Top 10 Reasons for Tears, This Week

To be clear, these aren't the only times Jayden has cried this week, but they are the top 10, either the most common, the funniest, the most unexplainable, or, in one or two cases, the most understandable.

10. I gave him milk in the blue cup.  Clearly everyone knows that milk is served in the orange cup.  Except for that one time when he said he wanted the blue cup, but then he really wanted the orange cup.

9. I made him get into the bathtub to play with his toys and splash.

8. I forced him to get out of the bathtub to roll around on the floor with Mama and Daddy and giggle before bedtime.

7. I wouldn't let him take extra medicine (as in twice the allowed dose) before bedtime.

6. I turned on music when we were getting ready in the morning.

Jayden does love himself some music.  We had finished dinner at a restaurant on Saturday and he was bouncing off his food high in the bench next to me.  We don't bother getting high chairs anymore because it's just as easy to keep him in a bench next to one of us.  

5. I tried to put on his socks and shoes while he was eating breakfast in his high chair.

4. I took off his socks and shoes, per his request, while he was eating breakfast in his high chair.

3. I wouldn't let him push his stroller (at 0.000004 miles per hour) on our walk with Jasmine in the morning.

2. He bumped his head really hard on the kitchen table (this one is actually legit - it sounded so bad!)

And the number one reason Jayden cried this week . . .

1. We tried to get him a haircut because when he goes swimming his hair falls into his eyes.  End result: no haircut.

Gotta love toddlers.

In other news, we had a nice, relaxing weekend, full of lots of nothing.  We went to Lowes and the grocery store for our exciting Sunday morning activities.

Checking out the chairs in Lowes.  This is one of the 8 or so chairs we had to climb into to test out.

Then we put together an umbrella for our backyard - we feel like we're the ultimate Southern California house now, with the pool, the furniture, the umbrella, etc.  It's a little ridiculous, but it's fun at the same time.  And Jayden likes the 'brella.

Relaxing in the chair.  And probably yelling at me to "sit down."

Calm (this lasted 4.2 seconds).

It really was a good weekend.  Jayden napped, relatively well, and ate pretty well and was generally cheerful.  We got to lay low, which all of us needed.  We tried to get a babysitter, but couldn't find anyone.  I've come to realize that I really need to have three or four people on call and use them regularly so that we keep them used to working with us, and keep Jayden used to them.  We'll see if I have the time and/or take the time to actually figure all that out!