Circus of Dreams

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus of Dreams. Well not for an 18 month old. I knew he would be antsy and not pay full attention, heck I can't even pay full attention at places like that. Way to much other stuff to look at! But dang, I had NO idea the circus would last 2 HOURS!!!!, plus the hour to get in and take the "Animal open house" to see the elephants and such up close. So, he had fun for about the first 45 minutes of the actual circus, playing with the probably $100 worth of junk and candy his daddy bought him. Then they announced the intermission, which I mistakenly thought was a good idea. We took him up top to run around for a few minutes to let out some energy, and it was all over with then, he DID NOT want to sit back down in his seat again. Which again I can understand, so we left. No big deal, I was still happy we went because it was cool to see him excited even if it was only for a few minutes!
He could not stuff that cotton candy in his face fast enough! I guess that's what I get for not giving him sugar all the time! I'm a Bad momma!

On a side note, not to be to negative, I was actually a little disappointed in the circus myself. Now I know it is for the kids and all, but it was BORING. I thought the circus was a continuous upbeat chaotic mess that was hard to watch because so much was going on, but no it was slow and not a lot of action. But who am I to judge, I'm not gonna go join the circus and make it better!

Splish Splash

Kyle LOVES, LOVES the water. He loves the bath, his kiddy pool and he loves the local splash pad. Our neighbors, that have a daughter 7 weeks older than Kyle and a 10 month old, found the splash pad a few neighborhoods over. I was shocked that we just walk up and play, no tags or fee! Its great. We went on monday, inbetween all the rain we have been getting, and he had a blast. He started wiggling as soon as he saw the water. There where about 5 ot 6 big kids out there and he just joined right in, the did not intimidate him at all! One boy was laying on top one of the sprinklers, Kyle knew there was water coming out of it and wanted it. So he walked up and sat on the boys back. I laughted at him so hard! He ran around in all of the toys and water like he had been there a hundred times, it was great to see him interact that way and having so much fun!

Kyles first hair cut

So, Scott and I finally broke down and took Kyle for his first hair cut this past Saturday. I had known it needed to be cut for a while, but tried to put it off as long as possible! You know, that whole letting go thing! We were preparing ourselves for a pretty traumatic event, so I brought along his favorite snacks(raisins) and talked about his hair the whole way there. We both figured like any typical kid he would flip out as soon as they stared and try to grab for the scissors, so we picked a place that was just for kids. They had lots of toys, cartoons playing and a special little car for Kyle to sit in.

Once Kyle got in the car, discovered the gear shifter and got wrapped up he was as calm as can be. We were very proud of him! The ladies were SO good with him and did a wonderful job on his hair! When all was finished, our baby boy emerged one step closer to a "big boy"! They gave him a certificate to celebrate his first hair cut, with a Polaroid picture and a locket of hair attached. I still can't believe how different he looks with his baby hair gone. His hair now is VERY thick and course like his daddy's!