Looooong Weekend

After our fun-filled long weekend we need another long weekend to recuperate! Uncle Ben was in town from Philly, Kristin had a Fuchs family bridal shower to attend, we went boating, did some landscaping, went to the Memorial Day parade and grilled out. It was a wild one. The boys did great with all the hustle and bustle and we all had lots of fun and ate way too much.

Dirt snack during landscaping



Blue cookie deliciousness

Hot at the longest parade in history



 

Despite the 95 degree weather Cole insisted on napping in fleece footie jammies



Crazy curls after nap



Ben is a total sucker. He let Henry feed him soggy Cheerios. Straight from his mouth into Ben's.

Big Steps

We are anticipating some soon-to-come big steps for both boys.  Henry will be ditching his bottles soon and moving on to whole milk.  Awesome because formula is expensive but slightly annoying because we will have to buy 2 different gallons of milk weekly; Cole recently transitioned from full of fat milk to 1% milk...of course the timing doesn't work out. For Cole, we still have to make the move to the big boy bed and we just started to step up the potty training. He likes to sit on the potty before his bath every night but only for about 1.2 seconds. So we recently started giving him a M&M as an award for sitting longer.  I'm not sure if it will work, but I do wish I received the same award; although I would be about 400 pounds. I'm afraid all he will want to do is sit on the pot and eat treats. Yikes, will this encourage eating on the toilet? That is gross. We may have to rethink this plan.



Sitting nicely on the potty. Aren't you glad pics of you on the toilet don't get posted online?



Guess where we keep the candy. Yep, up there.

We also have to start working on Cole ditching his nuks. This will not be easy. He loves them. It will be hard because they work so well in calming him down when he is upset. Just the other day he was throwing a fit because he wanted to get back in the tub (with no water left). After a fair amount of screaming I shoved a nuk in his mouth and all was well. How long can a kid have nuks before it is embarrassing? I guess it doesn't matter because his teeth are starting to get jacked, so he needs to lose the nuk habit soon.

Henry continues to be a daredevil and the complete opposite of Cole at this age. He has multiple nicknames but the most appropriate as of late is Henace the Menace.  Hard to believe he has his first birthday coming up in a few weeks. He has started to clap (maybe a little late on that milestone!), will stand alone for a few seconds and loves to mimic.

Love Shack

I often get very excited and happy when Cole says he loves me, and then he will say, "Come here" and hold his arms out for a hug. He will also tell you what he wants you to say while you are sharing a hug; he will pat you on the back and say, "I love you my boy." Regardless of his rules, it is a great feeling, albeit it doesn't last very long . Cole will quickly remind you that this is not an exclusive club. I feel much less important when I see him taking all of his nuks to his chin and saying "I love you my nuks." Lately I have seen him do this with some pretty insignificant items, like his milk cup. Oh well, I guess I can still be happy I'm not the one thing excluded.

Cole hugging his purple Weebles treasure chest

As you can see from the Cole quotes above, there is a lot of love going around the Fuchs house. I am getting a little worried there may be too much love stuff happening. Cole is a very sweet boy and Kristin is a girl, so often there is quite a love fest going on with hugs and kisses and "I love you" talk. It is getting pretty gross and I am concerned it will have some negative effects on the children. Will too much love affect their toughness? Will their athletic careers be damaged? I don't know for sure, but it seems possible. Before Cole was born I said that I was going to stop hugging, kissing and hand holding at the age of two for this very reason. I know I can kick the habit, but I'm sure it will be a challenge to get Kristin to take the "love" down a notch, but it's for the children so how can she refuse?

Picture Day

It was Fuchs Family picture day as well as Mother's Day on Sunday. And you know what that means...Cole ruined another costly photo shoot. The photographer managed to get some decent group pictures and the individual family pictures turned out, but Cole just wouldn't sit still, much less look at the camera and smile. Kristin and I started sweating when we saw her car pull up and it was exhausting. Henry was a piece of cake though, he is easy to make laugh and smile. If you would like to see a sample, go to Type A Images.

Phone Pics

I am always amazed that after a weekend of fun we have more phone pics of the boys than I probably have of my entire childhood. We had a nice weekend with zero plans and just a lot of lazing and playing.  With nothing major to report, below are some photos from this past weekend.

Cole actually put the chairs next to each other and requested a pic with Henry. Not sure why. 

We ate at Rocky's at Bayshore. Cole dipped a yogurt covered raisin in marinara sauce. He reported it "gross," but popped it in anyway and gave a little disgusted shiver. I like that he dips everything.

These are about the lamest sunglasses I have ever seen. Not sure where they came from, but perfect for Cole to play with, and later break.

This is how Cole usually wears his shades - around his neck.

Tee Ball!

Snoozing in his bargain Old Navy hat