One day he is going to kill me for this!

Okay so I really, really,  really wanted to post a picture of Ashton's "new" outfit today!  However keeping in mind his future well being, I decided it was best to leave it to the imagination.  That being said, I most describe his selected outfit for the moment!


A light blue spider man shirt, his skinny grey saggy pajama pants with vehicles on it.  On top of the pajama bottoms are his new Diego underwear, worn backwards so Diego is in the front. On top of it all he wanted to put on Lily's ivory mary- jane "tap' shoes.  Too cute!!!!  Although he quickly decided the mary- jane "tap" shoes where inefficient for playing outside!


In other news we lost our  "lovie" pokey last weekend! We took the kids to a friends farmette to be watched by a " responsible party".  Needless to say pokey was never found.  Sadness. 

Ashton's first "class"

Ashton has a couple things going for him!  First he is "big" for his age.  At 2.5 he rivals some 4 and 5 year olds.  When people ask how old he is and find out he is only 2.5, they can't believe it!  Secondly, he has a big sister who is 5 years older than him, so of course he always wants to do what she is doing.


So of course for months now Lily has been swimming at a new swim school in Frederick.  Ashton's best buddy Michael, who although is the nearly the same size as Ashton, he is nearly 2.5-3 years older than Michael, has also been taking classes at the same place.  So of course...what does Ashton want to do.....go to the pool like his big sister and Michael!


So we took the plunge...plunked down $100 for Ashton to take his first official "swim class" independently!  Surprisingly he did very well!  I felt bad for the teacher, she was new and had 4 young boys.  One who cried the entire time, another one who didn't listen at all, and Ashton and Michael who just wanted to play a lot!  Hopefully the teacher will have learned a little this week during and her training and hopefully this week she will run the show!  Needless to say it was really fun to see Ashton be so independent!

The funny things Ashton says

Ashton's vocabulary is incredible.  I love listening to him talk.  Today while I was peeling his orange, he tells me he is going to bring a chair over so he can "supervise" me.


While giving him baby cosquillas  (tickle scratches), he says, "mommy why are your claws so sharp?"

Sleep over at Abuelita's

Well Ashton had his first official sleep over at Abuelita's!  From the look of the pictures I think it was a hit!  From Abuelita's post of facebook, I think she is worn out and will need several days recovery time!

Testing Two's

Ashton has gone from the Terrible two's to the testing two's.  If there is a boundary to test he is going to try and test it! 


What happened to my sweet innocent little baby?

I'm going to miss this!

I love Ashton as a 2 year old.  I love the things he says and many of the things he does.  While I won't miss all the mischief he causes, I will miss a lot of his 2 year old little self!

One of my favorite things is the things he says.  At his 2.5 year appointment his pediatrician was very impressed with his vocabulary.

Almost every morning lately he asks to watch "eggo on the pooter", which means he wants to watch Diego on the computer.

Hot dog baby

Well in case you didn't know we have a hot dog baby in our house.  Ashton loves to buckle himself into his changing pad "like a hotdog".  It really is adorable.  Pictures to follow!

Also Ashton has recently gotten into Diego.  Every morning around 5:15 ish and sometimes in the middle of the night, Ashton will come into our room requesting to watch Diego.