It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day

Sunday afternoon was such a beautiful day with perfect weather (which is so rare in Florida), we decided to head to the park after Enzo's power-nap (yes, my 3 yr old takes a nap because YOU haven't been with him when he hasn't haha).

We have tried, pretty successfully, to avoid the park or anything remotely resembling a park for quite some time now.  The last time we took the boys to the park over the summer, Enzo FLIPPED out.  He's such a sensory kid that he was on MASSIVE sensory OVERLOAD.

He was running and running and running and never really 'played' on anything because there was just too much noise, too much scenery, too much everything!  All his running reminds me of Forest Gump, where he just runs....He was miserable, we were miserable, so yeah we really haven't been back till yesterday.

We had a pretty good time!  Enzo was better prepared to experience everything there, he didn't have to be so anxious, like he normally is, and I think we knew how to help him too!

So we started off with the swing, to help calm Enzo down before he had a chance to be anxious.

  

Don't let that face fool you, he actually hates the swing!  He's fine if its really low to the ground and slow. (Thats how the swing is at his Occupational Therapy.) I had to MAKE him stay on for a little bit just to show him that we weren't going to swing hard or let him fall out. But he was ready to get outta there!

So we went for a little walk down the trail and fed the ducks and watched people fish.  And of course Enzo would try to stick his big ol' noggin between the rails...

      

We climbed high...

  

we climbed low...

And of course what's a day at the park without stopping to play with...

CARS!

They played on the slides and anticipated the static shocks they'd get at the end of the slide.  It was pretty shocking! haha  Enzo got a kick out of getting shocked, he thought it was the coolest thing ever...that's my sensory kid!

  

The boys had such a blast playing at the park.  So after a couple of hours of fun and laughter, it was time to head home..

and they lived happily ever after!

THE END

ps.  We'll just pretend that we all left the park hand in hand like a happy family....wrong fairy tale!  Enzo decided that since he had such a great time at the park, that he need to bring his family back to reality by throwing a tanrum!  No pictures of that tho, because I'm still pretending...

That's ok, the tantrum was short lived and he got over it.  Besides who can blame the kid for wanting to spend more time at the park with BESTEST, COOLEST parents in the whole wide world! ;)

He belly-laughs

Enzo has never really been a TV a kid, unless of course it's Cars Movie or Herbie.  But this past week I'll hear him belly-laughing in the play room, only to find him watching Tom and Jerry.  And everyday this week he has asked for me to find it if the TV isn't on the right channel.

I feel bad, coz my child is watching TV!

Date Night at the "Coin Laundry"

We finally decided to just grab all our laundry, stuff it in garbage bags, toss in the back of the Jeep, and head out to the local "Coin Laundry" place.  2 Hours later, Wow, ALL of our laundry is done!!!  Can you believe it?  Don't get me wrong, we have our own washers, but its small and will take forever.  We used 55lbs loaders (I'm not gonna tell how many we used), but it was awesome!  The "Coin Laundry" place was impressively safe and clean.  And to top it all of, the Detergent, Softener and Dryer Sheets, and more garbage bags were FREE!!!.... another Wow!

It was hypnotizing.  Enzo did really well.  As long as its spinning, he's content.  Honestly, I like starring at washers too.  Even at home, I find myself starring at the washer as it spins before I close the lid.  But anyhooo, we are done!

No monster in the clouds

Enzo was in the kitchen finishing a snack, I was in my room helping Ethan with school, and the rain was pouring and thunder was roaring.  As the last roll or thunder ended, we hear Enzo say "Do it again monster!"

Ethan and I were cracking up, then Ethan said, "That's not a monster, that's Jesus in the clouds."

Looks like 'Grampa'

After I gave Enzo his bath this morning, I got him dressed and he looked down at his clothes and told me that he didn't like what he had on. So here's our conversation:

Enzo: I don't like this

Me: Don't like what?

Enzo: This and this (pointing to his clothes)

Me: What's wrong with what you're wearing?

Enzo: Look at it. I look like 'grampa'

 

I'm still laughing! So being the good mommy that I am, I stripped him down and had him help me pick something else out.

Enzo actually has a mind of his own! I mean, he's always had his own opinions but it cracks me up that he's learning to be picky about what he wears!

 

ps. I did NOT dress my child in grampa clothing! I am NOT uncool! =)

Belly laughs

Enzo's has such a contagious belly laugh.  He'll burst into laughter out of nowhere and can't control it.  He was watching something on Disney channel while I was getting his lunch ready and I could hear his uncontrollable laughter.

So later after lunch, he was giggling about something and I told him that I like his belly laugh and that I thought it was funny. He paused his laughter and lifted up his shirt to look at his belly. He tried to shake his belly and he just looked at me all confused and he said that his belly wasn't funny and it's not laughing...

His name is Joe...

Enzo is such a funny kid!  For the past couple of months, at least 2-3 times a day, he tells Ethan and I that his name is Joe.

I'm sure you are wondering who Joe is....Ha!  Took me forever to figure out who he was talking about because I am not a cool mom like that...

He insists that he is Joe Jonas from the Jonas Brothers.  So how does a 3 year old know who that is?  Not too sure, but I'm guessing his 9 year old Kuya (tagalog for big brother) has much to do with it.

So this morning after Enzo's bath, I was doing our usual dress up routine...lotion, Pull Up, shirt, pants, pick his hair (I have to use a pick because he has crazy curly hair), and I always put Biosilk in his hair (we call that hair lotion, it's the same stuff I put in my hair for my frizzies).

Well today, as I was putting hair lotion into his hair, he whispers to me and points to his sideburns and tells me to push it back (and he motions the way he wants it).  So being a good mom, I push his hair back.  Then he comes back to my face and whispers again.  This time he points to the front of his hair.  He whispers for me to push it down onto his face a little bit.  Not quite sure why he whispers all of this, because if you've ever met Enzo, his volume control is broken!

So I asked him if I did a good job fixing his hair the way he likes it.   He then touches the sides, pushes it back and then touches the front and pulls it down a bit.  Then he comes up to my face again and whispers, "I'm Joe, Joe Jonas..."

As he's walking away, I'm left wondering what just happened.  Then it hit me, he wanted me to fix his hair the same way Joe's hair is!  How funny is that!  Enzo cracks me up...

So tonight I remember all this, so I decide to look online for a picture of Joe Jonas.  So yeah I find Joe with the sideburns and hair falling down his face, minus the curly hair of course.



I wonder why he doesn't like one of the other brothers, because the other 2 have curly hair!