After lunch today, I took Matteo to the toilet so he could, well, you know, do his business. When he finished, as we were about to flush, he said, “Bye, poopy. I will miss you.” When we got home, and I was taking him out of his car seat, he said, “Want a piece of [...]
Self-imposed time out
This morning Matteo spent two minutes in time out for scratching Christopher’s face. Thirty minutes later, after hitting Christopher, he walked himself over to the chair and sat. As he sat down, Mike said, “That’s right, you better sit in time out.” We walked into another room and chuckled. I returned to take this photo.
Matteo’s 2nd birthday
On Friday, March 11, we celebrated Matteo’s birthday. He was fortunate this year; his birthday fell on a weekday. Our family-only tradition has been to celebrate weekday birthdays at Fenton’s Creamery. This year, Grandma Johnie, David and Aunt Jessica joined the festivities. As usual, we had a great time – the calm before the storm! [...]
Introducing Mr. Pettibone
The other day our friend, Brad, brought two finger puppets, one for each of the boys. Christopher and Matteo have been quite excited about their new pets. Today, as we were getting ready to leave the house, Christopher stated that Mr. Pettibone was resting on his shoulder. In the below picture, Mr. Pettibone is getting [...]
