I'm A Genius

My sister taught Austen to say that yesterday so he's been running around all day yelling "I'm a genius". The fact that it makes me laugh hysterically only perpetuates it.
This kid will do anything for a laugh.
You can just see his little face light up when he makes someone laugh.
Sound like anyone??? His Dad just a little???

On a totally unrelated note....I take baths a lot.
And I usually read while I'm in there relaxing.
Sometimes Brian will bring Austen in to say hi....I'm pretty sure that's where he got this idea:

He emptied out the ottoman, grabbed a book, and got in.
He calls it "taking a bath tub".
This is the face I get when I tell him to smile.
Never gets old!

Monsters Inc

Monsters Inc is Austen's new favorite show. Toy Story has moved down in the ranks.

The other day we were browsing through Target when Austen saw this shirt and threw it in the cart. I thought it was cute that he wanted a "mike" shirt so I bought it for him.

That's mike the monster from the movie.

He wanted to wear it immediately so I did something I NEVER do and let him wear it before it was washed. That was a bad idea. He broke out in hives everywhere, really bad ones too. He had big raised welts everywhere, even on his face. It was so sad, but he was only sad about me not letting him wear the mike shirt until it could get washed. He seriously waits by the dryer for this shirt to come out and then he wants to wear it immediately. So cute that he's starting to pick favorite things!

So Happy He's Back

Brian was gone all weekend golfing and even though he was having a well deserved break, we were missing him a lot!!!

Especially the little man.
Needless to say we were so happy to see him last night!
We're glad you're back!

My cute boys watching youtube together.

I think this is a cute pic even though Brian looks a little stoned.

Prepare Yourselves......

What I'm about to share is life changing!!!

Especially if you are as addicted to cookies and milk as I am.
I'll just preface my new discovery by saying this...
I really like oreo's with milk.
Probably too much.
It is absolutely necessary to eat oreo's only when they have been fully saturated in milk, but this can create problems.
Mainly it's that my fingers get too cold, so I pull out the cookie before it's reached optimum levels of saturation.

Well not any more!!!!

I've discovered that a fork fits perfectly into the filling and now I can dunk away.
No more messy, cold fingers!

Now I can eat twice as many cookies as before!

(I didn't come up with this on my own sadly, I stole it from another blog.)

I've Been Collecting Evidence

Since Austen is such a clone of Brian sometimes I forget that I contributed DNA, but sometimes I catch little bits here and there that definitely come from me. I've been gathering these bits for two whole years just to come up with enough to actually make a list. So here goes......

He always has to have two passas
He likes vegetables
He loves to read books
He talks to himself
He is the world's easiest kid to potty train
and
He is a wild sleeper
(These pics were taken about 5 mins apart.)

Notice how his feet aren't even on the couch and he's still asleep???
And the crazy arm that looks broken.....that's definitely from me.

Words Of Wisdom

Yesterday I overheard Austen sharing some important life lessons with Woody. They are as follows:

"Don't touch the poop."
(We had an unfortunate dog poop incident the other day and it apparently left quite an impression.)

And my personal favorite:
"Don't hit your mother."

At least I'm teaching him the basics right?

Potty training is still going very well. Way better than expected. He had a teeny tiny accident last night, but it was totally my fault. He told me he needed to go, but my hands were covered in meatloaf and I didn't get him in there fast enough. Oh well, it was bound to happen.

Austen comes up with some pretty funny stuff to entertain himself while I'm cooking. Sometimes he cooks in his own kitchen, but sometimes he does this:

Or he "ice skates" on hot pads.

He came up with that one on his own.
I'm still trying to figure out how he even knows what ice skating is.....

I personally think he's the most creative kid ever!

Time To Get Our Workout On......

I have a new workout buddy......

He lifts weights with me.....

and he even likes to go running.

Austen really wants to do whatever he sees grownups doing, so when he sees me doing my arm workout with my weights, he wants to do it too.
He'll pick them up, count to 6 or sometimes higher, and then let out a big sigh and say "holy cow".
I guess I say that when I'm done.....I never would have noticed that without my little shadow.

He even put on some of my running gear and tried to walk down the stairs in my shoes to go for a run on the treadmill.
He only made it to the first stair and then decided he didn't need the shoes after all. They were a little too big. :)