stitches

today, panzer got his first stitches -- three in his right middle finger.  the glue didn't stay (which was no surprise to mommy, who nodded dutifully on the outside, but rolled her eyes on the inside, when told that it couldn't get wet and i should keep p from touching it).  he did great, and is pretty proud.

emergency

today, panzer had his 1st need for urgent medical care -- after getting his finger stuck in the crank of daddy's fixie at the bike shop.

by the time i met the boys at urgent care, P was in good spirits, proudly showing off his owie.  he was a champ while the pa cleaned the wound and glued it together.

veggies

today, panzer grabbed a brussel sprout off my plate and ran off with it.  like i'm going to stop him...

bedhead

today, panzer woke up like this:

choo choooooooo

today, panzer had a blast at the mccormick-stillman railroad park -- as expected.  p wanted to be the engineer.

but settled for passenger, and ended up loving the tunnel best...

shopping spree

today, panzer grabbed his sippy cup and took his toad on a little shopping trip.

on a side note, mommy is never allowed in walmart again.  i am not surprised that i am a sucker, but i acknowledge that i am a sucker and i want to buy every cute and interesting thing i see for my babies.  (i do think the shopping cart is a more manly choice than the play stroller though!)

no way jose

today, panzer began repeating everything.  thankfully, the worst i got today was "no way" 100 times in the morning, and "geeeeeeez" before bed.

i anticipate mommy and daddy will have many surprises before we can fully get our mouths under control...

house

today, panzer started taking care of his own baby.  he was in mohs' face, so i made a big show of taking this heeby-jeeby doll and strapping him into mohs' swing.  i turn around, and the heeby-jeeby is wrapped in p's blankie and back in the swing.

a few minutes later, p is feeding the heeby-jeeby from his sippy cup.

then he tried to put the heeby-jeeby onto his rolling car and was very upset that he kept falling off.  now to debate whether p needs his own play stroller...

acquired taste

today, panzer sat in his chair and cherished his teaspoonful of allergy medicine (apparently all of our strife over the antibiotics was unnecessary -- you just need to pour the medicine into a tiny, tiny cup and p will suck it right down).  then, he asked for more.  i refilled his tiny, tiny cup with a teaspoon of warm, flat beer that was on the counter.

he tasted it, pointed at the cup and said "berrr."  :)

memories

today, panzer almost lost all photographic documentation of his childhood to a computer virus!  thankfully, there are people much smarter than me out there who saved the 8000+ photographs... like this one, from august, 2011, of p's 1st praying mantis in jerome:

thanks, glick's mobile computer repair, for not letting us forget this bald, fearless moment.

cheese

today, panzer said "cheese!" and gave me his first fake smile. 

yay for understanding this alternative meaning of "cheese."  boo for fake smiles.

scarecrow

daddy:  and my head i'd be scratchin', while my thoughts were busy hatching...  what does he want?
mommy (from next room over with panzer):  a brain.
daddy:  who sings that?
mommy:  the scarecrow
panzer:  spud.  spud.
mommy:  i don't know what you're saying.
panzer (looking concerned):  spud.  bob.  spud.
mommy:  ooooooooooh, spud from bob the builder!  that's right, he's a scarecrow!  you are the smartest baby ever.

and panzer carries on, looking very  pleased with himself.

potty dance

today, panzer peed in the potty for real.  he sat on the potty (still holding onto his bike), strained, and put an inch or two of pee in the pot.  i still don't think he really understands -- he's just taking advantage of being naked  this one time -- but he got a lot of high fives and dancing and reminders about how awesome he is.  again, at least we have hope.

acrobat part dos

today, panzer accidentally did a perfect somersault off his little stool onto the carpet.  since he was unharmed, he now thinks falling off of things is hilarious and did it 100 times in a row.

this may be what lands us in the ER someday sooner rather than later.

i turn?

today, panzer asked for a turn holding mohs.  i was a little terrified, so we "took turns" counting to 5 and trading off.

he's very good and kind when he's focused.

then he wanted a turn holding mohs' bottle!  i guess he will be a better helper than me.  i remember my mom asked me to hold my sister's bottle once, and i told her "she's your baby; you do it."  that did not go over well...

teefs part tres

today, panzer went to the dentist.  mommy is still shocked at how well he behaved -- like 10 whole minutes sitting in his chair, holding his glove-balloon and looking around while dr. montes poked at his teeth. 

and as expected, they are perfect!  all of his baby teeth have broken the surface, just waiting for the last two-year molars to grow all the way in.  and as a victim of those chompers, all i can say is stay away!

bike love

can this kid have too many photos with his bike?  um, no.

acrobat

today, panzer climbed up the net at the playground all by himself!  then he tried to do it while also holding/eating a hot dog. 

hee hee hee.  look out circus.

honk!

today, panzer said:  grandpa?
mommy:  what about grandpa?
panzer:  nose.
mommy:  what does grandpa's nose say?
panzer:  honk!

pizza pizza

today, panzer asked for pizza when there was none.  object permanence is here to stay!

coasting

today, panzer started coasting on his bike! 

this means he can move MUCH faster with less energy.  soon, he'll be able to balance, and graduate on to pedals, bling and tricks.

pop pop

today, panzer had his first snow cone.  he did pretty good with the top... but needs some practice eating out of the cone because he ended up dumping most of the rest on me on the way home.

he also got to sit in a firetruck and watched his first demonstration of a high-risk takedown by a SWAT team complete with fake gun shots and pink smoke bombs at national night out.  hopefully he will never actually need either of these things...

top down

today, panzer helped mommy with the laundry.

applesauce

today, panzer helped me make applesauce.  he picked a 5-gallon bucket of apples at the babysitters this week.... then he washed each one and took a bite out of it before handing it to me to peel and chop.

even though they are "baking apples," p has no problem demolishing them -- stem, core, worms and all.

shotgun

today, panzer rode shotgun in the new double-bob-stroller. 

the boys all went to the hardware store and came back wide-eyed.  must have been some ride.

hee haw

today, panzer told me what an owl says -- hoo hoo.

his vocabulary is exploding, and he's so much fun to talk to.  he can also do cat, dog, cow, sheep, bird, pig, and toad (croak!).

mess

today, panzer wrote on his little armchair with pen.  when i gave him a stern-talking-to about it, he immediately went into the bedroom, pulled out a baby wipe, and tried to clean it up.  it's hard to stay mad at that guy.