Life Lately

February has been busy, busy!!  Between mourning the loss of Blankie, swim lessons, bday parties, and other activities, we've been going nonstop.  So, blankie first :(  Pearce had a really hard time letting go of BB's when he turned 3 but he did it.....and then latched on to Blankie.  This was totally my fault, and I admit it, but oh well.  A few days after we said goodbye to BB's, he found Blankie and honestly, I never thought he would start to suck on it because he was sooooo attached to BB's.....I really thought nothing could replace BB's, so I didn't worry.  Well, sure enough, he started sucking on Blankie and then it escalated to him taking Blankie everywhere and sucking on him all the time.  I gave up, I admit that.  Plus, Mama made Blankie, so I did kind of like that he chose something that was meaningful.  Anyway, we said when Pearce turned 4, Blankie had to go.  The day after his birthday, was the day, and Pearce knew this.  But Pearce talked me into one more night with Blankie....I'm a softy.  So, two days after, was it.  He had gotten his bear from Build A Bear and this is what he was going to sleep with to help him.  Also, Pearce has been wanting the new Batman Batcave, so in a moment of weakness, I told Pearce when he went a week without Blankie, we would get that for him.  Man, that was motivation......it also cost 60 freakin' dollars!!!!  Oh well.  So, the first few days and nights were really hard, but Batcave and Tigey helped get him through it and when a week went by, Daddy and Pearce went to Walmart and got the Batcave and Pearce was very happy!  He sleeps with Tigey now and has no trouble going to sleep....and no, he does not suck on Tigey :)  I've hidden Blankie in a closet and, just like BB's, I am not washing Blankie ever.  I love that I can still see all the places where he sucked on him including chocolate milk stains from sucking.  Why does it have to be so dang hard to grow up???

Last week, Pearce had his class picture at school.  He had to wear his school shirt, but of course, I had to add a little more pizazz to the t-shirt, so I put this cute checked button up on under his t-shirt.  Adorable!!!!

One of my friends invited Pearce to be her little girl's dance partner at a dance class she is taking.  Pearce wasn't too sure about it at first, but he did so great and it was so cute to watch!!!!  I wasn't able to stay in the class with him, so I just watched from the window.  His teacher told me after the class that he was such a great listener and participant and he even got a certificate for being the most awesome student!  This is a drop in thing for only $5 every Tuesday evening and the kids learn different types of dances, so we'll probably go back every once in a while.

Last week, Pearce started his swim lessons that Pops and Mimi got him for his birthday.  They are private lessons and just what Pearce needed!  I could not believe how well he did for his first lesson.  I think age 4 is the perfect time to really learn how to swim.  I was so impressed with how much he learned in just a 30 minute class.  The key for Pearce is that it's one on one.  Plus, his teacher, Caleb, is awesome!  For some reason, Pearce really responds well to males and Caleb is just a really great teacher.  He goes Wednesdays and Thursdays this month and then I'm really considering getting him another month's worth of private lessons and then finishing out with group lessons.  We also go to the Y several times a week for Pearce and I to swim and practice what he's learned.  I do it for Pearce because although the water is "heated" it's not heated enough for me!  Pearce is motivated to learn how to swim because there is a water slide at the Country Club that Pearce really wants to go on, but in order to go on it, the kids can't wear a floatie and have to be able to swim to the side on their own. 

Last weekend, Pearce got invited to a birthday party and it was so much fun!  The best part was Pearce getting his face painted for the first time ever.  Pearce waited so patiently and then told the lady he wanted a blue tiger....so a blue tiger is what he got!  The only sad thing is that later on, the mom told all the kids to go outside for the piñata.  Pearce looked at me with big eyes and told me he had always wanted to hit a piñata because Caillou had on at his birthday party :)  So we go outside and all the kids are bunched up together.  Finally, the dad gets the kids in a line and each child got to pull a string from the piñata.....each string pulled weakens the bottom and you never know which string is going to make the bottom fall out.  So, Pearce is so excited and there's just one girl in front of Pearce...and she pulls the string that makes the bottom fall out.  All the kids scramble to grab a bunch of candy and Pearce looks up at me and just starts crying because he didn't get a chance at the piñata :(  So little tiger's stripes start running down his face and no amount of candy or toys could get him to stop crying.  Finally he stopped and then looked at me and said "Mommy is my paint all messed up now?"  Poor baby!!!!!  I took Pearce back to the face painting lady and she fixed Tiger right up!  I'm going to get Pearce a piñata just for fun and we're going to use a bat to hit that thing!