Boys just being boys

Remy has really always been a Momma's boy. He is with me all day and thus is a little needy for his Mommy. I definitely love every minute of it, I love how he wants me to cuddle him and hold him and read books to him. However, lately he has been a Daddy's boy. He wants to be following his Daddy around from the moment he comes home. When Shaun gets home the first thing he does is change into some shorts and he can never find his sandals. Remy has picked up on this and will follow Shaun down the hall and than wonder around the house saying "where shoes? where shoes?" It is so cute because he wants to hold Shaun's hand all of the time so they wonder around looking for shoes together. Than they usually go outside to do yard work or work on the motorcycle. Remy loves to help Shaun and will find various tools to play with while Shaun is outside. He also loves to help mow the lawn.

Chappy and Remy have come up with yet another game. Just when I think that they will not come up with another crazy game they certainly do. Remy loves to get his goldfish crackers and throw them down the stairs for Chappy. I caught them in action in this picture. Chappy consequently has gotten very fat from this game.

All of this Daddy "Man time" has been wearing on Remy. He loves to get my screw driver and try to "fix" his animal farm or various other objects around the house. Now, it is not broken but he will switch the button to off, fiddle around with the screw driver for a while and than turn the switch back on very proud of his ability to fix it. Very smart this boy.

One of my favorite stories that just brought a tear to my eye because A: I was laughing so hard, and B: it just shows how quickly they start to put things together and my little baby is turning into a little boy. Shaun has been out of town this week and our grass is becoming somewhat of a forest. The fear of losing Chappy and Remy in the deep grass caused me to do something that I never do, Mow the lawn. I thought to myself, I will take Remy with me, he will love this. We went out and got onto the lawn mower. I turned the key and sure enough the wah, wah, wah, the battery was dead. Remy turned around and looked at me, said something and than proceeded to try to turn the key and push nobs himself. I mean heaven forbid, Mommy doesn't know how to do this and Remy certainly knows how since he does it so often with Shaun. I said, "Remy it is broken" and turned the key again. He looked up at me with a very serious face, said something again and climbed down from the lawn mower. He ran over to Shaun's motorcycle and grabbed a screw driver. He ran back to the lawn mower and started trying to use the screw driver to fix the key and knobs and things. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. He was so sure that he just knew what to do and he was going to save the day for Mommy since I didn't know what to do. Oh my sweet boy is just growing up so fast!!

This past weekend we went to Spud days in Shelley. I went years ago with my roommates in college but haven't been since. My mom, me, Remy, Ivy and Andy all went. Unfortunately we didn't make it in time to get a free potato. My nurse said that there were 7000 potatoes that were made and they were gone in 30 minutes. It was to bad, but luckily for us many of the food booths from the state fair were also at this festivity. It was so crowded though. I ate a Doug Burger and another funnel cake. Yes, I love funnel cakes. Below you can see Remy at the fish pond. He was confused at first but than was excited to get a little prize. All in all it was a really fun day.

Poor little Chappy!! I recently took him for his yearly check up and shots. As I had mentioned before he is a little over weight from all of the food that Remy feeds him. The vet and I had to have a little heart to heart about how Chappy needs to lose 5 pounds. 5 Pounds and he only weighs 22 to start with!!! But we have a plan to help him get back to a healthy weight. He also had to have a little "procedure". It was nothing major and no, it did not involve doggy lipo-suction. He had a little growth on his manly part and it needed to be removed. It was nothing serious but it was just gross and obnoxious for him so we removed. Chappy is sad though because today he got home and he has to wear the dog funnel head collar. Remy thinks it is the funniest thing he has ever seen. Every time he sees Chappy he just starts laughing hysterically. It didn't help that Chappy was still drugged and kept running into things. Remy also thinks it is hilarious to grab the sides of the funnel and squish them together so Chappy's head is stuck inside. Poor Chappy, he just can't catch a break. Hopefully tomorrow is better for Chappy.