not baby, just Alex

I usually answer Alex with "my baby" or "my Alex". Today he asked something and I said, "Wait until Daddy gets home, okay my baby."

He says, "Not baby, just Alex."

Alex's new bed

Alex has a new trundle bed. His old bed is now Ross's crib, as the crib was Alex's full size bed. It was necessary to downsize because I think we have the entire boy section of Toys R Us in his room. With Ross coming, Alex needs more space to play.
Thanks Nana and Grandpa!

Catching up...

Today was a great day! I have some dirty pictures to prove it :)

Alex getting some serious air.

Who? Me?

This is how I made the fun mud puddle.

Mom caught the splash on film.

Action shot!

Ginny Stone

Grandpa's work had an open house (boat) and we got to see the inside of a tug boat. This boat had many bedrooms, a lounge, an exercise room, and more. The people that work on this boat spend 30 days on and 30 days off.

The Ginny Stone
In the Captain's chair.

It took us a long time to convince Alex to get on the boat. Once he got on he was very nervous about going down the stairs.

In the Galley.

Playing outside

Alex loves riding his bike. He also loves playing with Oreo, however, Oreo doesn't feel the same way. If you can see it from the pictures, the poor dog is trying to get away from him.

Check out the dirty face.

some Alex-isms from the past week or so

This kid is getting funnier every day.

• The other day we went to get snowballs but Alex kept calling his a snowman.
• ‎"Mommy helllllppppppppp!" Alex calls from the bathroom. "Alex, how did you get one foot in the toilet?" I still wonder.
• ‎"oh no, I'm stuck." so mommy walks to see where he's stuck. The foot in the toilet again.
• Alex shoved paper in his underwear and pulled it out and put it right in my hand.
• "Alex, people do not drink from dog bowl." Alex proceeds to get on hands and knees and bark like a dog. Then, after I think I've established NOT to mess with the dog water, he's in it like he's scrubbing for surgery.
• Alex said, "Aw shit, Thomas is off. Aw shit, I need to turn Thomas on."
• ...and just today, Alex went to use the potty and I walked in after him...he didn't use the stool and I had to clean pee up that was all over the toilet seat. I wonder if he tried to sit or stand.

An adventurous day!

Alex has been defeating the childproof lever lock we have on the doors that go to the outside (the street). We had to go to Lowe's and get dead bolts that lock with a key on the inside. He is a pro at unlocking the door locks as well. On our way back from Lowe's we stopped and got snowballs. We went to this place by his daycare and as Patrick slowed down, Alex said, "Don't stop daddy." He thought we were bringing him to school. As we were eating snowballs, Alex was convinced that his was a snowman. He kept saying his snowman was yummy.

Once we got home, Patrick started installing the locks. Alex refused to come inside. I was sitting inside and Patrick could see him from the door. Next thing we know, Alex walks to the middle of the driveway, pulls his pants down and pees.

It's Carnival Ti-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ime!

Here's a little post of cute mispronunciations courtesy of Alex:

Parade= Parafe
Banana= puh-bana
octopus= op-uh-puss

And instead of floats, he calls them trains.

Parading

Here's Alex at the parades.

Endymion

Patrick scored free tickets to the Endymion Extravaganza. Here are a few pictures from the night. We did not take a picture together :(