Random toddler shenanigans

Little M is now 16 months! He routinely climbs up and down the stairs on his own, climbs on the kitchen chairs to climb onto the table, peels the keys off the keyboard, and provides all of us (especially his sisters) with endless amusement. When I tell him "Let's go!" he runs to the door, when I ask him where his sippy is he starts looking under the couches, and when I say "Let's change diaper!" he runs to our bedroom.

He says "nigh-nigh", "teechoo" (for thank you), "all" (ball), "ook" (look), "bye-bye", and he imitates many other words.

He will be going to a Mother's Day Out program once a week starting next week, so that I can finally schedule doctor appointments (I would probably get chewed out by the dentist) and other errands. He will be going from 9am - 2pm. Yeah, he's my fourth child and I've gone through a heck of a lot of things, but I will more than likely be beside myself with anxiety the first day he isn't with me though. So perhaps it would be wise not to expect that I could do so many things that first day.


Wearing Daddy's shoe.


After eating one (yeah, only one) Graham cracker.


He just loves the game controls!


Riot police.


Little boy table! He did fall off the chair a few times being too wiggly.

Some backyard fun and random pictures

The girls, Little M and I played in the backyard for a bit after taking Big M to school. We bounced a beach ball around and then K and J helped Little M play with the basketball.

K helping Little M with the ball, or taking it away from him. I can't tell.



K guarding Little M.



J's 2nd boo boo on the exact same spot! She went nose first on the wood chips in the playground at school.



Playing water gun in the front yard. The front yard is nice and shady in the afternoon, which makes it perfect to play in even in the hot weather. It's really like a second backyard.



My carpet Lillies are finally blooming!



My little apricot rose. Love the color!



J is behind her paper doll fashion show.



K's fashion show is all about dresses, but she ran out of glamorous dresses with the third doll.



Big M showing his 2 front teeth that are about to fall out. They're pointing straight out!

Random pictures

I am always with my phone so I catch a lot of memorable moments on photo, but I don't always remember to post them on the blog. So here are some of them in the last month or so.

We planted a few flowers this spring. These are right outside the kitchen window so we have something nice to look at. (J in yellow, K in red.)

Big M is flowering the carpet Lilies I planted in the front yard. Little M is trying to help.

After my new haircut - 7 inches of hair gone. I have no idea why this picture is bigger than the rest - I'm not vain. :)

J tapping into her Filipino blood - eating with her hand.

Big M is playing with a stick he found at the park.

At a lunch date with Daddy at a yummy burrito place! Yum!

The trio getting ready to release a monarch butterfly. These sippy cups are really not used anymore except when someone is sick and needs a drink outside the kitchen. And of course if one uses one, the other girl needs one too. (K with a pink sippy, J with a purple sippy.)