The King Convoy

Headed to see Memaw and Poppa in Pittsburgh. LONG truck ride, but Lawson did great. He only had an issue the first 10 minutes when we passed by the Pensacola Airport and saw the plane leave that we SHOULD have been on. HA. Then about 1.5 hours into the trip when he randomly said "when are we going to get to the bus station??" then the resulting realization that we were DRIVING the whole way in a "NOT BIG THING"  HA. Other than that he did well.

I had a variety (read: WAY TOO MUCH) of things for lawson to do on the trip. We managed 5 hours before we busted out an electronic device. (for him....I was on mine before we left the driveway. ha)

I invested in a car seat tray table that is possibly banned in 42 states for safety reasons. Apparently in the last 4.5 years I don't give a rip.  Whatever it takes.  He played with his little Dino Trux toys for a while, then other random toys. Worked on the dry erase work books and asked me 5000 questions and needed snacks and 250 other random things that he couldn't do for himself.  We traveled from Pensacola, FL to Wytheville, VA- around 11 hours total and all in all he did great. I was more restless the last two hours than he was. HE got a 2 hour nap, where as I slept about 10 minutes.

After pizza and pool time bedtime was a joke. SOMEONE would NOT fall asleep. ONE guess as to who that was?

Today (day two of travel) I asked Lawson what his favorite part of the previous day was and he said "Um, getting to the hotel and eating"  Always good to feel like you starved your child.

Today was a short day driving in comparison and we stopped by a New River Gorge in Virginia and that was a good stretch of our legs and educational moment. Too bad they weren't doing bungee jumping off the bridge today. On second thought, maybe it is good since Lawson would be all about doing it.

Overall it was a great drive up all things considered- warm weather, no snow, no crazy drivers or major issues. Now we are here and Lawson is in Memaw and Poppa heaven...and I am actually doing a blog post. HA

Night night friends.

Haven't posted Ls choice of night night friends for a while.  There is a pretty constant theme lately....

I didn't notice the diaper leak until I looked at the picture that night. Ha

Very dark picture- but he has about 8 TINY dinos.  He started in his bed.  Woke up around 2am and gathered all them up and made his way into our bed.  No friend left behind 

A three foot shark 

Very noisy dinos

Last but not least- his favorite. MOMMY

Mothers Days 2014

Figured I should to a quick post and keep up with the history of posting for Mothers Day. 

Lawson made me a beautiful flower arrangement at school...with a tiny bit of help from the teachers. :)

We Sent some love to our loved ones far away....

 I had my friend come over and she brought her son. He and L get along like gangbusters LOL.

 

 Never too many Ants to look at poolside

 They really liked driving each other around with one in the back of the truck. They got stuck turning around in the hallway....L said "DON'T LAUGH MOMMY- Come help us!" LOL. It was hard not to.

 Instead of a Mothers Day card L gave me this...with help from Daddy. :) Best thing ever. I cant wait to get more entries as the years go by. Daddy picked out the the perfect book- the plane's name is Dusty. :)

Night Night Friends.

L hasn't gotten attached to one toy or stuffed animal- no lovey for him. He loves all his toys!! Each day he tends to have an attachment to a different toy.....or item.  L is an equal opportunity cuddler.

Each night he goes and picks out his "night night friends". 

They mostly change from night to night- with the exception of Dusty and Skip (Skipper) from Planes.  He chose them for about a record of a month. That is the highest honor in the King Tou realm. 

Here are some of his choices....

 The hose and nozzle from his toy fuel pump.

 A plastic spoon and a coozie. No idea why he chose these. He actually slept with these all night.

 Chupacabra and Ripslinger with a turtle. :)

 Mack from Cars. He slept with him for about a week- even bringing into our bed when he would get up and come into our bed at 2am.

 His wooden blue car- this also serves to help keep him from going to sleep. Vroom vroom!

Even in the car- you need night night friends. 

