The Nagy's

Pictured is most of Shawn's mom's side of the family who came for a visit during our ohio stay. Andrew enjoyed meeting his great-aunts/uncles and cousins.

Happy Holidays!

Double the religion, double the fun!

On the road

We made a stop in Corning yesterday - this is my home office (i telecommute). The 3 of us attended a holiday lunch there which was lovely. Shawn took A to the Glass Museum while I worked. We took an indoor swim this morn, breakfasted at a local bakery and we are now on the road to Nana and Pop Pops.

Andrew is reading to us from a library joke -book.

BFFs

Cuddled in bed, watching a movie.

Happy Holidays!

One Sentence Journal

2014

1/1 brings up “poop” in conversations whenever he can

1/12 speaks in gibberish and calls it Spanish

1/21 loves the book “wacky Wednesday” by Dr Seuss

1/28 has a pet dog doll “smookly”

1/29 called an obstacle course a popsicle course

1/30 still says Lellow instead of Yellow and I can’t bear to correct him

2/10 overheard me talk about the Lellow and now corrects himself. I’m sad.

2/11 said I was a pretty girl

2/12 watched the Olympics and now  pretend ice skates around the living room

2/14 says holy mackeral and oh my gosh

3/17 can play on nana and pop pops backyard playset

3/18 tried rollerskating and did pretty well

3/19 has a new joke “why was tigger looking in the toilet? He wanted to find Pooh!”

3/23 plays pirates in my bed. “swab the decks! Arrrgh mateys!”

3/24 suddenly likes avocado again after a 2 year hiatus. Also eats a few veggies.

3/25 is starting to fix his f’s and make them th’s

4/5 eats cheese quesadillas

4/6 rode a bike with training wheels

4/12 when I nag he replies “okay, okay” or “you don’t have to remind me”

4/18 tells knock knock jokes

4/19 at the easter egg hunt, re-hid some of his eggs for juni to find bc she didn’t have many

4/25 makes a face when he is mad at me

4/26 took such good care of me when I wasn’t feeling well. Gave me pillow, tucked me in, snuggled, gave me a stuffed animal, got me water

5/9 ran the kids fun run – 1/4 mile and 100 yd dash

5/10 is getting in trouble in preschool because he gets in other kids faces, pokes their bellies, laughs too loud

5/11 told me he wanted me to read him stories because I had such a beautiful voice

6/13 doesn’t like it when I am a “bossy mama”. ]

6/14 wrote out his first envelope to nana and it was actually delivered!

6/16 when I told him how proud I was of his behavior today, he gloated “I accomplished!” Big word.

6/17 Does color by number at the kitchen table.

8/28 loves swimming but only with his vest on

8/30 says “I guess” and “I’m bored”. 

9/1 pumps his fists in the air when he’s excited

9/2 turned on the shower during his bath after years of being afraid of it

9/15 was concerned that the band aid hiding his operated-on bellybutton meant that the dr removed it!

9/17 is back to trains, hardcore

10/31 was Bert for Halloween, Juni was Mary Poppins

11/4 can sing Supercalifragilistic, Spoonful of Sugar

11/8 there’s nothing more fun to him than the fall festival at liberty ridge farm

11/24 gives me a hug and a kiss because “that always makes you feel better”

11/26 can read Level 2 books, can count by 2s or 5s or 10s or odds or evens

12/1 chooses his own breakfast and lunch, he eats what we do for dinner (or rather picks at it)

12/7 is 5. At his community room birthday party came up to me to give me a hug and said “this is my best party yet!”

First Food Allergy

'Twas tomato sauce. Time to introduce him to white/pesto pizza and pasta.

Snow Day

Making a snowman and sledding down our frint lawn. No school!

Andrew is 5!

 Some of his guests - Isabella, Juniper, Liam, Andrew and Eitan (Iris and Orion off camera)

 Getting his birthday sillies out.

 Our dear friends Alix and Alex with their daughter Iris. We've known them for 9 years already!

 Colorful Day.

Tasty one too - chocolate cupcakes with strawberry icing both on top and inside, plus dark chocolate ganache. Mmmmmmm

What's that mean?

Andrew has a new fascination - looking up words in the dictionary.

Industrious Kid

Always at work - voluntarily! He helps prepare meals and do the shopping for them. He is consulting his shopping list in the bottom picture.

Way Back When

Shawn and I at Andrews current age.