Friday, July 30, 2010

Last Day of Golf Lessons.

Today was the last day of Little Man's Tiny Tot's Golf Lessons. He seems to "get it"! The importance of the grip, maintaining balance and follow through. "Keep your hotdog in the bun", "Hands high, thumbs to the sky", "Your belly button should face the flag when you're done", "That back foot should be pointing down at the end of the swing". Yes, I was paying attention too!

Coach M was great with the kids and we will probably sign up again next summer. Just need to see if he wants to try the driving range with Daddy. :)

Pre-swing stretching
Little Man to the left, Navy shirt/khaki shorts

Focus

Look at that form!

High Five!!!

And the best part...picking up the balls in the tubes! :D


Hope everyone is having a great summer!



Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Underpants!

Yesterday we had a breakthrough! Little Man insisted on wearing underwear to school, while I cringed and hoped that his teachers didn't cuss me when he had an accident. I know, bad Mom, no faith in the kid. So I dropped him off, informed the teacher of the underpants and let her know that yes, we did have a stack of pull-ups and a backup pair of shorts in his backpack.

But when I picked him up that afternoon, Ms. S said, "Tell Mommy what you did today". And Little Man announced, "I wore my underwear all day!" And he did! Except for naptime of course, but THIS WAS HUGE! ((high 5's all around!))

He usually wears pull-ups to school but since our move, he's insisted on wearing underwear. Also wanted to know if Superheros wear underwear. I thought maybe they wore jock-straps but then you get that strap line with the spandex outfits being so tight and all so I was at a loss. So I did some online research and Superheros do wear underwear, just on the outside of their clothes! I know! What sense does THAT make?! Even Wonder Woman is confused! ((me shaking head)).

The Justice League

Also found a picture of the sensible Captain Underpants!
He knows whatsup!

Needless to say, The Husband was very proud of our Little Captain Underpants too. Let's hope this keeps the potty train going! :)

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Full Recovery and Darth Bear!

Since Little Man is feeling much better (and we had some time to kill), we stopped by the mall. He loves visiting Build-a-Bear but I wasn't going to drop $60+ on a bear with outfit. Then he saw it! A Darth Vader Bear! Also had an Obi-Wan Kenobi outfit!

Little Man is really into Star Wars right now. Loves wearing his Star Wars - Clone Wars T-shirt and is always asking me to tell him the characters names. He already has a black bear named Sam (complete with outfit & convertible car) that his Grandma K, Aunt R and cousins made for him a couple of years ago so I figured all he needed was the outfit! They did have a Batman costume too but he said he wanted Darth Vader. So instead of spending an outrageous amount of money, we got an outfit for $15 - turning the existing bear into a whole new toy! Yeah!

Darth Bear with the super cool Light Saber!

Little Man enjoying a cereal bar with Darth.


Friday, July 23, 2010

Moving Sucks!



The Husband, Little Man and I moved over the weekend and I must say. MOVING SUCKS!!! We were not the happy box head couple you see in the pic! Little Man came down with a really bad intestinal virus Friday night so to get out of the house and avoid the extra stress (moverscoming Sat. morning), Little Man and I checked into a hotel. Let me tell you...nothing worse than being sick and wanting to be home and not having a home to go to...just yet anyway.

So, The Husband, Uncle J and the movers took care of everything at the house while I took care of Little Man. High fever for 5 days, throwing up, a trip to the minor emergency clinic, blood work then an ultrasound to check for appendicitis (negative), then more throwing up, SUPER congested, then a chest x-ray to check for pneumonia (negative), then diarrhea, then just fever. Poor little guy told us Sunday morning that he just wanted to go home so we took him to the new place. He was finally fever free on Wednesday and back to school on Thursday-he was very happy about that..missed his friends!

As of today, we're down to 2 boxes in the house (I won't mention the garage!) and finally starting to feel settled. Ahhhh. Also helps that I finally have internet service back up. :)




Monday, July 12, 2010

Future Golfer!

Little Man is taking "Tiny Tot Golf Lessons" through the Recreation Center once a week for the next 4 weeks. He really enjoyed his first lesson and learned about the different parts of the club and the different clubs you use! We were all really impressed by a 4 year old that kept lobbing the ball up in the air to the "hole". His mom said that "that's his thing, hitting balls in the backyard". The instructor explained technique so well that I think even I could play pretty well! :)
Bend your knees and keep the club down.

Straighten your arms & keep your nose pointed at the ball.

Fix your grip. Remember, your thumb is the hot dog, keep it in the bun.
And Swing!

Who knows! Maybe someday we'll see little man on T.V. winning the U.S. Open Championship in Pebble Beach! :D


Monday, July 5, 2010

Shhhh!

I don't want to know how great the movie is!!!

Can't really give anything away though...already read the book twice. :)

Waiting for my friend "K" to get back from her trip so we can go see it together!

Can't wait!

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