Ian being a silly eater
October 2007
$589 for the A/C repair AND the steering column repair. I guess that’s not too bad since the A/C repair was being estimated to be more than that on it’s own.
Good grief, though!
I hate car repair costs…they always catch me off-guard. 🙁
I found 3 more bug bites since I got to work.
The van is in for service at the dealership to fix the A/C that doesn’t seem to be working. Mike got a call about it and if the repairs aren’t covered by the warranty, they’re going to run $600-800. 🙁
That doesn’t include a repair for the small steering column leak that they found while they were looking around for the A/C problem. They didn’t even give us a price on that…just said it was “extremely pricey” and that they’d check to see if the warranty would cover it before they discusssed it further. 🙁
Awesomeness! 🙁
In other news, Ian has pooped 4 times today. Apparently he’s catching up for all the days he skipped.
….and…..just found another bite while typing this blog post. What the frick?!?! 🙁
Gotta love Ian. You give the kid an inch and he takes a mile. He’s too darn smart for his own good.
Ian has now gone from the “I refuse to poop” extreme to the “I’m going to sit on the potty all day long in the hopes that I can squeeze out a tiny little poop nugget so that I can get a new Matchbox car” extreme.
After Ian had his big, post-field trip poop and got his car reward, he had an epiphany. Poop = new cars!!!
He LITERALLY sat on the potty for about an hour yesterday, just trying to poop. He managed to squeeze out some small, grape-sized poops and get a new car.
Since Ian is trying to abuse the situation, we’ve now instituted a 3-car-poop-reward limit. He can poop all he wants but he’s only getting 3 cars per day. 🙂
On a related note, anyone have any advice on how to break them of the toy reward once you’ve got them trained?!?!?!?!
Now that summer is approaching, we’re spending a lot of time playing outside. Here are a few pictures of last night.
Matthew, unfortunately, is spending a lot of time caged in.
If he’d stop putting everything in his mouth, we’d let him out to play. But he won’t.
The boys spend a lot of time at the sand and water table.
(Please note that Matthew has about 2x the body fat that Ian has. haha)
The sand and water table keeps them both occupied and the water and umbrella do a great job of keeping them cool.
Unfortunately, given Matthew’s tendency to try and eat everything not nailed down, it means I have to sit beside him in the grass. Which I hate because it itches. Which also means I end up with 10 bug bites all over my legs and arms. Literally, I have about 10 bug bites from this weekend alone.
Ian in his little 3 year old way decides he wants his shirt off like his brother…and then 2 minutes later is wigging out because he wants his shirt on.
Poor guy was pretty tired so I forgive him. But it didn’t stop me from taking a picture. haha
Matthew decides to make a break for the garden hose that is out and refuses to keep the darn thing OUT of his mouth.
Trying to determine if it’s worth risking my scolding to get that green deliciousness in his mouth…
Going in for the kill…
Aaaah, yes! There it is. Notice his eyes are watching me very carefully? haha
I swear I say “MATTHEW!!! NO!!! NO BITES!!!” 3,000,000 times per day. It’s a good thing he’s my little cuddle bug. When we’re outside, he comes over all the time to visit me and then let’s me hug and kiss him.
I sure do love those boys!