little longer before putting him down. He was a little upset, but eventually fell asleep.

Tonight, at bed time, he asked for the giraffe. When I gave it to him, he snuggled it up to his chest. THANK GOODNESS! We read books together with his giraffe, and he went right to bed with no fuss. Whew!

Big 6 Year Old

 

Tonight, we let Tyler pick a friend to take out with us to his birthday dinner. He asked if we could invite his friend, Dash and Dash's older brother. Of course. This Pikachu shirt was a bday gift from his grandma (my mom).

Happy 6th Birthday, Tyler!

This photo was taken yesterday at school. Tyler got to celebrate his birthday with his classmates.

I made the class cake pops. 

Today is Tyler's big day! Unfortunately, he still has to go to Chinese school, since he's had the last couple weeks off for mid-winter break. And, we were supposed to have his party today, but we postponed it, due to his scooter accident. Instead, we are taking the boys & two friends to Old Spaghetti Factory tonight for dinner.

At six years old, Tyler is sweet, smart, creative, loving, full of energy, brave (except when it comes to movies), and funny. He can whistle very well. He comes up with interesting Lego creations (his latest was hockey guys). He is a Level E reader. He loves Pokemon and Plants Vs Zombies. He's tall for his age. He still enjoys eating. He still doesn't like ham. This week, he earned his red tip in karate to advance to his CAMOUFLAGE belt! And, he is "the best 2nd baby bear in the world." 

I love you, TyBaby!!

Spicy Butter Masala

Last night, I made chicken simmered in this butter masala sauce out of a jar from Trader Joe's. It had a kick. All of us sat at the table with our mouths on fire. Yet, to my surprise, my boys all ate it. Tyler said, "It tastes so gingery and is spicy, but I like it!" Vincent, who doesn't usually tolerate spice, ate it, then went to get milk. But, he didn't complain. And, Crosby ate most of his, including the chicken, which he normally doesn't care for. 

Nice work, Trader Joe's!

No Physical Activity

So, last week, Tyler fractured the orbit of his eye (it's part of the skull, under the eyeball). Ouch! Right? Yup, he fell on the handlebar of his scooter. He's doing great now, but we've been told he reds to take it super easy the next 3 weeks. This includes no P.E., recess, karate, saxophone playing, blowing his nose hard, and postponing his birthday party.

Crosby and I decided to have lunch with him at school yesterday to cheer him up. Both brothers loved this, as well as Tyler' classmates. Crosby sat next to Tyler like one of the big kids, happy as a clam.