Jaws

I've been telling you all for weeks now that Andrew has entered the "Terrible Twos" and some of you think I'm nuts. Well folks, I'm here to tell you he's there and has gotten quite comfortable with it.

Picture this... You take your sweet child to McDonald's for hotcakes. This particular McDonald's has a really cool play area. In one corner you have Cars playing on a plasma TV and at the front of the room you have this enormous play area with not one but two loopy slides. You tell sweet child he can play once he's eaten his hotcakes. Now I know my child isn't going to eat all 3 hotcakes, but he gets through 1.5, so that's good enough. Off he goes playing away. Enter sweet little girl stage right. Sweet child and sweet little girl start playing together happily. They each take turns and are sharing. This is what every mother wants to see. Both sweet children have brought cute little toys with them. Your child has a Dora book and the other a cute happy meal toy. All is well while they are SHARING, but what happens when sweet little girl wants her toy back??? You guessed it she gets a nice chomp on her hand, and no, she didn't bite herself! The little shark you brought with you has gotten angry and decide to leave nice teeth marks on this precious child's hand. What do you do? Well if you're me you spank his tail and tell the little girl to bite him back. Does she do it? Heavens no b/c her family has already beat her tail for biting and she knows better. Fortunately this little girl's grandmother is extremely understanding and lets me know that sweet little girl bites too. End result: there's no way to feel good about your child being Jaws. Lucky for Andrew the room had a few occupants or he would have felt fire coming from his legs.

There you have it folks. My morning in a nutshell.

We're Going to the Zoo

Attn all CharlotteMommies: We're going to the zoo with TriangleMommies and we're supposed to meet up with CharlotteMommies. Leslie and Lora (and any of your fellow friends) are you going to go?

When: Saturday, May 12th - rain date May 11th at noon.
Time: 10:00 am *outside* the Africa entrance. There is a big bridge that crosses over the pond before you get to the ticket entrance on the Africa side of the zoo. We can meet in the area right after you cross the bridge, *before* you go through the ticket gates. There are lockers, bathrooms and picnic areas right there.

Admission:
Parking is free.
Children under 2 are free.
Children 2-12 are $6 and adults are $10.

For all the ladies in the Triangle area who aren't a member of TriangleMommies...fear not, we're not exclusive! Go to www.trianglemommies.com and join us.

Hope to see you all there!

Valentine Baby

My sweet and wonderful friend Elizabeth gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday. As most of you know I'm quite proud of my friends and their little ones. So, without further ado I'd like for you all to meet...

Laura Elizabeth Bryant

February 14, 2007

6:11pm

6 lbs. 14 oz.

21 inches

Congratulations John and Elizabeth! The Perry family is bursting with joy on Laura Beth's arrival.

XOXOXOXO

What you've all been waiting for....

PS. He's "watching" Dora, so he says backpack b/c Dora is calling her backpack.

*I use the word "watching" loosely, very loosely.*

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Preschool

Yesterday I signed Andrew up for preschool at our church. He'll be in the 2 yr. old class with some of his Sunday school buddies. It's hard to believe my child is old enough for preschool. He's very smart, so I know he'll do well. He's not very good at sitting still at this present time, but hopefully by August he'll have that down pat. HA, that was a joke. Did you laugh? I did!

In other news, Andrew seems to be smitten with a very lovely, absolutely adorable Miss Courtney. Courtney is in Andrew's Sunday school class and the two of them seem to have a bond. Maria, AKA Ria, the teacher, told us a couple of Sundays ago she watched them as they stood against the wall and "talked" to each other. She said they were really into whatever they were discussing. Here's how I think the conversation went.

Andrew: Courtney, I think you're so cute.
Courtney: Oh Andrew, you're such a sweetie pie.
Andrew: Wanna share some of my cookies and juice?
Courtney: Sure! I love cookies and juice.
Andrew: Courtney...
Courtney: Yes Andrew?
Andrew: Will you be my girlfriend?

Andrew also has some sidekicks in this class. I guess you can call them his "wingmen". Charlie and Davis we hear about all the time. Well, he doesn't ramble on, but if you ask him who he'll see at church he'll tell you Charlie, Davis and ta da... Courtney. Ask Andrew who his girlfriend is and he immediately says Courtney. Last week as Courtney left church Andrew said, "Bye bye Courtney."

Ahhhh young love! Ain't it swell?

Will post a video of Andrew talking about Courtney soon.

Per Your Request

This one is for you Lora! No funny stories or new milestones to speak of. Andrew turns 2 in 7 weeks, which really blows my mind.

This is where he says, "Picture."

Breakfast at Nonnie's

I love breakfast at Nonnie's house. It's so... yummy!

This is what we know as "seefood"

Double fisting it with toast

Days of Our Boring Lives

Believe it or not there is nothing earth shattering going on in the Perry household. Andrew continues to be Andrew and takes the world by storm. He talks all the time now and is well, pretty freakin' smart.

Tonight is a big night for this house. Tonight is the night we will probably be handed our tushies by UNC. Granted NCSU thought that too and look at 'em... they won. They actually won! While I am no fan of the Wolfcrap, I really am no fan of the Tarholes. Since I can tell you that Duke is not really any good this year, I feel I can post this even if we get our pictures where UNC's are. Thanks Beth for sending these to me. I've laughed more today than I have in a year's time.