Again, talking to Tyler this morning he says -

“Mom, I know; we could go to Chuck-E-Cheese’s today with Tera because they have lots of video games and she likes video games”

Kristin- “I dont think Tera wants to go to Chuck-E-Cheese’s”

Tyler - pause pause pause…. “…But we dont have to eat the pizza”

I came out into our living room this morning and the first thing I see is Tyler putting his pants back on. He says to me - “Daddy - I forgot to put on underwear last night. I thought I did, but I forgot. You know, just like you did for work that one day” .

For the record, every day that I have worked I have remembered to put on underwear

Waking up in the middle of the night is not uncommon for mom and dad these days. For mom, its feeding Max when he wakes up in the middle of the night. For me, its Tyler coming in to our room and standing by my head until I wake up and walk him back to his room. Sometimes, Evan will wake up because he lost his nook and he needs it back. For Evan, last night was a different story. Around 3am we started hearing some whining coming from his room. Packed with a nook I was ready to get him back to sleep. When I got to his room though I found out that it was not a missing nook that was bothering him. To give you a better idea of what I saw we reenacted last nights event.

So what do we have going on here? Well, we have rain boots; we have a wooden puzzle board and a book being used for a pillow; and what you dont see is all the sand that came out from the rain boots….

For those who dont know Tyler, he is very good at getting what he wants and turning a bad situation for him into a good one. While this is a very good ability to have, it is challenging to keep up with him after a long day. So what happened today? Well, it started with being too rough with his toys and getting a time out. “Tyler - Go sit by the yellow tool box(which was on the couch) for 5 minutes and cool down.” But Tyler did not want to go sit on the couch. He wanted to sit by his toys. So what does he do? He went and got his yellow tool box, brought it over by his toys, and sat down…

Then there was dinner. First, he started off with Hi Fives all around because this was his favorite meal (corn on the cob and hamburgers). Then, he kept on asking Evan if he wanted mustard on his plate for his hamburger. Kristin and I kept on telling him not to. What did Evan say? Something along the lines of ‘hamugmeur’. What does Tyler say back? ‘That was Spanish for Mustard’…

Hopefully he will use his powers for good and not for evil when he gets older.

I had to yell at Tyler last night because he was about to brush his teeth. What kind of a parent yells at a kid right before they are about to stick their toothbrush in their mouth? Well, one that just saw their kid remove their toothbrush from the toilet. I had a hard time not laughing as I explained that we dont use that water for brushing teeth. He was sad that we had to throw that toothbrush away.

For those who dont know, Tylers middle name is Aron. If you ask Tyler what his name is theres a good chance he will tell you its Tyler Daddy Chowanec.

Kristin was on her way home from work with the boys a few weeks ago. On her way home Tyler said “Shucks” (im not sure why). Kristin asked Tyler what he said because she had never heard him say that before. Tyler replied - “Shucks mommie. You know, instead of dammit!” .

Kristin could have told the story a little better but she refused to post it. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand he knows a bad word. On the other hand he knows that he should not use it… it only gets better from here I guess.

Kristin and I were going to Kristins works holiday party the other day. Nana, Kristins mom, was coming over to babysit for us. When we told Tyler this he asked; ‘Can nana drive to the store?’. We asked him why she would need to drive to the store. ‘In case we run out of peanut butter and jelly. Can nana drive to the store to get more?’. We then told Tyler we didnt think we were going to be away that long…

Tyler and I went into his room to get ready for bed. I was telling him to pick out some books when he told me- ‘Daddy, my room is a mess.’. I told him yes, but we could clean it up tomorrow(bad, I know). He insisted on cleaning it up and he started to put some of his toys away. He then asked me if I could sing the ‘better clean my room’ song. For those who dont know, Tyler likes to sing songs about everything. Generally, the lyrics and title are the same thing. I asked him how it went. Tyler then stopped putting his toys away and started to dance and sing - I better clean my room before mommy gets mad; I better clean my room before mommy gets mad. ‘Thats how it goes daddy’ he said.

Tyler has been talking about wack-a-mole for the past week non stop. We did not get him wack-a-mole for Christmas though. Looks like ill be going to the store today…