Catching up with Tristan

Catching up with Tristan...
1. He loves to eat waffles for breakfast.  Butter and maple syrup required.  The waffles cannot be made in the toaster or the frying pan- only microwaved, or he WILL NOT eat them.
2. His favorite person to pray for is his teacher, Ms. Monique.
3. He wears size 5-6T.
4. Tristan is learning how to write his name. He is also learning how to read books.
5. Pasta is his dinner of choice.  Pesto pasta. He also likes cheese pizza and cheeseburgers.
6. He has a favorite pair of boots that are super hard to get on but he loves them so much.
7. Tristan will start soccer in the Spring.
8. His favorite dessert is whipped cream with sprinkles on top.
9. Rejects all fruits.
10. Tristan's eyelashes and cheeks are still the same from birth.  His cheeks are the best to kiss and he still has the curliest eyelashes.

In other HUGE news...

We have decided to adopt again and hope to bring home a new baby/toddler in 2016.  The kids are pumped!

What's new with Tristan

Here is the newest things that Tristan has been up to:
1. He was a scuba diver for Halloween.
2. He loves chips and guacamole.
3. Tristan is STILL in pull-ups at night.
4. He loves jumping on the trampoline
5. He loves to sing the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
6. Tristan wears a cape 95% of the time.
7. Teddy and Blankie are still his best friends.
8. His favorite drink is chocolate milk and lemonade.
9. He wears size 5T.
10. Tristan keeps asking for a baby brother.  Ha ha!

Easter was a fun time in the house.  We began the day with going to Church and praising Jesus.  We then headed to Easter brunch with waffles, pancakes, bacon, sausage, omelets, etc.  It was good and both kids ate A LOT!!  It was time to take naps once we got back home in order to rest up for the egg hunt.  Early in the afternoon we did a fun egg hunt with plastic eggs filled with skittles and mini dinosaurs.  Tristan loves gum so there was some gum eggs too.  We had a small gathering of family, friends and neighbors for a potluck style Easter bbq.  It was fun to watch the kids play with their friends and plus it was easy clean up because we could stay outside in the sunshine.  The kids were super tired after dinner and so we all took baths and went to bed.

King of the Castle

T loves going to this park in the afternoons and playing 'King of the Castle.'

Swimming..

T loves to 'flip' in the pool with his best bud Teddy.

What's new with Tristan...

Tristan is developing into a little boy right before our eyes.  We love him so much and are enjoying these top 5 new things about him:

5. Tristan is a terrible breakfast eater!  He only wants to snack when he gets up, unless it's chocolate milk.  He'll drink galloons of the stuff if we let him. Every blue moon I can get him to eat something like blueberry smoothies, apple cinnamon oatmeal, coconut pancakes and cheerios with lots of honey. He is a good dinner eater though.

4. Tristan is getting more and more comfortable with having his head shaved every 2 weeks.  There's always a little bribery involved, but candy isn't too harmful, right, lol?

3. He loves sleeping in the car and now that he is rejecting all afternoon naps, car sleeping is awesome.

2. Tristan is 90% potty trained.  He still wears a diaper at night, but he's starting to phase out of that.

1. He loves all ocean life!  His favorite cartoon is called 'Octonauts'.  He loves jelly fish, sea horses, octupi, whales, sharks and clown fish.  When I say love, I mean LOVE- this kid is obsessed, lol.

A day in the life of an 'almost' 3 year old.

I thought it would be fun to write out T's daily schedule and witness how God is growing this toddler into a young boy.

Our day usually starts around 7:30'ish (Tristan is still a GREAT sleeper)...
7:30-8:30- Wake up, play upstairs with Colby, play a phonics game on the Kindle, eat breakfast which always includes chocolate milk.  I have never seen a little person more in love with chocolate milk than Tristan.  As far as breakfast preferences, Tristan will eat some days and others day he won't.  When he does decide that he is hungry he likes smoothies, bananas, granola, waffles and pancakes.  He will not eat eggs, french toast, sausage, most fruits besides bananas or cinnamon roles.

8:30-9:30- Use the potty!! (YEAH) Get dressed, which he still needs help doing, practice abc's, numbers, shapes, colors, ten commandments and reading.

By around 9:30 we are all ready to get out of the house and get our day started.  Three days of the week we go to either the library, the science center, church, the zoo, the trampoline park, the aquarium or a play date with friends.  The other two days of the week Tristan and Colby come with me to the gym and participate in an awesome class called 'Mighty Mites'.  This class is a wonderful 'work-out' class for kids under the age of 6.  Tristan is learning so many things such as hula-hooping, headstands, jumping, fort building and following directions from his 'coach'.

11:30-1pm- Lunch time, watching his favorite DVD (Leapfrog's 'Building Words'), quiet play and getting ready for nap.  His lunch meals are again, hit and miss depending on his appetite for the day.  He loves 'Tristan nuggets' (just regular homemade chicken nuggets), pb&J, grilled cheese and pesto pasta.  Above all his favorite snack right now is carrots and almonds- ha ha!

1-3'ishpm- Nap time.  The kids loves his sleep.  In order to sleep well he must have his blankie, teddie, water, oso blanco, butterfly and his shark comforter.  If any of those items are missing, forget him trying to sleep.  He also loves to have books read to him before nap.

3-5pm- PLAY as much as we can, out of the house.

5-7pm-Dinner, bath time (every night), and normal end of day things.  Right now T loves eating minestrone soup, sweet potatoes and butternut squash.  I know it's a bit strange, but I'll feed the boy when he's hungry, ha ha.

7-8pm- Prayers, singing (usually a Frozen song, lol) and bed time.