Who needs toys?

Aiden enjoys playing in the bathroom lately, I don't know why. Maybe it is a boy thing. I guess it was only a matter of time until this happened...

I think he got about half a roll, good thing Costco sells TP in bulk :)

Coloring

Today I decided to try out Aiden's artistic abilities and finally broke out the crayons that he got in his Easter basket. At first he was more interested in the plastic case they came in.

Then he just looked at the crayons, wondering what to do with them, so I decided to get him started and wrote "I heart Aiden".

Then he started to pick them up and hit them against the paper, he was surprised to see that he made little colored spots and he scribbled a little bit.

Finally he decided coloring didn't interest him and it was more fun to bite the crayons, because that is how he rolls these days ;)

Time for bed...

It's 10:30pm. I wanna go to bed. Sadly, I am the only one who wants to go to bed. This little man is showing no sign of sleep. At first he was content to sit in our bedroom and play with his toes.

Then he moved on to the bathroom. And learned how to flush the toilet...greeeaat. Then he wanted to look at some magazines, so he stood at the magazine rack for a while.

Then he went into his room and got into the closet. So far, I would say half the books are on the floor.

 
But, he is still working on it. Oh, and somewhere along the way he lost his pants.

They don't make baby Ambien, do they?

Hmmmm....

Do you think it means he is done with lunch when he mashes up his sandwich into little balls, takes them off his tray and puts them on the corner of the kitchen table?

Naked Basketball

One day it will be an Olympic sport...

A boy after my own heart...

My mom and I made these peanut butter cheerio cookies the other day. Since Aiden is so into cheerios lately, I thought he would really dig these cookies, and they are super easy. This is what it looked like when I gave it to Aiden...

Yummy, A big ball of peanuty, chocolatey chip goodness.

He quietly ate it for a little while and pretty soon he let out the "I'm done" yell.

This is what I found after he was done. Notice anything missing?

Um, yeah. The kid ate all the chocolate chips out of it and left the rest on his tray :)

The Sippy Cup Saga

I just want to share my failed attempts to get rid of the bottle and get my child to drink from a cup. Any cup. A sippy cup. A straw cup. A coffee cup. Whatever. I just don't want him to be drinking from bottles anymore.

I have tried water. Juice. Milk. Vanilla Protein shakes. Smoothies. Yogurt thinned with water. Fruit nectar. Juice boxes (maybe would like the novelty of the little carton and tiny straw?!?!). None of it appeals to him.

I have been patient. I have tried just being happy that after struggling to get him to drink from a bottle for the first few months of his life that he drinks from one now with such great enjoyment. I have tried every sippy cup on the market. I have proof.

There are more. This is just what I could find quickly.

I have taken to putting various types of sippy cups in places that Aiden will find them, where he plays so that he associates them with fun. Like here.

And here.

and even here.

On the rare occasion that he actually puts one in his mouth, I clap, I cheer, I jump up and down - I make a such a big fuss, you would think he just scored the winning touchdown at the superbowl! And all I get is this look....

The "And what is it that you want me to do with that thing, mom???" look.

Help me. What do I do next? I need ideas before I spend all Aiden's college fund on sippy cups and straws!