No Thank You

Those are Adam's favorite words lately. It's soo hard to get frustrated with him when he's so polite!
Hey Adam! Wanna go to the store with me?
No thank you! Stay home.

Adam, would you like some lunch?
No thank you...I'm not hungry.

This morning he was cracking me up. He came into our room and asked Dave to help him take off his PJ's and get dressed. No getting in bed and hanging out for a while. He left and I got up and got dressed. As I was leaving our bedroom, Adam was coming back in and said his stomach was grumbly and he was hungry. I asked what he was doing while I was getting dressed and he said he let the dogs out. "You know, MoMo and Kirby?" Umm..yeah - i know the dogs names. As I was getting his breakfast ready, he let the dogs back in and said he had to feed them. That's a first! Then he was just a chatterbox all morning. He's very into puzzles these days and can do the 25 piecers by himself. He'll put a couple pieces together then say "something goes here" and looks for the next piece. It's just fun to listen to.

We went apple picking on Friday with Jen. Adam loved it and ate a couple apples that day but I think the novelty wore off and he hasn't wanted any more. Guess I gotta learn how to make a pie for Dave. :)

Sprouts room

Forgot to put this in the last post and I have told a few of you the story already but it's pretty funny.

Last Friday when I picked up Adam from the Sprouts room, I asked him what he did while he was there. He started off with his normal "I do puzzles, color, slide...and I get a time out".
Me:"A time out? Like you had to go sit somewhere by yourself?"
Adam: "Yeah. I sit in a chair"
Me: "Well, what did you do to get a time out?"
Adam: " I scream like this! AHHHHHH! AHHHHHH!! MOMMMY MOMMYY! {{{SCREAMS}}}!!!"
Me: "OK! I get the picture. DId you stop screaming?"
Adam: "Yeah"

Funny thing is - the staff said nothing to me about it. I talked to one before I went to pick him up and she asked if I had taken a peek at "Dr.Adam". Apparently he had dressed up in the doctor costume and she told him to introduce himself to the other kids as Dr. Adam which she said he did. 2 minutes later when I got there, he was putting on a construction worker vest. I guess it wasn't a big enough deal to mention.

Yesterday when I picked him up, I asked him if he had fun.
Yeah.
Were you a good boy today or did you get another timeout?
Yes....No.....Maybe!
OKaaayyy....Did you get a timeout?
Nooo. There was a baby in the Sprouts room today!
Were you nice to the baby?
NO!
What did you do to the baby?
{{{no comment}}} Where's my cup?


When we got home, I told Dave to ask him about the baby. Once again he said he wasn't nice. Dave asked him again what happened. He thought he said something about taking away Buzz but were not so sure. Hard to get a full story from an almost 3 year old! And nothing from the frazzled looking staff who told us only 3 people could be in there at a time picking up our kids.

August AFP/ultrasound and randoms

Adam had his quarterly tests done last Wednesday. He has got the ultrasound routine down! He walked right in the room and started to get up on the table before the tech even had the sheet down to lay on! Once up there, he lifted his shirt and just laid there patiently (watching Clifford) while the tech got the machine ready (which took a little while because the power outage the night before). He watched some of the belly pictures and asked if that was his lunch in there (noo - just your liver and kidneys - and some gas). He was so good that he didn't even need a lollipop (although he asked and I said he had to wait). After the tech praised him for being so good and asked him if he could be her patient all day, we went to wait for his blood draw. I guess they only had one phlebotomy tech that morning. She came out about 5-10 minutes later and asked if Adam had done this a lot and if he was pretty good. She said she had a 16 year old boy back there who had lost it and if we would mind if he watched how well a 3 year old did. I said he still screams when the needle goes in but that's about itl. She said she didn't know what else to do so she talked to the kid. She came back and said he was too embarrassed to stay and watch but would listen from another room. Great! Of course Adam started yelling as soon as she got the rubber band around his arm but she stuck him soo quick it was over before we knew it. Then he continued to cry a little because he didn't like the crayon bandaid. Hopefully the quickness of it all helped with the 16 year old.

Results came back later in the week: Afp is 2.5 and ultrasound clear.

Adam has really gotten into wanting to play hide and seek. I think he learned a little from some of the kids at the Community Center. Only problem is, he wants you to go hide - but only where he wants you to hide. He was getting so mad at Dave the other day for not hiding in the bathroom! When you tell him to go hide, he hides while you're counting but as soon as you say "ready or not, here I come!" he comes running out towards you screaming. It's pretty darn funny!

We have (finally) been making Adam go to sleep on his own. We used to lay in bed with him until he fell asleep. Now once we finish reading books we turn on his night music/sounds, turn the light on in the hall, then we sit in our room or his playroom until he goes to sleep. He plays for a good half hour or so but it is soo fun to listen to...and he doesn't leave his room. Then it gets quiet and he's sound asleep.

Did I mention this kid's memory?

I had to deliver some vet gifts for work a couple weeks ago and as we were driving to Laura's (my "boss"), Adam said he didn't want to hit his head on the table. Months ago when we were there to pick up deliveries, Adam had started to throw a fit, sat on the floor, and bonked his head on the corner of a filing cabinet.

About a month ago, Adam and I visited Bumma and Pa. When we were driving away, Adam asked if the duckies were still there. We had just passed the house that had baby ducks on Mother's Day!

He can point out the 2 sets of train tracks on 270 from our house to Sawmill Rd. without us warning him train tracks are coming.

Everyday we drive by the Sports Complex where we sat and saw fireworks and Adam has to say he saw fireworks there...and now firetrucks as well from "Touch a Truck" day.

There have been a couple of other things where I have been "WOW! How does he remember stuff like that??" but since my memory is not as good as his, I can't write them down right now. ;)

ABC's

Adam is getting really good at his upper case letters. He actually did them all by himself before I got out the camera..and he got them all right in his Star Wars ABC book tonight. The camera must have made him nervous. :)
Gotta love the ending!