Mr. Independent

Landon wants to do everything by himself. Although is takes a great deal of patience sometimes, I am very thankful that he is trying to be independent.He was trying to put his jammies on all by himself. They were twisted in all the wrong directions, yet he wanted me to stay far away from him.

Something that would take me seconds to do for him can takes many many minutes if little man is wanting to do it independently...this is where the patience comes in!! Ha!!
He finally gave into my help, and he was just acting so silly before he went to bed!!

He has recently been wanting me to take his picture (I shouldn't get my hopes up, I know it won't last long!) just so he can see it played back on the camera. Usually he says, "tongue" and sticks his tongue out for the picture...he thinks it's funny to see it on the camera!!

Fireside

We kept the fire going most of the day today. I sure hope that it's the last time we will have to use the fireplace until next winter...it is spring after all.

Tonight after bath time, I got Landon dressed in front of the fireplace where it was nice and toasty.
Tonight was our last night of spring break, so that means we go back to school tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that Landon has missed his friends during this week off. Before I put him in his bed tonight, I told him that in the morning we were going to see Shelby and Wyatt (his friends at his sitters). I guess he thought I meant we were going at that moment, and he went to the door and cried for his friends. I love that he loves going to Ms. Shelley's house!!
As I am sitting here doing my blog, Landon is in his bed entertaining himself. He is saying, "Cow...moooooooooo", and then I hear him giggle.

Oh how this little boy has every little piece of my heart.

More Snow!!

Yesterday was the first day of Spring and it snowed...crazy!! The day before it was in the 70's, and we spent the day outside in short sleeves. I knew that a cold front was coming in, but I had no idea that it was going to snow.

Landon was a little disappointed with the snow this morning when he woke up. He really wanted to go play on his new play set, but it was way too cold and windy. He even put his shoes on and stood at the backdoor telling me, "slide". Hopefully this next week we'll be able to play outside...I think the weather is supposed to be nice.

Since it was so cold outside, we spent the day indoors playing.

Landon's new favorite place to sit is on the counter, of course, with my close supervision. He likes to sit up there when I am cooking or doing dishes.

My Grandmother

Landon and I went to visit my Grandmother today. I always enjoy visiting her, and I wish that she lived closer so that I could visit her more often.

My Grandmother has the sweetest heart, and I am so thankful that Landon is able to spend time with her. She has been such a positive influence in my life.
Landon played with dominoes while Grandmother and I played Skip-Bo. We also played a few games of Old Maid!! Ha!!

Bye Bye Pappy

We decided that it was time to take Landon's pacifier (or 'pappy' as Landon calls it) away. It was something that we wanted to do last summer when he was 1 1/2, but we just didn't have the heart to do it. He only uses it when he sleeps, and he has really grown attached to it the past few months.

We bought 4 balloons and tied his pacifier to it, and we let Landon let it go."Bye, bye pappy."
Landon ran after his pappy once it floated away, but he never cried.

We were really nervous about bedtime. We thought it would be a rough sleepless night, but it wasn't at all. Before Landon went to bed he did look in all the places that a pacifier usually is, and he kept saying, "pappy bye bye". He cried a little bit when we put him in bed, but eventually we heard him talking about his pappy going bye bye....and then he fell asleep.

I'm so proud of my big boy!!

Visiting the Grandparents

We kicked off our spring break with my parents. We spent ALL day Saturday shopping around town. We didn't buy a whole lot, but we did lots of looking! Landon shopped with us too. While we were shopping, David spent the day at Sea World with his nephew.

Mom and Dad have this foosball/coffee table at their house, and Landon really got into playing. He is showing the same competitive nature as his dad! Ha!

See what I mean...that is a serious game face.

He played so much that the next day he had little bruises on his forearms from hitting the edge of the table so many times.

One evening while we were there, Landon decided that Grandpa needed a fashion makeover!
I'm pretty sure that my dad wouldn't have let my sisters and I do this to him when we were growing up! Ha!

We got home early this afternoon, and we are already missing the nice south Texas weather! Landon went down for a nap as soon as we got home. All the shopping and time change really wore him out.

Outdoor Fun

The weather was gorgeous Friday afternoon, so we took advantage of it a played outside. We pulled out the chalk, and I made a Hopscotch board for Landon.Landon would jump across the board and say, "Hop, hop, hop".

Look at that boy jump!

David says that Landon is going to be a fast runner because when he runs he lifts his knees up high. I hope he is right!

Oh how I am so ready for warm weather to stay.

I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time outside this spring.
I know this sweet little face is ready to spend lots of time outside too! This is another reason I know Landon is going to want to spend lots of time outside this spring. We have been looking for a set like this for him for a while, and we found this one on major sale today!! The instructions say that it takes 8-10 hours for two people to put it together...we'll see if they are right.

Sesame Street Live

We took Landon to see Sesame Street Live last Sunday. It is so much fun taking Landon to shows and events that he LOVES!!

Elmo was definitely the star of the show. Kids everywhere were sporting Elmo attire and carrying stuffed Elmos. I don't think I have ever seen so much Elmo stuff in one place.We tried to get a picture of Landon by the "fake" Elmo, but he wasn't having it. You can tell by the picture that he is trying to move away from Elmo. I love this happy face.Here is Landon checking out his new t-shirt.

Totally mesmerized.

Landon had such a wonderful time, and that alone made it okay that we stayed out until 9:30 on a school night!

Cowtown Marathon

I have been a terrible blogger lately! I went on a bloggy break and didn't really even mean to. We have just been so busy the past week or so that I haven't had much computer time at all. Anyway, last Saturday David and I ran the 10K in the Cowtown Marathon, and it was such a great experience. I was a little nervous about running a 10K, because I don't typically run that far (I have always been a runner, just never more than 3 miles at a time), but it wasn't so bad. I think I want to do the half marathon (13.1 miles) next year.

Here we are bright and early in the morning (6am to be exact) before leaving for the race.

Here we are back at home after the race. Our sweet little high school neighbor, Katie, came over to stay with Landon while we were at the race. He was asleep when she came over, and I was so nervous about him getting upset when he woke up and he didn't see David or me. He did just the opposite. Katie said that he started laughing when she went to get him out of his bed. Ha!Little man and me after the race.

You can click the link below to see more pics from the race. There is a video on there as well. You can see me crossing the finish line about 15 seconds into the video (I'm on the far right in my white sweatshirt), and about 15 seconds later you will see David crossing the finish line (he is the one in all black towards the left). And I did say '15 seconds later you will see David', because...I BEAT DAVID!!!!! David and I have been giving each other a hard time about who would cross the finish line first, and I love pestering him about because he gets so fired up!

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