Saturday, June 14, 2014

May 2014

May!  We:

Played with cousins,


Played at Memere and Pepere's house,
(Troy discovered his new love of DIRT in Pepere's backyard)


Troy had his first sleepover at Auntie Mish's house - he did great!  He did take over his Aunt and Uncle's bed...which I think just shows how comfortable he was :)  (sorry Mish!)


We went to Mystic Aquarium.  Moms got in free on Mother's Day weekend, and we are all about the discounts!  


We visited Elizabeth Park's rose garden and also went to Farm Day, where we all got to see a sheep being sheered, plus lots of other animals.


We kayaked on the Farmington River, then found a place to swim.  But....it was MUCH too cold, so Troy was happy just throwing rocks in the river.


We went to the Bronx Zoo with Mish, Penelope, Piper, Zoe, and my uncles Tom and Bob.  It was so much fun!  The zoo is HUGE, and I think we saw about a quarter of it.  Which just means we'll need to go back :).  Troy especially like the mouse house and the bird house.  



 I love this little boy so much.  I love being his mom!  He is so curious about everything, he explores all day long, he sings and dances all day long, and he is so happy.  He reminds me to laugh at everything and snuggle every chance I have.  He is patient and encouraging - one day Dusty was fixing his bike and Troy was "helping" him.  After awhile Troy started jumping on the couch and Dusty was getting frustrated with his bike because it still wasn't working.  I was making dinner in the kitchen and every time I heard Dusty mutter and I knew he was having a hard time, I heard Troy say, "It's ok Daddy!  Just keeping working!"  In his sweet sing-song voice.  He must have said it 20 times :).  And guess what - Dusty fixed his bike.  Troy saw that he was done and said, "Oh!  Good job, Daddy!" 





He is excited about everything, but will let you know when he's not so excited, too :).  If you ask him if he wants to do something and he doesn't, he'll just say, "No thanks" and smile at you.  Or he'll throw a tantrum like only a 2 year old can throw...well he IS 2, so that's forgivable.  

But tantrums or smiles, I love this kid to the moon and back! (And another round-trip for good measure)