Today I decided it might be fun for Davey to help me pot some African Violets. I think he will also like helping to take care of them.

I went to Home Depot to get the basic supplies.

Davey helped me put potting soil in the bottom of the pot  (He immediately got very dirty which was as it is always meant to be with him).

He wanted to place the plant into the pot.

He carefully grasped the plant

and eased it into the pot.

I told him we could talk to the plants.

He was apologizing to them here for having gotten dirt on some of their leaves.

This may have been when he decided to name all three of them Winkie.

Davey took a liking to Winkie, Winkie and Winkie.  He told David that he knew which Winkie was which.  All these Winkies.  I guess it makes it easy to remember names.

Now the Winkies are sitting on the sill in the front room.

Davey did a fine job!

I thought I’d try to take some pictures with Koko Puff this evening.

I brought her out on the porch.  Koko always knows what she wants to do and always does what she wants.  She did not want pictures.

We managed to get her in a few pictures though.

Koko’s head is very tilted due to a vestibular problem she has developed again.  She’s a little sideways but has been doing ok.

We love our Koko girl.

It’s been a nice Friday.

I took Koko to the vet this morning.  The ulcer in her eye is getting a little less deep and it seems to be healing.  I will hope it continues to make progress.  She had a fever the other day, and I think an ear infection.  We got her a new antibiotic and her ear looks much better today.  And no more fever! And she’s eating more again!

The trip to the vet just about wears her out.  She’s been asleep for most of the day.  Although she likely would have been asleep most of the day anyway.

Davey went to tumblin’ with David and had a great time as usual.  Next week he will go a 3 hour camp there.  It’s going to involve real firemen and a firetruck.  He is going to love that.

Tonight we went to Casa Bonita with his great friend Olivia and her family.  Olivia and Davey walk nearly everywhere hand in hand and play and play and play together.  It’s so fun to watch them together.  They are almost the exact same size and they are just cute!

Oh and today we received our first postcrossing postcard!  It came from Japan. Davey enjoyed it, but I think I am still getting a bigger kick out of it than he is!

I am also now a total ebook reader convert.  I downloaded Anne of Green Gables the other day from Project Gutenberg.  It is a great source for free ebooks.  Lots of classics.  I never thought I would like the whole ebook thing, but after I got a free Kindle as a result of opening a new bank account, I thought I would give it a whirl.

One of the main reasons that I like it is that it makes it much easier to knit and read.  The Kindle is nice and flat and easy to position. I knit abit and read abit as I seem to be afflicted with the problem of needing to be doing more than one thing at once.

And I loved loved reading Anne of Green Gables  again.  So much so that I downloaded Anne of Avonlea today.

That’s all.  Davey fell asleep quickly.  David too for that matter!

Saturday was a big day.

Davey was smiling about it.  He told me that he was using his hands to help him even smile bigger because he was just so excited!

He was so excited because we were on our way to see his first movie ever in the theatre.

I even took a picture of the drive there.

We saw Winnie the Pooh.  It was a perfect first movie.  The length was just right at just over an hour.  Although he really enjoyed it, by the time an hour went by, he was just about ready to go.

He loved the big chair.  He loved the popcorn, candy and lemonade.  Actually, he loved the idea of the snacks more then he actually enjoyed consuming them.  He was too excited.  David and I were too.  It was the first movie we’d been to in probably over a year.  And it was such a cute movie!  Perfect for Davey.

Some of the previews were a little loud for him and he put his hands over his ears.  He also spent most of the movie first in my lap and then in David’s.  He wasn’t scared of the movie, maybe it was the dark theatre that propelled him to our laps.  We didn’t mind.

After the movie, we walked around the outdoor shopping area and we found a splash park.  It was a great one.  Davey loved it.  We took turns maneuvering him through the fountains.

He also ventured in on his own.

And had a great time.

After the splash park, we walked around a little more.

Oh, but I have to mention the “ninja tinkle”.  Davey loves finding secret places to “tinkle”.  And he tends to wait until he really really has to go go, so we often don’t have much time.  So here they went on the hunt for the perfect spot.   Oh to be a boy (although we may be ticketed at some point if we are not careful)!

There is an ice center in the same area (this is in Westminster), and we all watched our first hockey practice.  That was really fun.  Davey didn’t want to leave.

And then we got a call from a friend.  Did we want to meet at Casa Bonita?  Heck yeah, we love to go to Casa Bonita.  So we stopped by Target for a change of clothes (we weren’t anticipating a splash park followed by Casa Bonita).

And the matching Davids led the way.

Davey got to sit with 4 or so little girls who were between 5 and 8 I think.  They took good care of him, and he was just thrilled to be part of their group.  He is so social.  He told me last night that he wished all the kids in the world could be his age.   He loves friends!

