Like father, like son?

For the past 6 weeks, Brandon has taken Brody to swim class at the YMCA. We have been waiting for a time where Brandon would be able to take him so that they would be able do this together. Last summer we were planning on putting him into the Water Babies class but then the whole accident thing happened so we had to wait. He was too old (by 2 months) to be in that class this year so he had to be in with all of the big kids.

He was the youngest in his class, which was an hour long every Saturday morning. It started off pretty rough and Brandon was about to throw in the towel by the end of his second class. Brody cried and attacked Brandon the entire class! At the end of the class the head of the swim department came over and gave Brody detention, if you will. She made him stay after class, told him to stop crying and made him do everything they learned that day! He did it without crying and from then on things got better!

I didn't go to any classes for fear that he would cry for me the whole time. This past Saturday was their last class so I decided to go. It was so sweet to see the two of them bond in the pool and I know Brandon loved every second of it!

I hope Brody ends up like his dad (and uncles) and becomes a swimmer, but for now I think we'll just be happy that he doesn't scream every time he gets in the pool! (haha)

Here he is with his report card after class...I should have taken a picture of Brandon with it! Maybe I'll make Bran his own report card, I think he deserves an A+!

"Twinkle Twinkle"

Thought I'd share another song.

Buddies

Brody's love for Yo Gabba Gabba has somewhat fizzled and now he has a new obsession, Toy Story! I think he's watched both of the Toy Story DVDs a thousand times and in June we took him to the movie theater for the first time to see Toy Story 3, which Brandon and I also enjoyed (I even cried!). I'm pretty sure he owns just about every Toy Story toy and loves each and every one of them. We can't go anywhere without taking Buzz or Woody, Jesse or Bullseye, Rex or Hamm...or all of the above!

He calls them his "buddies".

Movie buff

As of late, Brody has become quite the movie/t.v. fanatic. Along with his "oovie" he always wants popcorn of course! So every night he plops on the floor, in front of the t.v., in his Elmo chair and daddy makes him popcorn, in his own little popcorn bucket!

White butt

My friend Anne came home this past weekend with her new baby. She had a nice picnic yesterday at her uncle's house because he has a nice big pool that the kids and adults could all enjoy. When it was time to go home I got Brody out of the pool and out of his wet clothes so, his little white bare bum was on display. Anne laughed and said "aww look at his little white butt!" Brody, apparently, didn't find it very funny because he turned and pointed his finger at her and very sternly said "no more look at butt...one time, that's IT!!!" Needless to say, Anne's jaw about hit the ground and we all laughed our white butt's off!

The other side

There is another side to my rambunctious little boy. He is the sweetest, most loving and caring little guy. He loves to snuggle and gives hugs and kisses all the time and I hear "I love you too, Mommy" a hundred times a day (which totally melts my heart everytime). Last night I went up to take a shower and came down in a new nightgown (nothing special just a nightgown.) Brody was running around like a wild man but when he saw me he stopped dead in his tracks and said "mommy, beautiful!" and came over and gave me the best hug! What a lovebug!

ALL BOY!

Pirates, dinosaurs and superheros...

Running, jumping, fighting...

"Arghhh"ing, "roar"ing, "boom"ing and "pow"ing!

Just some of the things this boy is into these days!