A Day In The Life of Tucker

We are already having quite the morning so I thought I would just document the day with the random things that the little man is coming up with…

We were sitting down eating our mouse ear pancakes and he was begging to go outside.  I told him “we’ll see”.  He pondered really hard for about 30 seconds, nodded his head and squinted his eyes and told me “me seeing me play outside.”

And after breakfast he disappeared to his room.  He came back wearing this to go outside.

I let him go out thinking it would be so cold that he would realize that it was an inappropriate ensemble but alas, no.  He was content so I had to play bad Mommy and make him come back in.  Once Kora went down for a nap and he changed into pants, we went outside and played some “basket shoots”.  That’s basketball for those of you that don’t speak 3 year old.

Next the house suddenly smelled Mountain Fresh.  I sniffed my way around and tracked down Tucker hiding behind his door with the can of Lysol.  I think he was trying to mask the stench of his stinky pants.  We will be Mountain Fresh for a long time.

He just came out of his room packing his swim trunks claiming he was going outside to go swimming.  It is 38 degrees out there!!!! He is now wearing the trunks and jumping off the couch onto the cushions yelling “Cannonball!!!”

Oh my gosh, as I was typing this I looked over and this is what I saw:

He had completely stripped and is convinced that since the sun is up; it is swimming time. Can you tell these shorts are from last summer?!

Random quotes:

“Turn on the T.D. Mommy.”

“Me no like QBC”

“Ah, a jiggly pillow” in reference to laying his head on my tummy. Rolling of the eyes on my part…

 

I just love this silly boy.  Thank you, Tucker, for making me laugh every day.  You are my star.

Rousing Game of Musical Pants

I got home last night and Tuck was not wearing the pants I sent him to daycare in nor were they the backup pants that stay in his cubby in case of accidents.

Here is the story of the mystery pants as relayed this morning from Missy.

After nap, Tuck was the first one on bathroom run.  Missy sends them to the bathroom and they are to get their pants down while she goes back and rolls up their nap mat then comes back to help them get on the potty.  Tuck was being very slow so Henry made it into the bathroom to start the process as well.  Tuck finished up but was still running slow so while Missy was getting a diaper on him and directing hand washing at the sink, Cole came into the bathroom as well. By now she has a pile of pants on the floor from the 3 little boys.  So Tuck grabs a pair and says to Missy "Snaps?".  She snaps them up, sends him back to the play room and proceeds to finish up with the other boys as well.

Skip to pickup time: Henry's dad comes in and says: "Oh no, Henry, did you have an accident?"  Missy replies "No, why?" Henry's dad says "Those are not his pants." and points to the cords on Tucker. So Tucker and Henry swap pants and off Henry goes.  Later TJ picks up Tuck and Kora and just heads out the door (TJ is gone to work in the morning before we are even up so he has no idea what the kids start the day wearing). (Another side note: Missy later tells me that she should have known something was amiss since Tuck never wears cords and Henry almost always does).  Next Cole's Mom comes in and says "Oh no, Cole, did you have an accident?"  Deja Vu!!!  By now Missy is beside herself with confusion because NO ONE HAD ANY ACCIDENTS!

I just had to laugh.  These three boys are peas in a pod; all the same age, all the same size and all still potty training.  And all typical boys who could care less about what they are wearing.

Musical pants; it could really catch on as a party game.