Nothing too exciting to write about really. Bryce is entertaining and of course the most amazing kid we know, but he hasn't "WOW-ed" us with any crazy talent or cutesie saying this week.
We bought a new game called Scatterpillar from Wal-Mart. We were out to eat and actually wanted to get a game that we could all play together and Danica and Kara had this one. Bryce liked it when we were up there visiting last time so I thought I would try and find it.
Wouldn't you know that Wal-Mart had it on sale for $7!!! Amazing considering most of the games were twice or triple that much. Even more amazing is that Bryce has played with it everyday, several times a day since we bought it. Well worth the $7. Thanks Wally World and your damn good sales! (and damn good people watching....)
The basics: There are little marbles and over-sized tweezers and this caterpillar stands up and you have to get all of your colored marbles on his hands/feet/appendages. The catch is he is dancing and wiggling around and it is difficult to actually get your marbles on those little gloved hand/feet deals. The music is annoying and the little larvae has this evil laugh that can really get on the nerves, but Bryce enjoys it so we deal.
He thankfully shuts it off because it is too hard for him to play when the drunk bug is dancing so we are periodically spared from the "jolly" tune.
Saturday morning we went to a birthday party for a friend of mine's little girl who turned 4. It was at the YMCA near the house where Bryce had swimming lessons last year.
It was a great place to have a party- the water slide area was reserved just for the guests and we must have been in the water for at least 45 minutes to an hour.
He was a little hesitant to splash around but when he realized that all of the other kids were running around and splashing and having a blast, he jumped right in. He went down the big, green slide once. I might have accidentally picked him up and tossed him down. Oops. And then decided he didn't want to go on the big, green slide anymore and chose the little blue ones instead.
There were two side-by-side so another little kid would sit down and they would race. I would do the "Get, ready, set GO!" spiel and then they would slide down. Must have done that at least 200 times. Maybe 250.
Bryce refused to get out when time was up...had to threaten him with "There won't be any cake left if you don't get out now!" That seemed to do the trick. He shot across the water to his towel faster than a speeding bullet and was sitting at one of the tables with the rest of the kids. Complete cake-aholic.
We had some snacks. He kept asking me for "Pups"- "Mama can I have some pups?" I could not figure out what the heck he was talking about. I finally noticed that the girl next to him had cheesy puffs and that's what he had been asking me for. So he had cheesy puffs. And a mini muffin. Grapes were on the plate and he looked at them. Does that qualify as "consumption?"
So the grapes had no chance after that. Oh well, birthday parties, holidays, and days of the week ending in "-day" are exceptions to the "must-eat-some-what-healthy" rule.
He enjoyed sitting next to the kids and wanted to sit next to Ava the birthday girl but I squeezed him in next to another little boy on the end.
Frosting was served and I think he managed to get some cake with it.
Let's just say he is more of a frosting-aholic than a cake-aholic and was in no way bent out of shape. 
His plate actually fell on the ground but he still had a bite left and managed to snatch it off with his fork before I could tell him to leave it. Even licked the plate clean!
He was good overall and I could tell he really enjoyed being around all of the kids.
My friend Lauren is starting a photography business so I thought the birthday party would be a good way to maybe get some business and to if anything, gain some experience. She did a great job and took some great photos of Bryce.We've also watched more movies- thank God for RedBox- and ate popcorn and we let him sleep in our bed this weekend so I had to deal with him not wanting to sleep in his bed Monday night. He was tired though so it was more of a struggle for my heart than him physically getting up every 5 seconds, "Mama don't leave me!" UGH.
UPDATE ON THE FISH: Tuck has bit the dust. Already. Gonna have to flush and replace tonight. Wal-Mart has a return policy on fish too so I guess we'll be trekking back up there tonight for a look-a-like. RIP Tuck #1.
UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: We took Tuck #1 back to Wal-Mart- told Bryce he died and went to heaven to be with Jesus and Bryce promptly said, "Can I have ice cream?" Very distraught, huh?
So Mike scooped up Tuck #1 and put him in a little baggie and Bryce got his ice cream cone and we drove over to Wal-Mart. To return a dead fish.
Bryce wanted to hold Tuck #1 and so he had an ice cream cone in one hand and a dead fish in the other.
Waiting in line at Wal-Mart...
When we went up to the return counter, Bryce said "My fish is dead." The lady could careless and with her very dry sense of humor, told Bryce that he and Mike could take said dead fish to the little boys room and flush him and I would get to pocket the refund. I laughed. Mike just stared at her. Bryce took a lick of his ice cream cone.We went to the "fish aisle" and tracked down a lady who could help us. Mike picked out a damn good look-a-like and so we brought Tuck #2 home.
"The Replacement"....Tuck #2...
Bryce said if he dies, we can get another one. Somehow the life/death lesson didn't quite get across to him but I decided to save that chat for another day....Introducing Lenny...
And here's Ming-Ming...the sucker fish...
