Nose picker....

AAAAHH -- that's right. My little Caleb, my sweet boy, my 17 month old bundle of love, my Big Bird lovin', Cookie Monster huggin', ball addicted baby has turned into a nose pickin' fool!! BUT WAIT -- he doesn't pick his own nose -- you guessed it! He picks mine!!!! LOL! "Pick" may be the wrong word -- he actually jams his right pointy finger into my left nostril with nothing but sheer force. I'm actually pretty lucky he hasn't given me a bloody nose yet! LOL. It all started out a few weeks ago when I was rocking and singing to him before bed. For whatever reason, he thought it'd be hilarious to probe my nose. And yes, he definitely got a reaction out of me, which threw him into sheer hysterics. So every night since then, he'd get a little twinkle in his eyes and pull out his pointy finger and start laughing before he even started to probe my nose. More often than not, we'd sit there and laugh for a good 10 minutes before he went to bed.

Today, however, he took his nose picking to a new level. We had a play date at Backyard Adventures and I was holding him and talking to another mom. Evidently he didn't get the attention he wanted from me, so he pulled the old "finger in the nose trick"! LOL. He's only 17 months old and already knows how to get me to do exactly what he wants -- when he wants! UUUGH! Boys! But I wouldn't have it any other way!!

Here's a picture of him from last October. Doesn't he look sweet and innocent? Such an angel, huh??? I know what you're thinking -- there's no possible way that adorable little guy would want to pick his mom's nose... WRONG!! LOL! I'm posting this pic now, because I love it, and I'm in the process of scrapbooking it -- and yes the layout is turning out adorable.

Also today at Backyard Adventures we happened to run into a little boy in Katherine's preschool class and his mom. I was venting about the teacher snacks issue and the director in general. And you're never going to believe this.... She feels exactly the same way!! The ironic thing is that my annoyance with the director pales in comparison to her issue. I tell ya -- this director is really abrasive... I'm trying really hard not to blow anything out of proportion because as the kids get older, there will always be teachers I don't see eye to eye with, and other than homeschooling, there may not be anything I can do about it... It's a good lesson for life!

In general I love her preschool -- I really shouldn't complain. Her teacher is fantastic and they do so many wonderful things with the kids. Tomorrow is "traffic" day. They have a little city set up in the gym, complete with roads, stoplights, intersections, the works. So we have to bring in their bikes -- and thankfully they noted it in the weekly newsletter. So there's no way I can let Katherine down again. Thank goodness. She's so excited. She's also the show and tell girl tomorrow. She decided to bring her dancing doll! She can't wait to demonstrate it for all of the kids!

Which reminds me -- we were playing with Michelle, Ben and Tessa today. Michelle and I were standing down by the swings and Ben climbed up and starts yelling "Jacob Sparks is such a naughty boy! That's why Katherine won't play with him". Holy cow! She's 3 and is already gossiping about a naughty kid in her class. This kid is unbelievably naughty -- at 3 his mom can't control him, the teachers are always putting him in time-out, and when I help in class he won't do anything he's asked. But for Katherine to talk about it to Ben??? It's hilarious to listen to them talk about what's important in their world.

Oh -- on the way to playgroup this morning, Katherine was talking about getting older -- a constant source of conversation in the Hanson household with her birthday two weeks away. She was telling me that when she gets bigger she's going to go to college just like her Uncle Isaac. And then she said, "Mommy, I want you to go to college with me. I couldn't do it without you. Do you promise you'll hold my hand the whole time?" How wonderful is she? Oh, I love this little girl!