Greedy or Genius? You decide.

I will give you another question to ponder. Is putting two binkies in your mouth a sign of intense greed, or is it a manifestation of acute genius? We were headed out of the house today when Lex came running to the front door with these two binkies stuck in his mouth. He kept them in for quite sometime, even while running.

Our vote is genius, but we are pretty biased.

Doodlebugs Playdate

Today Lex and I went to a place in Cape Coral called Doodlebugs that is an indoor playground and art studio in one. They had the fastest slide ever -- you have to see Lex come down it in order to believe it! I had our old camera with me today, so the quality isn't great and I couldn't edit out the first part. The video is below. We were there for two hours and had a lot of fun!

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Chris, Paula, and Jackson huddling together for warmth.
Jer sure looks like a charmer in this photo! I guess he doesn't like the cold.
Paula, Jackson, and Chris waiting for the car stunt show to start.
Lex gnawing on his binky while waiting for the show to start. He goes through binkies so quickly doing this, and he isn't even teething! Lex always notices Micky Mouse.

Lex zeroed in on this picture of a train at an exhibit. He sat there for a few minutes pointing at it and making his "choo choo!" noise.

We went to DisneyWorld this weekend with Chris, Paula, and Jackson. We don't usually go to Disney this much, but we have to take advantage of the small crowds right now!

We woke up early and piled into the van. We got to the park at about 10:30, and it was COLD! Not just whiny Floridian "It is 60 degrees and I'll act like that is cold weather" cold, it was really cold. We stopped on the way and bought coats for me and Lex since it was so cold. I actually bought a coat for Jer to use in the future since I didn't find anything I would want to wear again.

Luckily, it warmed up as the day went on. We had a great time watching shows and riding the rides. The highlight of my day was riding the Rockin' Rollercoaster with Jer by my side. After several years of riding by myself since Jer is watching Lex, I'd forgotten how fun it is to go on a ride with him!

The video below is of Lex dancing to the High School the Musical 2 pep rally. Jackson, Lex, and I went to see that while everyone else went on that super scary Tower of Terror.

We had a great day!

Park Pictures

Last night we took Lex to the park to play. He enjoyed himself, as always. There was a slight chill to the air which was weird since just a few hours earlier it was SO hot that we even had the ice cream man circling our neighborhood. Lex didn't mind the cold, though. We had to drag him out of there when we couldn't take the breeze off the harbor anymore.

Birthday, Round Two

I didn't post these the other day. These are some photos of Lex's birthday dinner on Sunday. We had our friends Paula and Chris and their son Jackson over for Jambalaya (thanks for the Zatarain's suggestion, Ali) and cake -- that combo doesn't sound appetizing, but we put a good hour in between dinner and cake if that helps!

Lex opened the rest of his gifts and remembered from the day before how to open presents. He really got into it! When Paula walked in the house with her gift wrapped up, Lex tried to grab it right away. He needed help getting the unwrapping started, then he greedily finished opening the gifts.

He LOVED the Thomas take-a-long train track that Chris, Paula, and Jackson got him. We were a bit jealous that our gifts to him didn't get the same crazy chuckle that the trains got. Oh well. Now we know.

The video below is of him opening the gift. Listen closely and you can hear that crazy chuckle toward the end. If I heard that in a dark alley I would run and hide! After the birthday clip, I also included a short (but tilted) clip of Lex on the train at Disney yesterday. I wanted his grandma's to hear Lex say "Go"!

Cute or Creepy? You decide.

Today it was in the fifties, which is quite chilly for our area. So, we finally had an opportunity to put Lex in a jacket we bought him a while back. Jer dressed him in it, then had Lex run and get me. I was literally on the floor laughing when he came in! Something about the combo of the oversized jacket and wet slick looking hair just looked like he was trying to sell me something.

Looking Back

So, I am feeling nostalgic about when Lex was born and his first birthday. Here are some photos for comparison. His first birthday was a few weeks before we moved to Florida. Notice his straight hair. The week we moved down here it went curly.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Lex!

Today Lex turned two. He had a few tantrums today, but overall the terrible twos haven't arrived yet! We took it easy today. He woke up and Jer got up with him, letting me sleep in (my favorite part of Saturday)! Lex opened up a gift in the morning (Luigi and Guido cars), and happily played with toys. Then Lex took a nap until we had to leave for Costco to pick up his cake.

Our initial post-Costco plan was to go to the beach and let Lex play in the sand, but on the way, we happened to see there was a medieval fair (or faire, if you will) going on at one of our favorite parks. We opted to walk around there instead. I think Lex enjoyed seeing the people. He basically ignored the people on stilts, but was fascinated by a man with a feather in his hat. Go figure.

Anyway, we came back for cake and presents (for the second year in a row, Lex cried as we sang "Happy Birthday" to him -- I didn't realize my singing was THAT bad). We had a few friends join us for that. We'll have a birthday dinner for him tomorrow with a few more gifts since we learned at Christmas that too many gifts at one time are a bit overwhelming for Lex!