It's MAY

Apparently I post once a year. HA


Okay- so I am always saying I going to write down all these funny things 4 says(I am totally going to call him 4 on here. Not b/c of a popular book at ALL- but b/c he is the 4 and I don't want to type out his name a zillion times) 

Since I text people immediately and tell them....I figure I can copy and paste. More for my memory and to share with him one day than anything else...but I am sure if there is anyone out there, you might enjoy it also. :)

So without further adieu

Told him today that he couldn't have any more watermelon until he ate one triangle of his sandwich. He came back a few minutes later and wanted more watermelon. I looked to his plate and it was empty. He never leaves nothing. So I asked him where his sandwich went. 

"Hmmmm. Maybe it jumped into my tummy?"

Me- no it didn't. 

"It disappeared like smoke"

Me-try again Dear 

"Maaaaaybeeeee it fell...into the sink?!"  

It was in the sink.  

I am shocked he didn't say that it was in the pool and he had to go get it. This kid loves water in any form. Except on his toys. OH MY GOSH DON'T LET IT GET ON HIS TOYS.

King of all he purveys

Noncurious Lawson

We packed up and went to Barnes & Nobles to see Curious George.

SOMEONE wasn't a fan.

Crawfish!!!

We went to the Pensacola crawfish festival tonight. We got some crawfish étouffée, boudin balls, shrimp, corn, corn dogs and of course. DEEP FRIED BREAD PUDDING. Omg. Major diet buster- bit omg so yummy.

Lawson like the boudin and étouffée at first, Shrimp for one bite, corn was too hot, and the corn dogs mustard grossed him out. Ha I did t offer the bread pudding. I can't let him
Have it that late- holy terror
Best part? He got
To hold a crawfish!!!!!

Vacation!!

We went to Aruba and had a blast!!! So much to say

Memaw and Bama Gramma came down here so we all flew out together. Early morning flight (730) was perfect. The long flight to Aruba was right at Lawson's baptize! He was askeo before the plane took off, and slept all the way there.

We got there were greeted with warm weather and a nice breeze.

We got two rooms connected with a common area- and it was perfect!

Bama Grama and Memaw were perfect roommates.

Lawson was sure not to show any favoritism- if he gave one a hug, he would give the other one a hug. This boy is nothing if not compassionate.

First two days we did nothing. Played in the water, swam, ate, etc. Lawson and Memaw checked out the nightly show and he LOVED the cirque type show. After the show he clapped for the specific performers that he liked- the one he didn't- he just shrugged. LOL

We rented a jeep one day and that was fun! Drive up to baby beach and snorkeled. I am very proud of our mothers- they both did it!!! I also had a freaking puffer fish bite my hand. Granted, I was holding a pea- but geez- that little fricker was impatient!

We also went on the Sea Explorer- it didn't go totally under the water, but rather you walked down and it water down under the water. We got up close to the shipwreck Atlantis without getting wet!

At one point the tour guide, Nancy, was talking about how the Antillas captain went down with the ship. The. Talked about how the captain of the Recent shipwreck Concordia didn't- he fell into the life raft (with his girlfriend, luggage and wine), then she called him a "chicken of the sea". To which Lawson started going "BAWK BAWK BAWK", flapping his arms like a chicken. Seriously- this kid is a little ham. After that he would "do the chicken" and pretty much expect people to clap and cheer for him like on the boat. Goofy boy

The last day was then just relaxation. Lawson wore his swim jacket and loved the water so much. He would push me away and say "I sim! I sim!" He was convinced he was swimming.

No one got a sunburn- and I looked like an idiot with my UV Coolibar sun protective clothing and hat on. Honestly- I don't care. Melanoma is no frogging joke. Our check out day, we saw a little girl with gauze on both forearms from a sunburn. You could tell her arms hurt so bad, and could see the drainage through her bandages. My heart just aches for that sweet child- she was Lawson's age.

I absolute can not believe howling he has grown up! He ate so much better there. I can't figure out why??!! The amount of food he consumed was unreal! May all that "sim-ing?"


Enjoy some pictures!

Never Say Never

I will NEVER go online to find a date

I will NEVER date a doctor

I will NEVER have NO paying job at all

I will NEVER let my child sleep with me.


Sigh