J Doing Somersaults

Nephew J doing somersaults!
He had a lot of fun today (I think at least).

He made 'pannie cakes' with auntie. His was in the shape of Mickey Mouse and had chocolate on it! I made up for it by dicing up a banana (it had chocolate sauce on it too however!) ha ha

After a run to the bank we were driving to go to one of the local festivals and saw the local fire department had a safety awareness day. J was real excited until he got up closer to one of the trucks and then didn't want to do ANYTHING! After about 20 minutes of walking around, however, the child was over stimulated by going in and playing in all the trucks. He even got to use the fire hose twice!! Once with auntie, and once with a real fireman! He got a 'jr' fireman's plastic hat and you would have thought it was the second coming! He of course, wore it backwards!

Auntie, for some reason, perhaps because J was ill the night before so she didn't sleep a lot, by the time we were done with the firetrucks had a worsening migraine.... I told J and said that auntie really needed him to help me by being quite. Do you know that wonderful son of my brother and sister-in-law sat on my lap and petted the dog for AN HOUR! He didn't ask for toys, books or anything. He didn't even sleep.

And when auntie could open her eyes and told him that she still felt bad and was going to put him in his room so that he could play (with the baby gate up between the door frame) he said ok and played. He could see my bed and the dog so I think that helped. Even more, I checked on him physically every hour (I could hear him) and took him to the bathroom and got him a drink but it took 3 hours for my headache to go away. He played that WHOLE TIME!

In the end, I told him he was a great boy and helped his auntie a lot. He said 'yes, J is a good doctor'! His reward was to call grandpa, pick green beans and ok I know food isn't a reward but he got a chocolate ice cream cone for a reward too!

We also colored, got wet in the sprinkler in both the front and back yards and had fresh picked green beans and mac n' cheese for supper. I had gotten him McDonald's for lunch but he barely ate 1/2 of the hamburger and almost none of the fries!

Boy can he drink, though! He had milk for breakfast but I think he had 8 to 10 sippy cups of 3/4 water, 1/4 juice today!

He never asked to go to the potty. Perhaps auntie's house is just different from mommy and daddy's but whenever I asked him if he had to go he did go in the potty. My sis said that he might only use 1-3 pull ups a day but he totally drenched I think 6.

Well, I realize I'm ending this note on "pee" but oh well! We'll see what tomorrow brings!! I pray for no more headache's!!! I'm only 1 pill away from my max dose w/i 24 hours!