Strange Cravings

On Thursday, Little Ted started requesting doughnuts ("no-nuts" in Little Ted speak).  I was caught off guard - that morning, he woke up extra early, I had gone to bed late the night before, and I had to shake off my semi-conscious state so I could keep office hours that morning.  I asked him to repeat himself, and, sure enough, I hadn't misunderstood him.

Little Ted knows what doughnuts are - they are part of our Saturday morning routine, along with College Game  Day and college football (in the fall, at least).  But he had never requested them before.  Since I was in a rush that morning, doughnuts just so happened to be convenient, so we all indulged.

When I returned from work later that afternoon, the first thing he said to me was, "no-nuts?"  This continued all day on Friday, and it wasn't until Friday afternoon that I figured out why he was so keen on doughnuts.  

Earlier in the week, we picked up a new Thomas the Tank Engine DVD for Little Ted at Sam's Club.  This particular DVD had a bonus episode, and one of the characters mentions his love of doughnuts in the episode.  Thank you, DVD, for putting the idea in my son's head.

*On that particular DVD, the engines also prepare for a festival, which leads to a crash involving an engine and a freight car loaded with ice cream.  That probably explains Little Ted's request last night for ice cream in place of dinner . . . I guess "food advertising" is as effective on toddlers as it is on adults.

Kissing Christmas Goodbye

Shortly after New Year's day, I took down the Christmas tree to free up space in our living room.  Little Ted was not happy to see the tree go and kissed a few of the ornaments before I took them down and put them away.  He also tried to rescue his light up snowflakes from the holiday box (these were decorations that Grandma Robles bought him and we had on display in his room).  I finally got them stashed away, but only after ensuring that Little Ted was distracted - after all, they are his, and as far as he is concerned, they belong in his room all the time.

So this post is our way of kissing Christmas goodbye.  But before we say goodbye, we wanted to share this Christmas morning video with you.  Here, Little Ted discovers what Santa left for him.

Goodbye Christmas!  Thanks for the memories!

College Football . . . One Last Time

If you follow college football, you know that our star quarterback is headed to the NFL (no surprise).  Click here to watch his press conference announcement, and click here to read a great story about him that appeared in the alumni magazine recently (really, you should read it - it shows what a great kid he is).

This is the billboard that stands on the I-35 side of the university.  Pretty impressive, huh?

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