The Robinson Family: November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas in South Mississippi!! My favorite time of the year! Sunday after church, we went with our best friends, the Parkers, to the Christmas Tree farm. This just might become an annual tradition!

Loving Daddy!

Baby Kara and Mandi

Playing with Mom!

Looking for a Tree!

Christmas 2010

We found one!

We couldn't have better friends!

I'm not totally sure if this new Chistmas Tree Tradition will stick or not. Once we got home, we put the tree in the house and I immediately started decorating. I finished decorating right before dinner. Well, while we were cooking, we heard a HUGE CRASH and the tree had fallen over! Water, Glitter, Ornaments and Pine Needles were scattered from one end of the living room to the other!! Thank goodness Adam and Dustin quickly came to the rescue and set the tree back up right. After about an hour of cleaning and re-decorating, our tree looks beautiful! Needless to say, I may be going back artificial next year!!

Please keep Alec in your prayers, as he will be getting one tube replaced and his adnoids out on Friday. He's had a constant ear infection in one of his ears for a few months now, so we're hoping this will get him feeling much better!

Another update on his potty progress. He's completly wearing big boy underwear now!! Even at night and during naps!! Our only issue is with #2. He's still got no idea that he should do that in the potty!! Oh well, at least that's only once a day or so!! Hopefully we'll get the hang of that soon too!!

Global Wildlife Center

Last weekend, Alec, Nana, Aunt Patty and I went to the Global Wildlife Center. I had been for my birthday about 15 years ago (see a pic in my Flashback Friday post from February!) and knew Alec would love it! They take you around to feed the animals in a covered wagon! It was COLD, but we all had lots of fun!

Nana, Alec and Aunt Patty

This is the view from the side of our wagon the majority of the trip!

Alec would just dump his cups of food completely out and they animals would come running!

Some of the animals we were able to feed!

His breath was REALLY stinky but he loved our food!

They say don't feed the zebras for a reason, this one almost ate ME and ALEC!

Alec loved feeding "llama, llama!"

Zebus, as Alec says!

Good thing we purchased ALOT of food!

DUMPING his food!

Dustin and Art were on a hunting trip while we were here!

Needless to say, they didn't see nearly as many deer as we did!

Don't think we can ever bring Dustin here, he'd come with bullets for deer like these!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Potty Progress Report

Well we’re TOTALLY into potty training these days. We’d been doing ok but still wearing pull-ups. But a couple of weeks ago, Alec’s teacher, Mrs. Gina thought he was ready and asked if I’d let him wear underwear to school. Sure!! Her mess to clean up, not mine!! Anyhow, he’s been doing great!! A few accidents here and there but for the most part, he’s getting it!

Although, it’s not always easy when we’re away from home or school. He did GREAT at church last Sunday, but not so well for lunch afterwards. We stopped by Mimi’s after church to get Mimi and Papa for lunch. Alec used the potty as we were walking out her house. We literally drove around the corner to Mac’s for lunch. As soon as we made our plates and sat down, Alec announces “I tee tee.” Yep, you sure did! Whoops, we had to go for a quick wardrobe change in the parking lot.

Mornings are tough too!! Yesterday Alec woke up dry (he normally does) but refused to go potty for an hour. (Same battle different morning! Ha!) Then as I was putting on my clothes, he pees in the middle of the living room. Another clothes change before school… Agghh!! So this morning, I made a plan. I told him several times yesterday that as soon as he wakes up in the mornings, we’ve got to run go to the potty. Needless to say, this morning, when I got him out of bed and told him we had to potty before we went in the living room, he starts with the “Don’t Want To’s.” But I told him if he’d go tee tee we’d go make some muffins together. Took a minute of pleading from mom and few more “Don’t want To’s” but he finally did it. Hummm, wonder what I can bribe him with tomorrow morning. Hopefully he’ll soon realize that it actually feels better to your belly to potty first thing!

But I must applaud Mrs. Gina, Ms. Kristen and Ms. Morgan, Alec does absolutely WONDERFUL at school!! If it wasn’t for their hard work, I’m not sure we would have ever figured this out!

If anyone has any poop suggestions feel free to suggest!! Not doing very hot on that side of things!! Not sure how many more poop undies an already sick pregnant mom can clean out!!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Halloween Fun with Friends!

Alec’s third Halloween was definitely the most fun yet!! I can’t believe this is already his 3^rd Halloween, he doesn’t seem that old!! We took our little cowboy to the neighborhood Halloween cookout and met up with the Davis and Faggert Families!! After eating we loaded the kiddos up in wagons and push toys and went around the entire neighborhood. Lots of fun was had by all!!

And he's off!!

Trick or Treat, Riley and Drew!!

Our most favorite pirate, ladybug and cowboy EVER!

Halloween Neighborhood Cookout

Everyone wanted their picture made with the toy story family!

The Faggerts are so cool and creative!

Plans are in the works for a Robinson "family" costume next year! Any ideas are greatly apprieciated! May take lots of beer all day before Trick or Treating but I can talk my husband into this! Right?!?

Gracie and Mason

4 of our 5 kids are in this picture? Can't find them? We couldn't either!

We had a hard time making sure our group stayed together with trick or treaters EVERYWHERE!

Sweet Warren!

Everyone got the hang of it this year!

He LOVED Halloween this year!

Everyone was pooped and needed a ride home!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Mountain Trip

Alec got to go on his first really long road trip last week!! On Wednesday, we drove to Chattanooga. Alec did GREAT on the drive with lots of new toys and movies!! We ate at the Station House at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which was a fun place with lots of music and singing!! (Saw this on Emily’s blog!! Thanks for the idea!!) Alec loved seeing all of the train cars!! Thursday we got up and went to Rock City, the Incline Railway and also Ruby Falls, after lunch. By the time we made it to Ruby Falls, Alec was pooped and slept for most of the tour. Unfortunately no strollers were allowed and Dustin ended up carrying him for over a mile!! He woke up as we were finishing the tour and we told him that he missed the waterfall. He says, “Go Find It!” Sorry, had enough walking already, he’ll have to see it next time!

After all of our Chattanooga site seeing, we headed to Pigeon Forge. Of course, Alec slept for most of this drive. Once we got to Pigeon Forge, traffic was HORRIBLE. It took us over an hour to drive one mile to our hotel. Needless to say, we ordered a pizza in our room for our first night. Other than the horrible traffic and my morning (all day) sickness, which gets much worse while in the car, we had a wonderful time and Alec loved all of the things we saw and did!!

We went to Ober Gatlinburg and rode the ski lift to the top of the mountain, then took Alpine slides back down the mountain! Alec loved this and said that Daddy drove FAST!! Which he did!! I kept having to slow my slide down because I was scared and Dustin and Alec were literally flying ahead of me!! Needless to say, they beat me going down!!

We also went to see the Dixie Stampede, this was by far, Alec’s favorite part of the trip. It’s a dinner show, where you sit around an arena and the show includes lots of horses!! The entire show, Alec was constantly yelling, “Yay, ride them, pet them, yeehaww, etc!” It was sooo funny!! The only bad part was that they don’t offer any silverware, it’s like eating out west in the old days…. So already being half sick, I had to help Alec eat his chicken with our bare hands. Yes, a WHOLE chicken!! Yuck!! But it was so much fun to see Alec having such a good time!!

We also took Alec horseback riding!! He was a little intimidated at first but ended up loving his horse, “Junior”. We rode our horses up and down a mountain hill and loved seeing all of the changing leaves!!