Big Head

We were watching Dora this evening and Brian said "Gee Dora has a big head" Joshua piped up "Dora has a big head..." and Brian and I gave each other the "man he is a parrot" look. But then Jsohau added ..."just like you" and pointed at his Dad. LOL.

Merry Christmas and the Tummy Monster

Merry Christmas!!

Joshua had a fantastic fourth Christmas. We have been joking about putting another room on to accommodate all of Joshua's new toys. Joshua was very excited Christmas morning once I reminded him what day it was..lol. He had hung up 2 stockings as one was larger than the other. The larger one was filled by Santa and Joshua eagerly opened all the goodies inside. Then he went through his room and said "I am just checking... oh it is empty" He thought maybe Santa would fill both stockings..haha.

On boxing day after a lovely lunch at Granny's Joshua crashed out asleep for the afternoon. When Brian woke him to say we were going to Grandma's to have leftovers Joshua asked "Will there be more presents?" Wishful thinking lad. Unfortunately Joshua puked all over me at Grandma's and put an end to the Xmas cheer. He has been sick since then but today finally improved somewhat.

Yesterday night he had a terrible dream which ended in Daddy being told to get rid of the monsters. Brian said they are all gone but Joshua insisted there was one left so Brian had to walk around the room to banish it. Next morning Joshua said to Brian "There were 2 monsters in my room last night. One was in my tummy. They had 3 eyes, 3 mouths, 3 arms, 3 legs and 3 bottoms!!! And they go to work during the day" Brian and I were in fits ... 3 bottoms?

Toilet humour Part 2

Yesterday before the juicy incident Joshua let a ripper of a botty rumble off while sitting in the loo and said to his Dad, "It sounds like a carwash in my bottom" !!!

Toilet Humour

The day after our Korean dinner Mum commented on Joshua's breath saying it stank and asked if he had been eating garlic. The next morning Joshua was on the loo while I had my shower. I opened the shower door to a fierce smell and said "ewwwwwww stinky poos" Joshua grinned and said "yeah, they are garlic poos!"

Then tonight when he did big poos at Grandmas he looked down between his legs at the poos and said "Juicy"
Juicy?! When did that become an adjective for describing poos. Master Joshua certainly didn't get that from me!

Dunking!!

Joshua had his first spa of the summer today at Aunty J's. He loved it. He got goggles for his birthday so Daddy taught him how to go under the water today. Joshua had a ball and didn't swallow any water.

I think the water and the subsequent trip to the park tired him out and by bedtime he was a bit past it. Still that didn't prepare me for what the little rascal did tonight. Lying quietly having cuddles before sleep Joshua suddenly bit my hair and ripped some out with his teeth?! Where did that come from. Needless to say he got himself to sleep tonight. Grrrrrrrr.

Peanuts...

Joshua had a feast of imaginery peanuts today. He was carrying them around just before we went out to get dinner and he tripped out the doorway and landed with a thump on the deck. I was expecting him to cry but he just said "Oh no I dropped my peanuts" and then got upset because he needed help picking them all up. I helped (as much as one can we the object is invisible) and Joshua ate the peanuts in the car on the way to dinner. (He said they were chocolate peanuts). It must sound like the poor boy is starved!! Believe me he is far from it.

We went to a Korean restuarant and ordered two different BBQ meats to share between the 3 of us. Joshua polished off almost one whole serving by himself as well as a plateful of lettuce, 2 dishes of flavoured bean sprouts, rice and some other veges of unknown origin (beans maybe). We would be able to live in Korea or Japan as Joshua loves the food from both countries. I think the staff were quite surprised by how much and what he ate, but we eat Japanese and Korean so often at home that he would go hungry if he didn't eat it.

Preschool Xmas Party...

Amazing how Joshua was suddenly all smiles when the food came out after the play.
Maybe I should have fed him up first. ;o) 

Preschool Xmas show...

