Painting and such.

Glue and sand art.  Cyler really enjoyed this.  He really liked pouring the glue on the paper.  He than started sprinkling some sand on the glue. Finally he decided to mix all of the colors together and see what would happen. The end result was a really pretty peach color.   

Below is Cyler painting with classical music in the background.  I can't believe the concentration.  It's amazing.  He was completely focused.  That is until the static interfered and totally wrecked his groove.  Nevertheless he did manage to create a few nice pieces.  

Even daddy got into the fun and decided to introduce transfer painting.  He folded a piece of paper in half and asked Cyler to paint only one side.  Cyler loved this.  It was so much fun to watch his mind process how this was working.  Daddy looks like he was having fun too! 

Weathering the storm...

The weather forecasters predicted that there would be some severe weather this week here in central Florida.  Mother nature had other plans.  We got a little wet and a few random gusts of wind but mostly just overcast.  So what did we do?  Went to the park of course!

 Cyler really liked crawling through the tunnels--this is a first for him!

Slides are always fun!

 Tuesday we spent a good deal of time in the morning with Play-Doh --lots of fun!

We did end up getting a little rain and when daddy came home we went outside to get a little dirty--big time sensory play!  YES!

Yes--you may take off your boot and fill it with sand!

Cyler had a great time playing outside! In the beginning he wanted us to wash his hands right away but quickly became more interested in exploring--Hooray for dirt!

Fast forward...August!!

Cyler is AMAZING!   He has been completely potty trained for a month now.  He decided all my his self and did it in one day.  Of course, this was right after purchasing 2 cases of diapers because they were a "good deal".  How much of a good deal is it if you only use a few of them.  Oh well, donation time.  We have made some changes...ALL OF US!  We as parents are trying to say yes more.  Realizing that we will never know what Cyler is capable of if we don't let him try.  We have also come to the conclusion that Cyler was very much overstimulated.  This was not good.  We went through his toys and got it down to one cubicle and one bin of toys.  Yes, I understand that this is still a lot.  The rest were moved into the walk-in closet to be traded out later and some were donated.  Cyler was very much involved in the process.  We gave him the choice to rotate, donate, or keep out.  It was funny at one point--he climbed into an empty bin and said that he is not to be donated or rotated because he is staying.  At another point he looked at all the toys in the closet and asked why they were in there.  We explained again the whole rotate thing again then asked him what he thought.  His reply--I think you're A**Holes!   Terry, almost fell over and I was shocked that he used the word in the right context.  (remember this child couldn't even talk for 3 years).

Cyler is 4 (quick post)

Cyler is 4 now.  His birthday party was mostly racing themed.  I say mostly because he wanted a Barney/racing/pirate B-day.

 Here he is letting his AWESOME car cake melt....lol    He was happy anyway!!!

  He continues with his dance classes and even practices at home.  He really loves dance class a lot.
 Also, we are going on a trip in June.  We will be taking the AutoTrain to Lorton, VA then driving to PA.  Spending some time in my old stomping ground...so excited.  Mostly he is excited to go Sesame and Seaside Heights. We shall see!

Update...

We are eating again.  Cyler eats a little of something with every meal.  (mostly sweet potatoes)  I am so thrilled.  He is doing really well.  Also because of all of his "dancing" we have decided to enroll him into dance classes.  He LOVES it!  There is another little boy in there about his age but the class is mostly girls.  His first night was last Tuesday and he has talked about it every day.  He really can't wait to get his tap shoes.  He is growing so much and we are so proud of him.  Furthermore, Cyler has decided that he wants to "potty train".  He will actually let me know that he has to "pee in the potty" or "potty train" about 2 times a day and he likes wearing training pants. 

Christmas 2011

Christmas was awesome this year.  This is the first year that Cyler has actually been excited.  I took about all of December but we were finally able to get Cyler to sit on Santa's lap.  After that, everytime we went to the mall he had to sit on Santa's lap so that he could tell him what he wanted...again, and again.  On the day before Christmas Cyler kept trying to go to bed because he knew that Santa comes while you are sleeping.  He is sooo darn cute!   Christmas morning was great.  Santa left lots of presents...

Ok so Santa didn't bring the fan or the Tiger but we live in a small apartment so we really didn't have anywhere to move them to. Anyway...

It took a really long time to open presents because Cyler decided that he would use one of the tiny swords that came with his dragon castle.  Then he would peek into the slit that he created with the sword.

If he liked what he saw the rest of the paper would come off! 

We even got a few smiles...

We all had such a great time this Christmas.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree!

         Well we put ourChristmas Tree up the other night and oh how exciting.  It did go rather quickly as we decided to purchase one of those prelit trees this year.  Once it was up Cyler decided that it should be decorated redneck style as he proceeded to hang everything from phones to shoes on it.  He then stared at it for a few minutes while yelling "TOYS" as if they would magically appear now that the tree is up.  It is quite logical that he would expect to see presents under the tree since that is what is drilled into everyones head all year long. 
         We have also decided that Cyler has to see what snow is because he calls all of the snowflakes hanging around clouds.  He has come quite a long way since our appt. with the genetecist.  Since that day Cyler has been anwering questions appropriately, naming colors, objects, and people.  It has been incredible and this did take place literally overnight!  Woohoo go Cyler!