Thanksgiving Week

This week Brian's brother and his family came to visit. We had a great time hanging out with them. Austin was especially excited to have his two cousins staying with us for a week.

On Thanksgiving, Austin sat and watched his first full movie: Back to the Future, one of our favoite movies. He was most interested in Einstein, the dog, who really only had a bit part, but he kept hoping he would reappear. I must say, that was my favorite part of Thanksgiving, the part that sticks out in my mind the most. Thank goodness the Seahawks were losing, or we would never have had that moment. Here is a photo of the movie watching.



Today we went to the zoo and had a great time, even though it was raining and cold. I've never been to the zoo when it wasn't summer. Austin especially enjoyed the au-taurs (otters).

Not Much

Not much going on. Weekend was fun. Mom's Night Out on Friday night. Had yummy flight of untraditional but exotic wine - loved the rose. Brian worked on Saturday. Austin & I stopped by and had lunch with him, which was a big treat for him, and us too. Austin & I went to the outlet mall today to return some clothes and buy some new ones. He did great. A lot easier to shop with him now than compared to just a few months ago. He's a good boy. New philosophy on buying clothes - stop buying such cheap clothes and start buying clothes that fit me and that I love. I had to return two pants and one shirt that I just didn't like. In exchange I bought two pairs of pants that fit me well. I tried on several other pants that I kind of liked, but then I put them back and felt relieved. All those hours I've spent watching What Not to Wear is paying off. We then skipped nap and went to Grandma & Grampa's house, which was fun. Austin began to get quite loopy by 2:30. I paid for it when, during dinner, Austin had a meltdown because he wanted an apple and that wasn't what I was serving for dinner. He threw his grilled cheese sandwich, which resulted in a time out. He cried "apple, apple, apple!" in the other room for about 15 minutes, which was really funny. Once he was done, he came back and ate every single thing on his plate and even asked for more tofu & red pepper strips, to my delight. I gave him an apple slice for dessert :)

Thank You Extra Hour!

Thanks to "Fall Back"Weekend I felt like I had enough time to indulge Austin's bedtime delay tactics. He tries anything and everything to delay going to bed. Since we had an extra hour this evening, I asked him if he wanted to try sitting on the potty, something that he is usually never interested in doing. He was up for it tonight and sat on the potty for about 20 minutes, totally nude, just talking up a storm. It was very cute. To my surprise, when he finally got up there was pee in the bowl. Of course we made a big deal about it, and even took a picture. I wouldn't normally consider posting this publicly, but I really like this photo because his little feet are in it.

It was a fantastic end to an otherwise frustrating, rather unpleasant day. Austin was not in a very good mood and I had to deal with many loud screams, a couple toy throwing tantrums, and his refusal to eat most everything I offered him.