This was Joshua as a Shepherd at his show. Mr "I don't like change" lasted 2 minutes on the stage before assuming this position on Mummy's lap!! When he cheered up a bit he set about trying his hardest to remove my bra straps!!!!!!!! Arghhhh I thought great "let's flash all the parent s at Wetminster "Christian" preschool!" Little monkey (that reminds me when I say he is a little monkey he gets annoyed and says "No, I am Joshua Dennis Green. I am a little boy" 

new leg

Joshua got a Spiderman that grows in water for his birthday. We grew him to full size but he is a little fragile. Today in the bath his leg fell off much to Joshua's consternation. I explained that i couldn't fix it but he was having none of that "just buy a bigger STRONGER leg Mum..." Hmmmm Joshua seems to think everything is fixable and everything is for sale. Might need to work on these! ;o)

Trying Threes

Oh so very trying!! I don't really remember Joshua being a "terrible two" he was never really that terrible. But he is most certainly a "trying three"
"Can we go home now, go home now, go home now. Are we going home yet. Go home NOW!" is the mantra Joshua repeats endlessly while we are out shopping. It is like a jack-hammer to the brain. Or white noise torture. Basically when this starts i lose all ability to function mentally and can not focus on anything but that endless moan. I can't think to shop so Joshua wins. He even said "I'll just stay in the car" at one shop. When did that become an option for Mr newly turned 3 year old? He needs another 11yrs before I can consider leaving him alone to shop. Hmmm well i did consider it yesterday but seriously it is not worth it. Christmas is meant to be about love and family so I need to take a chill pill and just spend some time with Joshua instead of trying to drag him round to shops. It is not worth the agro (for either of us) I asked Mum to remind me in October next year to sign him in to fulltime daycare for the pre-christmas rush. LOL. As if i would - I would miss the little monkey!

FORK!!!!!!

Joshua found a golf ball in the garage and has taken to rolling it down the pathway to the house. I told him he needed to say FORE when he did that so everyone would get out of the way. Joshua yelled FORE the first time but then the next time he yelled FORK! very loudly and I laughed and said "No, not fork. What are you meant to say?" Joshua quickly yelled "GOLF!!"

Joshua turns 3

Joshua has a headache after his party
(Thanks Julia, Joshua H. and Emma for the cool doctor's set. Joshua is modeling the bandage here)















Joshua is on top of the world after his party!
Actually this is the new bracket for Daddy's TV! Joshua was just testing it for strength.

















Joshua having fun....

















Joshua as a shepherd at the Mainly Music christmas party. Who would have thought that my Japanese dancing underwear would ever be used as a shepherd costume!!

Meltdown

Joshua was a bit under the weather today and his mood at times reflected this. His first meltdown was in a bookstore when Daddy said he couldn't carry him anymore. I was able to get down to his level and talk him out of that particular meltdown (an older lady saw it all happen and said afterwards, "that was amazing. It was just like watching an episode of The Nanny" Lol she should have seen our house this afternoon for meltdown number 2. It was a good example of how it all goes wrong. Joshua grabbed the broom off me and said "Joshua help" I wasn't impressed by his lack of manners and grabbed it back asking him to remember his manners. He then quickly said please but i decided he needed to wait until I was done since he only said please after prompting. Joshua went off in a fury and said "Joshua throw something at Mummy. I find something" with that he picked up a lump of dirt and hurled it at me. I grabbed him and marched him upstairs to his room (we just made it up the stairs and he was dangling upside down by the time we reached his room...wiggle monster) Anyway he ranted and raved for a bit then called me through. I thought he sounded slightly calmer so I walked toward the gate. It was a trap. "I throw this at Mummy" Joshua screamed manically as he hurled a toy car at me. It missed luckily and I took my leave again. I left him for another couple of minutes ranting about throwing a ball at me and then tried again. I said that I wouldn't come to him if he was going to throw the ball at me and was going to go back to my room unless the ball was put down. He quickly put it down and them apologised and agreed that it is not nice to throw things at people. Let's hope that he doesn't do that at preschool.

Smile....

Hmmmm no Santa photo for Joshua this year. When we asked Joshua to smile on Santa's lap he pulled a face similar to the one in this photo but with a bit more grimace to it!! The camera guys jumped up and down like loonies but he still grimaced and clenched his eyelids together like the light was really bright. He provided great entertainment for the passing shoppers and in the end we gave up. Next time I won't ask him to smile I'll just ask Santa to tickle him or tell a funny joke. 

Stoopid Mummy

Joshua's favorite word is STUPID and it is all my fault :o] Ooops at least it is not as bad as bugger (kindly taught to Joshua by Grandma...though she will deny it). I couldn't understand this last week why everything was stupid with Joshua ... stupid big stupid book..... stupid bird.... stupid cat...see the pattern? Then I coughed with my stupid cough that rattles my bones and has hung around for weeks and i exclaimed "stupid cough" Oh... I guess saying stupid cough 20+ times a day after every cough is a surefire way to teach your child how to use the word stupid. Tsk tsk.