Jake's first steps (and Tyler's directing debut)

Things continue to be quite hectic here in the Jones household. With Jake 100% mobile, there are a new set of fun challenges presented for this mom. Tyler can no longer have a snack on the coffee table, because Jake will dive on in for himself. Everything under 2 feet in our house that isn't bolted down has been moved - usually by Jake first, and then me once I realize he can reach it now. He's started to pull up, move from one thing to another, and then stand on his own for a few seconds. My first experience with Tyler tells me that official walking could happen any day now! We managed to get some of Jake's first steps here with the Flip.



Once I realized that I really should use both of my hands to catch Jake - and I didn't have a third to hold the Flip video - we trained Tyler to hold it. As you can see, it took a minute for him to get the concept, but now he's running around the house, taking 4 second clips of everything from Mattie to his monster trucks!

Ummm, yeah...Probably

Tyler came home this evening and announced, "I went to timeout today."

Scott asked him, "Well, why did you have to go to timeout?"

"I went to my cubbie," replied Tyler.

Thinking this was a strange reason to go to timeout, I asked, "Well, Tyler, were you supposed to be doing something else when you went to your cubbie?"

To which Tyler replied, "Ummm, yeah...Probably."

Gotta love the honesty of a 3-year-old.

Happy 4th!!!

We've had a fabulous, relaxing weekend! Since I want to get back to it ASAP, I'm just posting a few recent pictures of the fun!

Who are you and where is my 3-year-old?

So, everyone told me, don't worry about the terrible twos, it's the threes you have to worry about. And for the most part, that's been true :) Tyler is an amazing kid, but he certainly has his fair share of meltdowns and hissy fits.

So, one day this week, I picked him (and Jake) up from school and needed to run to Walmart to pick up a few things we needed. I planned ahead and had a snack for both the boys that they could eat on the way to the store. As we pulled into the parking lot of Walmart, Tyler said, "Mommy, I finish my snack before we go in."

Normally, this would not have been a big deal, but on this particular day, the heavens were about to open up in the form of a thunderstorm and I wanted to get in and out really quick. I pleaded with Tyler, "Why don't we keep your snack in the car and we can finish it when we get back in the car?"

I braced myself for the whining and protesting.

Then he said,

"OK Mommy, it doesn't matter."

I paused.

"What did you say?"

He repeated it again.

"It doesn't matter."

He went happily in the store and finished his snack when we got back in the car. I feel like we have reached the end of the 3s. At least for now! 

How far we've come...

I blogged a few weeks ago about how Tyler has gotten a lot more comfortable in and around water since last summer. Well, as you can tell from the photos in the last post, this did not change last week during our trip to the beach. He's has turned into quite the little fish, with a lot of help from his dad and Papa. Here are a few videos from the trip.

Beach bums

We've been relaxing this week at Ocean Isle Beach, thanks to a week-long trip Scott's dad put together. We have had the best time, just lounging around, playing in the pool and generally just being bums! Here are a few of my favorite pics from the week. Check out our little man surfing!!!

Wordless Wednesday