Saturday, October 20, 2012

Growing up

My little guy is growing up.  Two rather funny things happened today.  Pookie has been letting me know when he needs his diaper changed.  (No, he is not ready for potty training quite yet.  He is recognizing that he has gone to the bathroom, not that he needs to go.)  A couple of weeks ago he learned the word "bum."  He likes to point to his and other peoples backsides, and label the body part.  Well, he has learned a new word.  "Poop."  As I was changing his diaper, he was singing the word "poop" over and over and giggling.  He is all boy. 

As the day progressed, Pookie "helped" me to clean the house.  He likes to wear his ear protectors when I vacuum.  He loves the vacuum and he likes to pretend that he is vacuuming.  When I got around to cleaning the bathroom, I didn't have time to do a full scrub.  I just wanted to give it a quick once over.  As I was wiping down the toilet, Pookie took a look what I was doing, and proceeded over to the sink cabinet.  He rummaged around for a minute and brought over the toilet bowl cleaner and handed it to me.  I proceeded to squirt it in the toilet and Pookie went over and grabbed the toilet brush.  He then stuck it in the toilet and started swishing it around.  I'm utterly astounded.  First he knew which cleaner was needed and where it was kept.  Followed by how it worked and what was needed to finish the job.  I'm thrilled that he wants to get involved, but slightly skeeved that he wants to help clean the toilet.  Germs, yuck. 

I really shouldn't be too surprised by the toilet cleaning incident.  Pookie got his hands on a wrench and has been going around to furniture "fixing" it.  He pretends to tighten the bolts.  Well, I hope he is tightening them and not trying to take it apart.  Seeing as my father-in-law took apart his mothers washing machine when he was four.  Just so he could see how it worked.  Maybe I should lock up the tools now, just to be safe.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Truck Day

So, I'm a little behind on my posting.  I've been working on a very hard on a knitting project.  Let me tell you, I've been doing so much knitting, that my carpal tunnel is flaring up.  Regardless, I'm very proud of what I have accomplished, and pictures will be posted at a later date! 

At the beginning of September was Truck Day.  Rob looks forward to this day every year.  You know how some people have count downs to Christmas?  He has a count down to Truck Day.  Truck Day lets kids get up close and personal with trucks and other equipment.  It's fun to watch all of the kids climb all over every thing and honk all of the horns!  Rob and his guys spend a lot of time getting the trucks and all of the equipment cleaned up and shinny.  He made sure that he arrived early so he could get a prime spot on the green. 

Rob was very upset that he could only bring two trucks this year.  Someone tampered with the third truck and it was in the process of getting fixed.  Instead, he decided to bring Pookie's Cozy Coup as an alternative.  After Pookie got the Cozy Coup, Rob brought it to the guy that does his lettering for the big trucks.  There are decals posted for his landscaping company, along with Pookie's name and a shamrock plastered on top.  For the occasion, Rob added a small strobe light to the top of it and created a Boss "plow" for it.  Apparently Rob and his dad are in discussions of making a more impressive plow for next year. 

Pookie's Cozy Coup was a big hit with the kids.  There was generally a couple of kids waiting to try it out.  Pookie, however, wasn't too thrilled with all of the kids getting into his car.  At one point he went over, opened the door and "helped" another child get out of the vehicle.  I'm not sure what bothered Pookie more, people climbing over Rob's equipment and trucks or the kids playing with his car. 

Pookie had a grand time checking out all of the other trucks.  I brought ear protection for him, but he wasn't interested.  I was a little surprised by that.  We're talking about the kid that wears his ear protectors when I'm vacuuming the house.  Whatever floats his boat, I guess.  The count down is now on for next year!