No More Crib!

We finally took the plunge and decided it was time for Parker to switch from his crib to a big boy bed. We've been talking about it with him for the last few weeks and he seemed to be really interested, so we figured we'd just go for it and see what happens. Here he is brushing his teeth before bed...

From this:

To this:

In his crib for the laaaaaaast time! January 30th, 2010! Crazy!

At The Car Wash

Today I took Parker to the car wash at Canadian Tire because our car was filthy. When we were finished, I asked him what he thought about it and his reply was, "The car wash is a little bit weird, Daddy."

Construction

Parker is really into construction and large vehicles and he calls them all Boom Booms because of the sound they make. There's a lot of blasting in our neighbourhood because of all the rock, and the scooper things are always smashing and dumping boulders everywhere. So we've started eating our meals at the dining room table instead of the kitchen because the Boom Booms are practically in our back yard!

Calmly eating some cereal.

Om nom nom nom...

Wait, what's that?

"AHHHHH!!!!! It's a Boom Boom, Daddy!!!!"

He looks pleased with the construction.

Here's a zoomed in view of the scooper thing picking up rocks and dumping them into a truck. That pile used to be HUGE and it's already gone as of today! Parker liked to point out that the, "Boom Booms are WORKING! They're doing construction!"

A little more accurate view from our dining room window. They're at the end of the road, but not very far away. We can hear a low rumble when they dump rocks into the truck, and gigantic explosions when they blast (especially if we're in the basement). Good times!

"Map Looks Like!"

We have a Dora video called "Dora's Pirate Adventure" and when Map shows up he's wearing an eye patch. So for some reason, Parker has been doing this thing lately where he squints one eye closed and he says, "Map looks like....!" to tell us that's what Map looks like. I think it's hilarious and I'm probably not helping the situation by constantly asking, "Hey Parker, what does Map look like?" He might have permanent squint wrinkles by age 4.

Here's Pirate Map.

And here's Parker's version. Don't mind the cereal, peanut butter, and jam all over his face. We were eating lunch.

So, Um, New Posts!

Hey, it's 2010! When did that happen? A month ago, I guess! So here are some photos from new years' day! Parker needed a haircut.

It was a pretty quiet new year! April and I went to our neighbours' house for a surprise birthday/new years' party and a girl from down the street came over to watch the house while Parker slept. We forgot to mention that he might wake up and mumble something like, "Pee pee in the pottaaaaaaaaay!" but luckily she figured out what was going on. 2010 already! What's up with that?

And I think most people who read this blog already know, but April and I are expecting another baby this summer! So Fresh Baby Elliott is supposed to be ready around August 10th or so. Parker was a bit late, so maybe new baby will follow in his footsteps? Or maybe forge his/her own path and come early? We'll see. We had our first ultrasound and the baby has a head, 2 arms, and 2 legs! So far so good! We'll hopefully find out if it's a boy or girl at our next ultrasound in a few more weeks. I think it's a boy but April and Parker think it's a girl.

Christmas Videos!

Here are some videos from Christmas! Here's Parker reading a "Monkey George" book on the train. Happy birthday, Monkey George!

And here's Parker and Mommy looking out the window and watching a train go by. It looks like Mommy could use a nap. :D

Parker is really into trains and train tracks and the red lights that blink when a train goes by. So while we were driving past every intersection he made sure to point out that the red lights were down.

It's funny how your kids reveal what kind of language you use a lot while you talk to them. Parker is having problems opening one of his presents so he decides to go get a, "fresh one". Maybe a penguin one.

Testing out the new cookie set.

Here's Parker helping himself to one of Mason's toys.

Hugs for Connor. Don't push him off the bed! :\

Parker's big present from us was a play kitchen that he thought was pretty cool! We actually had it covered with a sheet and left it as the last thing for him to "open". I don't think he even realized it was there until we said, "Hey, what's THIS?!?!?!" and pulled of the sheet.

Christmas! Hooray!

Merry Christmas! We had a busy few weeks of traveling and Christmases so there haven't been many updates, but here's one from our Christmas after we arrived home! I have more videos and photos from our little point and shoot camera that I brought to Brockville and Dresden, so I'll make a separate post to go through those as well.

