WHY?

So I got my first taste of "why" today.  It was awesome.  I forget what I said, but Jayden responded "why?"  And then I said well, because that's the way things work, or something like that.  And Jayden said "why?"  Luckily he then got distracted.  But I know it's just the beginning.  So scary.  He already talks nonstop as it is, so when the "why" comes out, we're all in trouble.  (that includes you Gwamma!)

Jayden enjoying day 6 of his advent calendar: watercolor paints!  We talked to Carmen while he was painting and he said "Daddy I color."  I asked what he was coloring with and he said "I paint."  He was so excited to paint, it was awesome.  And he only spilled the entire cup of dirty water once.  Even awesomer.

Today was my last day of single mothering, at least for a few days.  We had a good day, even though we were cooped up inside all day long.  I was waiting for something to be delivered, supposedly between 11 and 4.  First of all, terrible timing.  Second of all, they never came.  And then it was raining all day today, too, so we couldn't even play in the backyard.  But Jayden was a trooper.  We went for a really long walk this morning (it was supposed to be my 25 minute run/walk with the kiddos, but Jayden wanted to walk when were as far out as we were going to go, so it turned into a one hour and ten minute slow walk.  Oh well.

We played all over the house today, and had very few fits.  It was nice.  It also helped that he did actually sleep through the night last night, just waking up at 5:10 am this morning.  I pulled him into bed with me and convinced him to sleep until about 7:00 am.  I didn't sleep a ton from 5 to 7, but at least I didn't have to be conscious or aware or anything.

Playing with the Christmas lights on the window seat.

Jayden in a box.
I asked him to smile and this is the face he gave me.  And then afterwards said "I no smile."  Typical Jayden.

Also, as Carmen just pointed out, notice the Jordan gear.  Jayden loves him some Michael Jordan, much to Carmen's and my delight.  We always talk about the picture on his wall over hsi bed (thanks Uncle Alex!) and always point out when he's wearing his Jordan gear.  It's one way to convince him to wear a bib: "you don't want to get your Jordan shirt/jacket/pants/etc. dirty, do you?!?"  And almost immediately, bib on.  Amazing.

We had been cooped up so much all day I decided to go out to dinner with him.  We just went down the street, but it was nice to be in a place other than the house, and I think it did him a lot of good too.  He ate nearly his entire meal and then dipped his cheese bread in my au jus sauce.  Totally gross in my opinion, but he liked it so whatever.

At our dinner date.  Our first attempt at a booster seat went really well.  It helped him not spill as much, I could hear him better in the noisy restaurant and I think he liked being taller.  

All in all, it hasn't been a bad 5 days, they've just been long.  But we have one more day off, and the whole family will be together so hopefully we can share some of the Jayden duties.  :)