a day in the life...

Gavin spent the better part of the morning in his Shrek underwear (that are too big, and he was falling out of them in one way or another quite frequently, ha). He called it his "wrestling outfit." Then he had buffalo wings and banana yogurt for lunch - only Gavin would find that combo even remotely appetizing! - and dripped buffalo sauce and ranch on his undies so he decided it was finally time to get dressed. He came out of his room dressed in a rhino shirt and light-up fire truck jeans and carrying a sword, declaring himself "Captain Hook." Two guesses as to who saw "Peter Pan" for the first time today?

Colin has been (mostly) all smiles this morning. He woke up, nursed, and then just grinned at me. I love that! Then he played on the floor with the kitchen set (he likes to pull everything out and throw it on the floor - thank goodness he does it with the play kitchen and not the real one!) and with his new blocks. The blocks are very tasty, apparently, and he chewed on them contentedly. He napped early, then had some sweet potato and yogurt for lunch, and now he's happy in his jumper. It's been a while since he's used it, and I think we're getting close to time to retire it. It is definitely nice to be able to put him someplace and know he won't be across the room in 1/2 a second. I'll miss the jumper when it's gone!

Now Gavin is talking on the phone from his kitchen: "Hello? .... I know ... hmmm ... (hands phone to daddy) it's my friends. (takes phone back) Hello? ... oh my gosh! ... wanna talk to mommy? (hands phone to me, then takes it back) Yeah. ... I'm tired. I'll take a nap, in a little while. I'm watching football ... with my daddy. Bye!"

He has such an imagination. Yesterday, he told me he was the daddy and I was the kid. And he was going to the "hamburger station" to get me a hamburger and chocolate milk and apples and a toy. He got a soda, because he was the grown-up. Every place we go is the "___ Station" - the hamburger station, the coffee station, airplane station.

Now Colin is chewing on his fingers and looking around. It's almost time for his nap, but for now he's happy to chill out and talk to us. Just a day in the life of us...