A Hitter Among Us!

Well, it seems our sweet lil boo is no longer content to just throw himself on the floor. He has now taken to hitting people.

It started yesterday at playgroup. A little boy was trying to get into the same toy bucket that Boo was, and so Boo (probably more appropriate to call him Boo-cephus for this one) just rared back and hit him!!! I was mortified!! I quickly grabbed his arms and looked him straight in the face and said, "NO!! We do NOT hit. You need to say you're sorry." And then he rolled on the floor.

Today, it happened again. Except this time his target was ME! We were at a restaurant meeting some friends for lunch (luckily they hadn't arrived yet) and I was carrying him with me to get our food and he didn't want to go with me...so he hit me in the face!! Again, I put his arms down and said, "No hitting." As soon as I let his arms go...he did it again...and again!! I was SOOOO mad and embarrassed! We ate and left as quickly as possible. I didn't know what to do. I did have him say "sorry" but that didn't really stop him. I couldn't really spank him, b/c I just said, "we don't hit" and I'd really rather not go down that road unless absolutely necessary.

I know he's frustrated because he can't tell me what he wants. But, still! We're not having this!
At home, I would have immediately put him in timeout. But, what do you do at a restaurant??
Any advice?

J&R Gymnastics

Last Friday we went to J&R Gymnastics for their open playtime. It was the first time that we had been there and B-man was able to come too. Boo had a wonderful time! He did have trouble taking turns though...a lot of trouble! Seems like we need to keep going back to so he can learn.

Balance beam!

Sliding into the foam pit.

Jumping into the foam pit.

Running on the trampoline.

This is where we had the problem with sharing.

Only one person is allowed on the trampoline at a time...need I say more??

Jumping with Daddy.

We've been missing our Daddy this week. He's been in DC but is on his way home now!! Yay!!!!

Petition

So, I'm thinking of starting a petition to change the pronunciation of the word banana from
(ba-nan-a) to...

What do you think?

GAME DAY!

It's that time of year again! And although the temps are still in the mid 90's here in south Texas, it is fall, and that pretty much means one thing in the Faye household...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!

We're all sporting our new Clemson shirts today in honor of the new season.

Go Tigers!!!

Go Razorbacks!!

Our Little Reader

Our Lil Boo loves to read! Here's a pic of him just chillin' in his room, reading his favorite book about his favorite thing...Tractors.

Here we are reading, "Where is Baby's Beach Ball?"
It's just adorable, the way he says, "noooo".

Reading our Opposites book.
If you listen very carefully, you can understand what he's saying. It also helps if you know your opposites! ha!

Tookie

The Evolution of a Nickname...

So, when we found out we were having a baby we started calling him Lil Boo, which actually comes from my nickname. PawPaw always calls me Boo Boo or Boo for short, or S-Boo.

Once we discovered we were having a boy and decided on his name, it turned into G-Boo.

Variations include Boo, Boo Bear, and Boo-cephus (B-man crowned him with that last one; any Hank fans out there?! ha!).

G-Boo led to G-Bookie.

Which led to Bookie Tookie

And now I find myself calling him Tookie all of the time! We still use all of the other ones, but I mostly find myself saying, "Hey, Tookie...."

I was thinking this morning about how we came up with that one, and thought I'd blog about it.

Do you have any nickname evolutions to share?