Hot Wheels

The original title of this post was Matchbox Cars...I have been corrected that these are Hot Wheels. Evidently there's a difference, sort of like LEGO versus MegaBlocks. Who knew!?!

Check out J's old new obsession toys.

These were actually Josh's as a kid, but we recently discovered Jeremiah LOVES Matchbox Cars Hot Wheels. He literally played with these all day long, with the exception of 90minutes of outside time. I spent $2.50 on track at Walmart last night. Best money EVER spent. 

There's an entire double sided case full of these that Nana found at her house. J is one happy boy!

And his Mama better learn how to put the track together correctly soon. Pretty sure those arrows are not supposed to be pointing AT each other. Oops!

Little J's LEGO Creation

You have to check out Josh's post on Jeremiah's LEGO Creation...too cute!

More spring fun

The weather hit the 80s here today and we celebrated by spending lots of time outside. After a morning of watching Playhouse Disney and playing, we went with Nana to look at some plants and had lunch at Cracker Barrel where J pigged out on applesauce and fried okra. 

After a long nap with me this afternoon, we played outside. Jeremiah is a big fan of his sandbox lately, so here are some fun pictures from our afternoon.

Slinging sand, despite Mommy telling him over & over (and eventually closing down Mr. Turtle's Sandbox) not to.

Crocs can hold a LOT of sand!

Baxter ran around while we were outside too.

"Um, Mom, I'm pretty sure these leaves aren't supposed to be here anymore." Oops!

I love the flowers on this tree in our backyard - so pretty!

While we were playing in the backyard, Popa drove up to take away the trailer full of yard debris that I've been digging up and cutting down this week. He was so nice to try to get up some of the bushes that had big roots that I couldn't get up by myself. Daddy came home during this time and helped too. Jeremiah really liked watching them work, so he got to have a picnic supper outside. 

Hard working men.

They needed some refreshment.

The roots were so strong and big that they had to pull them out with a car. I didn't feel so bad for asking for help once I saw them use this trick.

Bush #3 won out today since the strap broke over the bricks. It will stand no chance tomorrow when the wrecker comes!

Play ball!

We've enjoyed almost 2 full weeks of warm weather after a LONG winter. We haven't been able to stand staying inside, so we've been playing outside a lot. Sometimes here in the backyard, occasionally a fun trip to the park, and definitely riding the Gator a lot at Nana & Popa's house. 

Uncle Harry gave Jeremiah a t-ball set for Christmas, so we've been working on J's baseball skills lately. He LOVES all kinds of sports balls...baseballs, soccer, football, basketball, doesn't matter...just give the kid a ball!

Of course when we're not outside playing, J can usually be found in the midst of a large pile of LEGO.

Jeremiah loves the cow!

"Gigi" George sent Jeremiah a cow for Christmas. It sings, walks, and even "moos" in a mad tone when you pull its tail. When J first got it, he was a bit timid with it. Not anymore! He walks around and plays the song over and over and over again! He played it for at least 30 minutes before we went to the Children's Museum on Thursday and then immediately picked it up when he got back home.

If you know me, then probably you know that I'm not a big fan of loud toys. Many of J's toys that "need" batteries don't receive batteries because they can be obnoxious. I try to think of it as encouraging him to use his imagination, but really it's just me trying to save my sanity! Anyway, here's a little clip of Jeremiah enjoying his cow (during yet another day of us being stuck inside due to the winter weather).



Sorry the video is a bit grainy & out of focus - I forgot to turn the overhead light on...oops!

I want to play OUTSIDE!

Jeremiah does not care what the temperature is outside, he just wants to be OUT! Seriously, this kid loves the outdoors. Fine by me (except when it's exceptionally cold or scorchingly hot) because it wears his little hiney out & he sleeps GOOD. We've had an extremely cold winter with many daytime highs in the 30s. Yuck! These pictures are from a 30-degree day. I took J out with the intention of playing for just a minute or two (to corral Baxter back inside). He threw a toddler-fit when I wanted him to come in. He didn't care that he was just in sweats & his runny nose was starting to freeze to his face!

He is loving his new NB Sesame Street Tennis Shoes.

These next two pictures just make me laugh a lot. He was tripping over some tree roots & trying not to fall. But his face & stance looks like it's telling a different story...

Thankfully he let me dress him warmly so we could go back out & play for a while longer without worrying about frostbite!

I'm so thankful we've enjoyed a few days of spring-like weather recently to remind me why I love NC!

Of course tomorrow's high is 39 again...bummer.

Children's Museum

Jeremiah received a membership to the local Children's Museum as a Christmas present. What an awesome present that keeps giving all year! We have already been taking advantage of this by going on Mondays when the museum is just open to members. It's so nice because there are so few people that J can really just run & enjoy himself without Mommy worrying about losing him or getting toppled by older kids. The museum has lots of different themed rooms to play in, but during this visit we mainly played in the Krispy Kreme "factory" and the mini-Food Lion.

I'm definitely like Pavlov's dogs...this sign makes my mouth drool. How disappointing that there are only plastic donuts available? :(

Here is J (in his KK apron) looking up at the conveyor belt. You have to turn that big wheel to get the donuts to go up & to the next part of the "assembly line".

After we finished making the donuts, Jeremiah needed to deliver them in the KK truck!

The steering wheel was a bit too far away from the seat so he had to stand. Who needs to see out the windshield anyway!

Right next door is the Food Lion.

Complete with check-out lanes

and pint-sized shopping carts.

In true Jeremiah fashion, he just wanted to play with the fruit.

He spent most of his time opening & closing these half-doors. He loved it because (1)it was his height and (2)he could see me through the big circular glass.

There are lots of other fun rooms at the museum too (including a "Build-it" Room that has LEGO!), but these were the only pictures I snapped so far.

Cozy Coupe in our future

Jeremiah got to play on Anna's Cozy Coupe this week. I definitely see one of these in our future! He played for almost 30 minutes non-stop in this thing!!

I love the Cozy Coupe!

Drivin'

One way to enter the Cozy Coupe: through the back

over the seat...

and into the steering wheel.

One way to exit the Cozy Coupe: under the "engine"

Hey wait...there's a door!

Well this makes things a lot easier.

Oops! A wreck with the tractor.

Hope that's not a sign of things to come...