The Christensen's: 4th of July, Family, and Nursery!

Monday, July 14, 2008

4th of July, Family, and Nursery!

Our 4th was spent at home with our neighbors BBQing, lighting fireworks and just relaxing. I made Barefoot Contessa's 4th of July cake. and if any of you haven't tried it you are missing out on a little slice of heaven. I also made the best stuffed jalapenos that I found on http://www.thepioneerwomen.com/!

Tate watching the fireworks!

The best cake on the planet!

Tate and all his neighbor friends getting ready for fireworks!

Tate is 18 months old and you know what that means NURSERY FINALLY!! Don't get me wrong I was not in a hurry to see my little boy grow up, but I was excited to finally be able to get something out of church again. I took him to nursery and he immediately ran to the toys and started playing with the other kids. When I came to pick him up he started crying that he had to leave. I was a little sad he didn't miss me at all. He had a blast and I'm glad it went so well!

Tate playing in the sprinklers and hanging with his cousin Kate!

3 comments:

Stephers said...: I am impressed he did so well at his first time in Nursery! Drew never cries, but because of all of the other babies in his class it made him cry! He is even the biggest kid in the class. Go figure. I love reading you're blog, Tate gets cuter by the minute. Hope to see you guys on the 24th!; July 15, 2008 at 4:12 PM
angie said...: Ok- so I guess I can't be too angry that Tate is wonderful about nursery- I am happy for you, but what the...? Sam gets totally hysterical!! He starts crying when we pull into the church parking lot!! I am never going to get anything out of church again!!; July 15, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Bre.Sean.Blake said...: I like Tate's style.; July 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM

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From the Mouth of Tate

To Paul "your my best friend, dad". (Paul got teary)

eating icecream and seeing it was melted said, "look mom chocolate juice."

Fell down on our friends grass, rubbed it and said, "This is great grass."

eyeing Gwen he says to me, "Tate take her head off?" not sure if he has grasped the concept she is real or not.

when I change his diaper he always asks for "feel better" (diaper cream)

He also lets me know when he wants changed by saying, "I wanna nice clean diaper."

Found a rock in the grass and threw it back into the rock landscaping and said, "he wanted to go home to his mommy."

me: "Tate, do you want to try and go potty on the toilet?

Tate: "NO WAY MOM, toilet is all gone."

Struggling and grunting in the backseat he finally says, "mom I can't do it... I can't grow bigger."

Tate: "mom come here."

me: "I have to feed Gwen first."

Tate: "no mom, pump."

We went through the Del Taco drive through, and Tate said, "Mom, is this a new McDonalds?" I think we need to cut back on the McDonalds.

me: "Tate, do you want to go watch the Flash Basketball players tonight?"

Tate: "No mom, we watch the Aggie guys."

Tate looked down at his diaper and then looked up at me and said, "I just pee peed on Elmo." (there are pictures of Sesame Street characters on his diapers)

Tate: "Mom, I'm the man"

me: "Tate we need to whisper"

Tate: (yelling) "No we're not whispering, we're YELLING."

Elaine: "Tate, are you going poop?"

Tate: "Yes"

Elaine: "Can you hold it?"

Tate: "In my hand?"

Tate: "Mom, go down the slide."

Me: "I'm too big."

Tate: "Well, grow down."

I was talking on the phone with my mom while Tate was in the bathtub and he said, "mom, put the phone in the water and grandma will get wet."

sitting on the potty, he went pee pee then said, "3 times!! I can't believe it." We have been potty training, and he was apparently counting how many times he had gone that day, and was pretty impressed with himself.

I went and sat down on the couch and Tate said,"Mom!!! Don't sit on the guys, they are watching me play football." Apparently he had some imaginary fans watching him as he kicked his football.

me: Tate, come eat your oatmeal.

Tate: I can't, I'm being sick right now.

I was walking down the stairs and I head Tate saying, "...and don't come of that stair until you stop crying." as I walked down the stairs he told me not to step on the (imaginary) kid that was in time out. I asked why he was in time out and Tate said, "because he put a coin in baby Gwen's mouth." YIKES

Tate (sitting on the potty): Mom, come look I did a big snake poo.

Tate (4) we had a little earthquake and he asked paul what it was. Paul said it was and earthquake, and Tate replied, "like when another planet runs into earth, that would be an earthquake.