Santa's coming to town

Haven't posted in about a week. This past week has been busy but uneventful. Everyday except for last Sunday. That was Tootie's official 2nd birthday. It was just me & the kids. I took Tootie to IHOP for a birthday breakfast. Then I took them to the Wild Animal Park. I got season passes that are good for the SD Zoo & the Wild Animal Park. Tootie's been to the Zoo a couple times this year, but hasn't been to the WAP in a while. I might take the kids back there in the evening before Christmas to see all their holiday lights. Later that night I took them to the holiday light show on base. There were tons of give aways. There was even a little train ride for kiddies. Tootie rode it twice & I had to peel him away from the line.

Monday he had his 2 year check up. He's now up to the 25th percentile for weight & height. Nothing wrong with that. He's a small boy. He eats just about everything but he's so active. He's starting to talk more & more every day. He has about 30 words & 8 phrases. His favorite words are "mine", "no", & "bad". Potty training has been going good. Kinda driving me nuts going to the bathroom like every 20 or so minutes but I understand his bladder doesn't hold much yet. I do think, though, at the slightest feeling he is going. I've been letting him run around free & he makes it every time. When he naps he wears plastic underwear & bedtime he gets a pull-up. He's even dropping the Cosby kids off at the pool!! Now to get him to wear big boy undies & not get distracted when he needs to go.

We had another raining Friday here. Turned the sprinklers off again until we dry out.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Various errands and a spouses meeting, but in the morning we are going to go have breakfast with Santa! I've been talking to Tootie about Santa. I'm hoping we don't have a freak out repeat of the Easter bunny. He seems to be getting excited about the holidays. Every time he sees a Christmas tree or Santa on TV or in a magazine of mine or in one of his books he gets excited & points.

Well I need to get going. I have a few things I need to do before tomorrow.

GO NAVY
Beat Army

Go HOKIES!!

Close to 24 hours later...

And it's still raining. I turned the sprinkler system off & it won't go back on until we dry out. Which states are still needing water? You can borrow some from my back yard. I'm considering purchasing a canoe if this continues. The dogs held out as long as they could & have now gotten creative. I don't blame them.

What's that wet stuff outside??!

It's rain!! YAY! It's been pouring off & on since about 3am. I'm playing the in & out & back in then back out game with the dogs. They are so used to being able to come in & out as they please.

We had an interesting night last night. Our "house guest" visited us. Some of you know about him. I'm pretty sure it's the previous owner. My neighbor showed me a picture of him. So far he's only made his presence known when DH is on a work trip. He doesn't seem threatening. I didn't see him last night, but he let us know he was here. The kids & I were already in bed. Princess got up because she was hungry (her normal eating hour). As I sat in bed feeding her I heard music. At first it sounded like it was coming from outside. Maybe I wasn't fully awake just yet. Then it sounded like it was inside & I recognized it. It was the tune the baby swing plays. After I was done feeding her I snuck downstairs to check things out. & every thing seemed fine. This isn't the first time something of the kids has played with out one of us starting it. The music box in the crib hasn't had the batteries changed... ever. So it hasn't worked since our last house. Shortly after we moved in it would randomly play on it's own & clearly like it had new batteries. I think I need to visit with Sylvia Brown.