The one thing Parker said he wanted from Santa was an orange, so when he woke up there was a little trail of clementines leading from his bedroom, down the stairs, and into the main room where the tree and presents were. Here he is making a pit stop at the oranges.

Mmmmm... citrusy....

Counting the orange pieces.

He loved reaching into his stocking.

Yay!

Thomas trains! Hooray!

New underpants! Hooray!

Parker's big present was a kitchen play set and we put it together the night before so it would be ready to go! But we weren't really sure how to wrap it so we just threw a big sheet over it with a note from Santa. I don't think Parker even noticed it was sitting there!

Here comes Percy!

We finally took the sheet off and yelled, "Surprise! It's a kitchen!" so now when ever Parker see it he goes, "Surprise kitchen!" Here he is checking out what's in the cupboards.

Cooking some broccoli on the stove.

The kitchen even has a little light that he can turn on and off, which he thoroughly enjoys.

Calling Papa on the phone.

Parker got a train set from Lita and Grandpa and a train table from Nana and Papa! So we put them together the night before and brought him down to check it out.

"Under the bridge! Around the corner! Here comes Thomas and James!"

"That's So Funny, Daddy!"

Today was kind of a boring day at home. I was waiting for a package to arrive from UPS so we read every book in the house, played every game, tried every puzzle, made some forts, built some bridges, ate some snacks, and watched some TV. Parker really likes Toopy and Binoo, so he was pretty psyched when I came across an episode today at around 11 am. If you're not familiar with Toopy and Binoo, here's a synopsis of the episode:

Toopy, a gigantic talking mouse with ADHD, decided he needed to wake up Binoo in the middle of night to go to some sort of event requiring formal wear and fancy shoes. Binoo, a little white cat who doesn't speak, happily jumps out of bed at what I assume is approximately 3 am, and tries on all kinds of wacky shoes that aren't really shoes until they find the right pair.

For some reason, Parker thought this was HILARIOUS. He really cracked up when Binoo tried on two cakes for shoes. Are cakes shoes? Nooooo! Do cakes go on your feet? NOOOO! Parker laughed and laughed, and even afterwards when I brought it up, he'd start giggling. Who knew cakes on your feet could be so funny? It's hilarious when he laughs at stuff on his own, though. It's also super cute when he says stuff like, "That's SOOO funny, Daddy!"

Light Up The Season + Santa

Today was Amherstview's annual Light Up The Season event, so we brought Parker to meet Santa! We've been talking about Santa for the last few weeks, so he kind of knows what's going on I think. He gets pretty excited about Christmas lights and snowmen. Here he is waiting patiently in line:

"Hi Daddy!"

Meeting Santa and whispering hi to him.

When you ask Parker what he wants Santa to bring for him, he answers, "An orange." Santa thought that was nice.

Christmas Tree

We finally got around to putting up our Christmas tree! Here are some photos (along with other random ones from the last few days):

Sitting on the floor playing with stickers from his sticker box while wearing some warm, fleecy dinosaur jammies. It's getting cold out! It snowed for the first time yesterday!

Hanging bulbs on the tree with mommy.

He is pleased with the placement of that ornament.

Christmas tree! Hooray!

And here he is sporting the little shirt and penguin vest that April got for him while she was away last month. He likes to point out that there's a little penguin on his shirt.

Ready to eat some lunch in his little penguin shirt. Luckily he's a really neat eater so I wasn't worried about stuff getting on the shirt.

"Push the button?"

Mooooore Videos

One of Parker's favourite songs is "Spaceman" by The Killers, which he calls "Oh Oh Oh" because of the intro. Here he is dangerously busting a move on top of a step-ladder by the kitchen sink. I'm sure there are probably knives, open flames, and poisonous spiders around him, too. This version of "Spaceman" is from their live CD/DVD, which is really cool.

Sometimes toddlers just have really strange thoughts. Watch as he goes from moving the bulldozer thing to suddenly shouting, "Dirty cloth!!!" (which is from an episode of Toopy & Binoo), to wanting to push the button on the camera, to saying, "Great idea!"

Parker seemed really interested in putting these little elastic things on top of the box lid and flinging them off with the button. He did this for about 10 minutes.