So it was a big day.  A fun fun day.

Saturday morning.

I think we are going to take Davey to see his very first movie ever today:  Winnie the Pooh.

The first three postcards we mailed via postcrossing.com have been received.  So we are getting three more ready to go this morning.   I think I am having as much or more fun than Davey with this, although I know he will love receiving the postcards.  He loves all things mail.

Speaking of which he got a card from his Uncle Michael and Aunt Holly yesterday.  It had a picture of a cat dressed up as Wonder Woman on the front.  He loves that card.  He took it to bed last night.  He keeps telling us how “handsome” the cat is.

Davey does not like laugh tracks.   He watches Disney Jr in the morning sometimes, so when we turn on the tv later in the day it will be on the “big kid” shows.  As soon as he sees that one of these shows are on, he says, “Quick turn it!  I don’t like that laughing!”   It’s funny, I don’t even hear the laugh track anymore, but he’s got a great point.  Do we really need to be guided as when to laugh?  He doesn’t think so.

Ok he was actually just in a time out.  I gotta go get him.   He just threw a rather large fit because he wanted another episode of Spiderman, and he’d watched plenty this morning.   As I carried him up the stairs he was apologizing while attempting to slug me at the same time.  A confused 3 year old with a bit of a hot temper.   It’s all ok now though.  Time outs are great for him.  He gets into bed and looks at a book and calms right down.

Target often has great little workbooks and game books in their $1.00 section.  We are going to go do some connect the dots and learn about dinosaurs.

Happy Saturday!

I was making my bowl of cereal this morning and thinking about coming downstairs to write my blog.   Davey was eating his cereal and watching Agent Oso.

As I was fixing my cereal, I noticed a puddle on the counter next to the stove.  It looked kinda golden and thick.  Honey.  The other day I’d put a jar of honey in the cabinet right above.  Sure enough, when I opened it there was the jar on its side, and the entire shelf was almost covered in honey  (Someone had not screwed the lid on correctly.  (Someone = me.)).

Ugh.  Honey is not easy to clean up.   However, I’ve learned that a bowl of really hot water and a rag works ok.

Ok  now that that’s cleaned up, I can write my blog (although I worry that I will find remnants of stickiness forever – more likely David will).

We’ve got to leave for tumblin’ in a little bit.  Koko’s outside for the moment.  She’s doing better I think.  She can kinda tumble/stumble down the stairs now.  She Hates to be picked up and brought down the stairs.  She about panics.  So I try to guide her the best I can.

So yesterday we took Davey to tadpoles and I got a few pictures.

Here he was working on his beginning stroke.  What form!

They look a little unsure here.

This week at the end of class, they have been swinging on a rope into the water.

Davey does great.  He’s never really on his own on the rope, but still, I am proud of how much more comfortable he is in the water.

He had an extra good day, because I think the teacher forgot to take him underwater.  They usually do it at the beginning of class, and he still doesn’t like it much.

We’ve gotten into a habit of stopping at McDonald’s on the way home.  Davey has been trying to get all the Clone War Star Wars guys, and I think he has them now.

David and Davey played a little too.  Davey looks like he knows what he is doing here.

He has no idea, but he has fun anyway.

Ok time to get going!

I’ve not posted since Saturday.  Yikes!  It’s been a busy time for us.  It’s the end of our semester for one thing.  Then a bigger thing was that our Koko puff got sick again.  Her vestibular head tilt vertigo spinny problem has recurred.  Poor girl.  We took her to the vet yesterday.  Turns out she also has an ulcer on her cornea which apparently is very painful.  Why are dogs so darn stoic?  I wish she’d howl so I’d know she was hurting.

So we are working on getting her better.  The vet called today with a report on Koko’s bloodwork.  She said that she hoped her bloodwork looked that great when she became an elderly lady like 15 year old Koko.  So that was some good news at least.

Koko’s coat is in not the best shape maybe due to age or possibly something going on with her endocrine system.  So Davey and I gave her a bath with special medicated soap  yesterday.  Davey was very sweet helping me and talked to Koko about her “precious fur”.

Today Davey and I spent a little time outside.   I fashioned a small water play area for Davey.  I got out his disk sled, a couple of buckets, bathtub toys, and he was set.   He also came up with a bead necklace and “Two-Face” the super villain.  Then he was really set!

He gets so focused on the story he is making up.  If he notices me watching him, he gives me a great smile and says, “Mommy, I’m pretending!” indicating that I need to not pay attention to what he is doing.

He’s really getting into it here.

Unfortunately a storm was brewing and I soon had to get him inside.  Here’s where I told him that I’d heard thunder.

And a smile.