Posted 9:59 AM by Kathy
Josh has officially moved into his big boy bed! Yes, for about 2 1/2 years he has been sleeping with us. While he is a very sweet, cuddly sleeper, he is getting too big. We've been telling him for awhile that when he turned three, he was going to be moving into his bed and that we would get him some sheets w/ trucks, etc. So, for his birthday those were some of his gifts. He also got a clock with buses and cars and a stoplight lamp. He's been in there for 4 nights now and he's sleeping much better I think.

Posted 8:02 AM by Kathy
Happy Birthday to Josh! We had a very fun weekend that culminated in his 3rd birthday party. On Saturday, we went to the bookstore. Josh played so well with the other kids. He remembered that he needs to share. He was very good. On Sunday, we went to church. We were a little late, so when Shawn dropped Josh off at his class, he told him to be very quiet since class had started. Josh was quietly entering the room when Wil stood up, threw his hands in the air and yelled, "JOOOOOSSSSHHHHH!!!"

Sunday evening we went to the fire station and took a short tour for Josh's party. They climbed in the trucks and were a little startled by the sirens. After that, we went to the playground and played on the equipment and had snowcones and cake and opened presents. We had a smaller group than last year (Yippee!), and Josh was very excited about each one in attendance. We had the Meades, the Moores, Ethan and G-pa, Grammie, Uncle Ryan, Aunt Amy, and Baby "Quiet" (Wyatt), and Josh's friend from school, "My Joshua Turnbull" and his mom. One of the cutest things that happened was that after everyone sang "Happy Birthday, dear Josh" Joshua says, "That's me! It's my happy birthday!" Also, Wil sang it about 4 times, it was great.

Posted 8:09 AM by Kathy
Josh has learned to ride a tricycle! He would scoot on it without pushing the pedals, but on Wednesday night he figured it out. He can even go backwards. The look on his face when he realized what he did was priceless! I got some pictures, but I know they won't capture that sparkle in his eyes.

Posted 7:58 AM by Kathy
Last night was almost fantastic. Shawn was gone on business and I decided to finish up some shopping for Josh's birthday party. Since Josh was good during that, we went to the bookstore to play with the trains. He plays really well until some of the other kids put their trains down and walk off. He thinks that means that possession has ended and he no longer needs to share. The little boy asked him very nicely if he could have one of the train cars and Josh threw a lovely tantrum. So, we had to leave. We did have an hour and fifteen minutes that I could sit and read. We survived.

Posted 10:36 AM by Kathy
Josh had to be picked up from school yesterday. He was running a fever. He did this 3 weeks ago, except he had a cough then. He had a fever until yesterday evening and then, nothing. I hope it lasts, when he is sick like this he doesn't act sick. I keep him home and he runs around like nothing is wrong. I did get to pick him up in Darryl's PT Cruiser. He thinks he is big stuff.

Posted 10:52 AM by Kathy
Big Weekend! Josh went to Wil and Elizabeth's birthday party on Saturday. It was a Clifford theme. Christine is "Mother Extraordinaire" she was willing to have the guests attend without their parents! We were the only parents to take her up on that! Amazing! Josh had a great time.

After that, Shawn and I had some work to do, so we dropped Josh off at G-pa and Nana's house. We walked in and everyone was there. Josh got to play with Ethan, who he calls Emily (we're working on that) and he played outside and ate cantaloupe. It was all good!

Posted 2:49 PM by Kathy
My favorite Joshism is "Sunbright" all one word and pronounced "Shunbwight". This is used in place of "sun". i.e., "Where shunbwight go?"

We also got a letter from the Meade twins yesterday. It was pretty cute. I'm trying to get him to write one back, there's still hope.

Posted 10:32 AM by Kathy
Josh has been watching "Blue's Big Musical Movie" a lot lately. There is a part on that where Periwinkle (the Cat) is looking for Steve and calls "Steve, where are you? I want to show you my magic trick." Well, Josh when he is looking for me will yell "Mama, Where are you? I need show you my trick!"

He has also moved up to the 3's at school. He gets to play on the big playground and he has been reunited with his friends Olivia and Garrett. He's very excited about it.

Posted 11:25 AM by Kathy
We went to the city this weekend, just Josh and I. We spent some time with my sister and her family, they were down for her 10 year class reunion. Her boy is 6 months old and he is so pretty. Josh called Shawn on the phone on Sat. night and he talked so much! He talked about what movies he has watched and about fish toys and pianos and just stuff. It was really cute.

He wants to go back to the book store. He asks all the time. Sometimes he says, "I want to go to the store book." Very funny.

Posted 12:24 PM by Kathy
We had quite an adventure on Wednesday. It stormed suddenly and of course, our electricity went off. We decided that we'd go to the book store since it was getting hot in our house, no lights, etc. First, Josh peed on the floor, then just after we got him (and the floor) cleaned up, the lights went out there. Josh freaked out! It got dark, he couldn't see the trains that he was playing with, it was all bad.

I keep thinking that there is something I've forgotten, but maybe I'll remember it later.

Posted 10:22 AM by Kathy
Sorry that it's been so long. We had a great 4th. We spent the evening at the Meades, eating hamburgers and homemade ice cream. The kids did sparklers and watched the neighbors do the bigger stuff. They had fun.

Josh has been sick this week. He was sick on Sunday with a fever and a cough. He was finally able to go back to school today. He didn't act sick, but he kept saying, "I tired". I would give hem medicine and he'd say, "For my cough?" Then later he'd bring me his water or whatever, and say, "Here, Mama, fo' you cough" and he'd help me sip it.

Oh, and he also told Shawn on Monday, "Have a good weekend!" Shawn was going back to work after lunch. (I think this was the scenario) Pretty cute.

Posted 9:08 AM by Kathy
Josh helped me make pizza last night. I like to use the Chef Boy Ar Dee pizza kit. You have to add mozzarella and any meat topping that you want, but the crust is great and it makes a lot. Josh likes to help me put the cheese and pepperonis on. He is getting really good at sprinkling the cheese and he almost puts as many pepperonis on as he eats. This is interesting since he doesn't always eat the pepperoni when it's baked on the pizza.

Posted 9:47 AM by Kathy
Josh likes to go to the gym with me. He really enjoys playing in the kids' area. They have lots of blocks and he enjoys playing with different kids. I feel bad about taking him there after I've already left him at school all day. I console myself that I only do it once a week and he's seeing Mama TRY to get back into shape. I don't know if I've been successful at this consoling though.

Posted 7:59 AM by Kathy
Josh is almost potty trained! Yippee! He still has a couple of accidents every once in awhile, but he is really doing well. We bought 3 kinds of character underwear and he likes them all. Of course Star Wars is one of them.

On Friday, I dropped Josh off at school and I noticed that the school bird, Jack was "sleeping really hard". Saying goodbye to the bird is a going home routine for a lot of the kids, including us. So I thought about it and called the director and asked if I could replace him. She was happy about that, she was pretty attached to him. So, 13 bucks later, we have Jackie. She's pretty cute although I worried about her all weekend long. Goofy!

Sunday, Josh was kind of a Daddy's boy. I got him in trouble a couple of times and I guess he thought he was justified in shifting loyalties. Shawn suggested that we go get ice cream as a treat (Josh helped him "mow" the lawn) Josh told me to "stay here". I didn't get to go, but that was actually OK with me.