A FEW MORE TIDBITS ABOUT THE MISSOURI TRIP

I forgot to mention a few things in the earlier post like...why did Daddy not travel with us to Missouri! Well, initially Daddy needed to stay home to work even though it was spring break and he is a college professor but he started not feeling well on Thursday and then it got really bad by Saturday morning! When my parents picked us up they talked him into going to the doctor...and it's a good thing he did! I get a text message from him about 2 hours into our 10 hour drive letting me know that he has the FLU...UGH! Luckily Dalton and I have never shown any signs of the flu! Mommy and the 2-year old have no time for the flu and we are glad that Daddy is on the mend! But we did talk to Daddy everyday while we were gone to make sure he was okay and he was SO SWEET and left cards for us with Grandma for everyday of the trip reminding us how much he loves us and to have a GREAT time while we were there! Dalton really liked getting the "mail"!

Another really fun discovery Dalton made other than the stair climbing was bar soap! To the average person not a big deal...to a toddler who loves to wash his hands in the BIG SINK and has only had soap from a pump until NOW...it's a BIG DEAL! He called it the "slippey a.k.a slippery soap" and laughed his BIG BELLY laugh every time that it slipped from his grubby little fingers! We now have both kinds of soap in our bathroom for Dalton's washing pleasure...it is just as funny for him today as it was the first day he tried it!

Did I mention that we ate at the Cracker Barrel for lunch both going to Missouri and coming back...seemed like a good idea at the time. Until Dalton discovered the basket of $9.99 cars that he couldn't live without...Grandpa was the sucker on the way to Missouri and Mommy was the sucker on the way back from Missouri. And Dalton is the lucky toddler with a new collection of random overpriced cars! Next time...if there is a next time my suggestion will be to NOT STOP at Cracker Barrel! His Grandma took him out on the big porch to walk around while I finished my lunch and when I got out there he was playing in the mulch with one of the construction trucks we bought him...that boy will find mulch/dirt/water anywhere we go.

Also, every time that we would stop at the rest stops at first he would think it was a park and then he got very enticed by the free newspaper/catalogs dispensers. He kept saying he was "getting the mail"! I guess because you lifted up the door and reached in and got the newspaper/catalog...all I know is it kept him very busy! And we used lots of hand sanitizer when we returned to the van:)

ON THE GO!

This week has been pretty busy for Dalton! He spent Monday morning with his Grandma "B" so mommy could take advantage of some great grocery shopping at Crest! He has actually gotten interested in going "shopping" again and apparently played shopping with Grandma while I was gone. When I returned we ate lunch with Grandma and headed home to take a rest!

Tuesday was a BIG DAY for mommy...once again Grandma "B" watched Dalton while mommy enrolled him in Mother's Day Out (MDO)! He won't start until September but I think it will be fantastic for both of us! He has been hinting that he needs some time away...usually when I return to pick him up at Grandma's he says "bye-bye momma" and he doesn't want me to stay in the same room when we are all there together! We will keep our fingers crossed that will be his attitude when we start MDO in the fall! This time we headed home and ate lunch on our own and attempted to take a rest...that didn't happen on this day!

Wednesday Dalton had his first trip to the post office...we mailed Grandma "S" her belated birthday gift...we know she will love it. We made her a photo story book about Dalton's 2nd year of life! After our trip to the post office we made our way to have lunch and play with Grandma "B" and Cousin Emily after she got out of Pre-K. Along the way we did some of Dalton's favorite things...drove over the railroad tracks (no trains today), saw a fire truck, police car and a motorcycle...boy was it his lucky day:) That evening we got to play outside some more because it was so nice...Dalton has been waking up saying "play outside"! This crazy warm weather (I'm not complaining...but you have to admit it is pretty crazy that it is 80 plus degrees today in early March) one day and cold the next has Dalton all confused about when he can go outside and when he can't. We played sand, took a short trip around the block in his red convertible push car, rode on his trike, wrote with sidewalk chalk and played with the neighbor girls...we can't wait until it's officially spring so we can play, play and play some more "outside"!

Thursday we met a friend of mine from my college days and her two kidos at the Oklahoma Science Museum and later went to lunch at McDonald's! Dalton explored more than he did his first time there and loved the tractor the best, we played with the puppets, and even climbed to the top of a VERY TALL slide but decided not to go down! We got to watch the HUGE electric train go round and round and see some bicycles and airplanes...it's kind of a little boys dream in there with all of the mechanical stuff! He still liked the water table but not as much as he enjoyed that GREAT BIG TRACTOR...I tried to get some good pics but the lighting was really bad! And I was trying to enjoy the moment for once and not get so wrapped up in the picture taking of it all!

Who knows what Friday will bring other than Mommy hopefully going to a consignment sale down the street...that is if I can get brave enough to ask Grandma "B" to watch Dalton for the third time this week!

Dalton and Walker playing at the water table...this was Walker's first time and the water table was definitely his favorite!

Dalton driving the tractor...he loved it...he even invited me in for "mommy's turn"!

More time at the wheel...a toddlers work is never done!

Post french fries & ketchup faces...they both enjoyed the ketchup at lunch today...look at those messy faces!

Isn't eating at McDonald's all about getting the toy out of the happy meal...luckily Dalton still eats his lunch too!