Easter

After our crazy night at the Emergency Room, John wasn't in much of a mood to do anything or use his left arm. He walked around with it at his side like it was withered and wasted away. He was too scared to do much with his Easter basket, so we weren't able to get any good shots. He was very somber and didn't feel the joy of being able to say Alleluia after not being able to say it during Lent. He did, however, love his trains and beep beeps (cars) that the Easter Bunny left him.

Later, we headed toward the Zamarin House in Malibu for supper at Uncle Ron and Aunt Sally's house. As always, the Easter decorations were out en masse and the view from the bluff was spectacular. At first, John didn't want to use his arm. He was doing things with his right hand, but as he started playing with Adriana and Tommy, our little gimp forgot that he was scared to use his arm. It was such a relief to see him gripping his trains with his left hand. He was quite taken with the fish pond in the front courtyard. As you know, he loves water and this just made his day.

Later, as we drove to the Gonzalez House, John took a nice nap. When we got there, he was off like a bull in a china shop. He just went crazy playing with his Gonzalez cousins. He ran around in circles and just delighted his aunts and uncles. This boy knows how to work a crowd. It's good he's going to be the ambassador to the Vatican some day.

Crazy Saturday

John had a pretty good day, but it turned into a CRAZY night. The day started by going to Joey's Gym. Unfortunately, it was closed, so we had to go to our back-up plan, Roxbury Park. He ran around like crazy and did some laps before we had to leave to head for Larchmont for lunch at the Wine Shop. John had his prosciutto sandwich and even tried Maureen's tuna sandwich. I was pretty grossed out by it since I'm grossed out by things that smell.

The rest of the day went well. It all turned when John woke up screaming in pain. We could tell something was wrong. When Maureen called the Dr. K's office, Dr. K called back and said that it sounded like John was suffering from Nursemaids Elbow, a common dislocation of the elbow. We immediately went to the Emergency Room and a nice doctor was able to fix John's arm. He avoided using that arm for the longest time, but he started using it again when he was playing with his cousins on Easter.

Boy's Day

Maureen went to a meeting at school. If you know her, ask her about it. Anywho, this was the first time that I was alone with the boys for an entire day. Our day was planned out. We were going to go to Joey's gym and head over to the fountain after that for some running around. I say it was planned because things didn't exactly happen that way.

As we were preparing to leave to go to the gym, John threw a hissy fit and wouldn't budge. I gave him two warnings before I took off his shoes and put him in his crib. He fell asleep but woke up when he had to take care of business. After that, he seemed ready to go, so I decided to head out to Target to get some sippy cups. Since it was close to lunch, I decided to go to Daphne's prior to going to Target. I was so proud of John. He ate his entire kid's gyro meal and he was patient as I gave Nicholas his bottle. As a reward, I got him a special toy at Target, The Little People Airplane.

When we got home, John was ready for a nap and Nick and I hung out on our bed. I read him a couple of books and gave him a bottle. Sure enough, he went out like a light. I was able to watch the end of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra before both of them woke up and I had to watch Make Way for Noddy. Not that I mind watching MWFN, but once in a while, I do like to watch something where the main characters don't sing snappy little songs about some problem.

Since John was being so good, I decided to give him dinner in bed. He had yogurt and hot dogs. I thought I was doing a good thing by giving him a Hebrew National hot dog, but when I told Maureen, she said, "It's good he didn't choke. You know how they say that small kids choke on hot dogs." No, actually, I had never heard that. We should just be thankful that I didn't give him peanut butter. If it were up to me, I would give him some, but Dr. K has said that we cannot give him anything with nuts until he can tell us that his throat is swelling up if he's allergic to it.

Eventually, Maureen came home and John was so happy to see her. He just lit up when she walked into the room. Oh well, I guess he'll always be a mama's boy.

A Church Going Boy

Going to Mass with John can be an interesting experience. It had been a while (oops) since we had gone to Mass, but Maureen decided that we should go today since it was Palm Sunday. What I forgot about Palm Sunday was the Passion Play. Once we got into church and I realized what was going to go on, I knew it was going to be a long service. As you may know, John knows good music when he hears it. As soon as the cantor started to sing, he was not impressed. He did not want to stay. So, we basically went and walked around for a while. Maureen took over JOhn duty while I gave Nicholas his bottle. For the most part, things went smoothly aside from thw woman who decided to enter the church parking lot through the exit gate.

We did get to go to FIddler's Bistro for lunch after church, so John got to entertain his friends over there. He's pretty much the king of the place because he walks all over and no one stops him. They know they are dealing with a special individual. Plus, he's so darned cute.

Sunday Evenings

Sunday afternoons, we like to take a walk through our area to see the sites and let John run around a bit before we go for an early dinner or snack. Today, we took a walk to Tuti Fruiti for some frozen yogurt and then headed over to John's favorite thing, the fountain, or AGUA, as he would say. As soon as he realized where we were going, that boy was just on fire. He couldn't wait to get there. Take a look at what he likes to do at the AGUA. He'll do this for about 20-minutes and then he knows that the time has come to move on.

Some evenings, we'll go to dinner. Last Sunday, we went to Baja Fresh. We didn't know if John would like the food, but we decided to give it a go. HE LOVED IT. He wanted more, but we were out of the kids quesadilla. Next time, we'll just get him a big one. I do have one tip. Do not let you child drink from your water bottle if he isn't finished chewing his food unless you want to consume little bits of that food when you take your next swig from your bottle.

His Easter Outfit

I must say that John is going to look sharp on Easter. Just wait and see.

Fun at Under The Sea

John had the good fortune to have two sessions at the gym. First, we went to Joey's Gym for his regular session. We had to leave a little early because he was a little antsy. I'm not sure why, but a couple of the other kids there were a bit off as well.

Anywho, after a nice nap, we went to Jake's birthday party at Under the Sea. Being one of the younger kids in the group, it was a bit difficult for John to partake in the treasure hunt, but he still had a great time playing on the play structures and the video games. They had really cool old video games like APB and Spiderman (1988 Sega version). That was my favorite part.

He enjoyed himself quite a bit. He was very good and was ready to go home when we had to leave. Our little man is such a good boy. And, he's applying what he's learned at Joey's Gym to other situations. At Joey's Gym, they teach you to go down a slide on your stomach because it is safer!

A New Business Idea

Our John wants to earn a little money so he can buy comic books and candy. Since he has a lawn mower, he decided that mowing lawns would be a great way to make that money. Do you think he has much of a chance dress as he is in this shot?

Guess Who Got A Haircut?

It has been a long time coming. Our John's hair grows so quickly. We finally decided to give him a buzz for a couple of reasons: 1. We won't have to get him a hair cut in 3-weeks; and, 2. Most importantly, it was the quickest way to cut his hair.

As you can see, he went from having Zack Effron hair to little boy hair. Grammy wasn't too pleased when she saw it. Her first words were, "Oh my God, I don't like it. Couldn't you have waited until after Easter?" She then went on to say, "Oh, now he looks like one of those little barrio boys who had lice." That's just priceless!

Tidy Boy

He may be obsessive compulsive. He always needs to rearrange the sugar.