Food Lion & a Balloon

Alex and I ran out to Food Lion the other night for grilled cheese sammies and tomato soup. It was cold and windy and we were home alone for yet another night (Tim worked out of town 4 days last week). Apparently the bagger was impressed with Alex’s handsome eyes, so she asked if she could give him a balloon. Man, was he proud of that balloon!

On another note, look carefully at the trucks on the entertainment center. Silly boy loves to turn them upside down, tell me, “uh-oh,” shake his head at them, and put them back up right. We also have several car pile-ups a day on the floor.

Wheezy-Cheesy

You’d never know it, but Alex has been fighting some kind of bug for close to a month. He doesn’t seem to realize it, but he’s had a low grade fever almost every day and is on his 2nd ear infection (at least in a different ear this time) in the past month. I took him to the doc yesterday and we got some stronger medicine for the new ear infection, in hopes of finally killing this bug. Then … he decided to take it up a notch and started wheezing last night. I called the on-call nurse, and we decided he could wait until today to see a doc. When I took him in, he ended up getting a breathing treatment with a nebulizer. He did not like that one bit! Luckily the one I’ve given him here at home went much smoother. In case you don’t know what a nebulizer does, it just vaporizes medicine into a fine mist, like a humidifier. You are supposed to put the mouth piece in your mouth so the mist doesn’t escape, but it’s kind of hard to get an almost 2-yr-old to cooperate. Instead, I have to hold the mist in front of his face and hope he gets most of it. At least it makes a huge difference! We’ll be doing these every 4 hrs for the next few days, so cross your fingers it goes well and that he gets better soon!

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

So I look down the hallway and see my silly Alex walking in my boat shoes. I’m pretty sure he walked all the way from my closet to the front door! Every now and then, a shoe would slip off, but that didn’t phase him one bit! He just slid his foot back in and kept walking!

I love his expression in the 2nd photo – proud, yet oops-she-caught-me!

Anchors Away!

Alex and I went to Fort Fisher last week to enjoy some sunshine and a distraction from the house. Believe it or not, the Terrible Twos are quickly approaching, and Alex has been sure to let me know! Luckily, he was well-behaved as soon as we got into the car. I think he just didn’t want to be stuck inside the house!

I didn’t take many pictures since we were busy wandering, but I did get this:

Remember my post in June about our visit to Fort Fisher? I love using old posts to see how much my big boy has grown:

Gorgeous Hair

I just have to say that Tim and I are going to be in trouble when Alex is in school. Look at this gorgeous hair!

Alex got a spa treatment today. He took a nice long bubble bath and I conditioned his hair. Then while he watched Mighty Machines, I massaged and rubbed him down with lotion – this cold air and the heater running non-stop has dried the poor thing out! I even gave him a manicure. Good thing he adores me!

Thanksgiving Craft

Alex and I went to a MOMS Club play-date to make his first Thanksgiving craft:

Gobble, gobble! Hard to believe it’s already November … and that in 1 more month, Alex will be 2 years old!

Bowling

I took Alex bowling on Monday. By bowling, I mean I set up his bowling set under the house after music class and showed him how to roll the ball to knock down the pins. He decided bending over to roll the ball was over-rated, so he just sat down and pushed the ball. He actually did a great job!