Red Day

Today was Red Day in Andrew's class.  They have been working on red all week. Andrew already knows his colors, but I am very happy that they have so much structure in his room and are reinforcing these skills.  He calls red, "yed."  Here are some of the red pictures that he colored this week.  He did some other ones, but I didn't take pictures of them all.  He has started to actually color.  In the past, he would just dot his paper with the crayons. 

He brought red treats for his friends.

They all wore red today.  I love this picture!  Andrew has recently become obsessed with "shucks," or trucks.  As I was snapping this picture, his eyes were watching a truck driving down the street.  The part that I don't love about this picture is the scratch on his cheek.  Andrew got in his first fight (over a tricycle) at school this week.  Unfortunately, it was his fault.  A little girl was riding, and he tried to steal it from her.  Apparently, she fought back. 

Making sure that I see the shuck:

Watching another shuck:

Splashpad

Tuscaloosa has a splashpad that we did not even know about!  We are so excited!  We took the kids today, and it was a hit.  Baby Joey did not get in, but I think he will next time.

 There was only one adult playing in the splashpad...sweet Dada!

BEACH

We took a short, 3 night vacation to Orange Beach.  On our first night, we ate dinner with this beautiful view.

 Joey was an early riser.  Here he is playing in the condo while everyone else was sound asleep.

 Our second day at the beach started with a yummy breakfast.  We love to eat at the beach!

 Then, we had to pick up a few things at the store.  I accidentally pressed a button on my camera, so many of the pictures from this trip are blurry.

 Joey's first time on the beach:

 Our family of 4:

 Grandmommy had to hold Joey a lot.  He really wanted to eat the sand.  He didn't stay out very long.

 Andrew LOVED the beach this year.  He built sandcastles, looked at birds, played in the water, and pointed to (hair pains) airplanes.

 Playing in the (ya-ya) water.  This was about as deep as we let him go. I did not want ocean water in his ears since he has tubes.

 The pool at the condo was awesome for Andrew!  It was 1 foot all around.  He was able to play without his vest, which he loved.

 Ready for dinner on night 2:

 Andrew ate a lot of crab dip.  He thought it was so cool that the chips were different colors.

 We went to The Wharf to do some shopping.

 There was a train that blew bubbles.  It doesn't get much better than that!

Dada thought that Andrew would enjoy Build-A-Bear.  I thought that he was too young, but I was wrong.  They picked out his animal together.  Andrew selected a monkey.



 He had to press the pedal to stuff him.

 Then, he had to give him a heart. He kissed the heart before putting it in his chest.

 Next, his monkey had to have a bath.

 Finally, his monkey needed a birth certificate.  His official name is Mikey Marvin Glasgow.

 Such a good boy:)

 I hate that this is so blurry, but here is Andrew giving MMG some love!

 After that, we went to get some Dippin' Dots-Andrew's first time to have them:

 Day 3 breakfast at Tacky Jacks:

 Feeding the fish:

 Then, it was time to go back to the beach.

 After the beach, Andrew napped with his grandparents while the rest of us went outlet shopping.

 We drove home on Day 4.  We had to make some playground stops to break up the trip.

 The boys really did well in the car, though.

Eye Doctor

Andrew went to the eye doctor this week. He got a great report. The doctor did say that he may be a little farsighted. He didn't care for the drops in his eyes to dilate him. He did like all of the "yights" (lights) that the doctor used.