Yay! I’ve found a toddler gymnastics class for my wee lil man, on Friday mornings for the next six weeks! He’s so funny, I told him it was gymnastics, and he repeated me… then promptly started calling it “dancing class”! I’ve no idea why. 
Cute though, huh? Too funny, also, when he apparently told his dad that he had dancing class also, and hs dad’s like, “Um.” (to me of course…) Hehehehe. I swear he didn’t get that from me – I said gymnastics! It’s through a city rec center, so is pretty affordable, and THANK THE LORD we got a low income fee waiver, so I can even enroll him! It’s so cute! It’s put on by Superstar Gymnastics, here in San Diego – and I have to say that the teachers are terrific! They are SO good with the little kidlets, seriously. They have parachute games, and get to play/learn on the balance beam, swinging bar, spring board… all kinds of fun things. And it’s all done to music… I loooove this class! Yay Beebits!
Sitting at the parachute, waiting for the next game...
Learning how to do 'donkey kicks'!
Help from Miss KatieP on the balance beam - airplane arms out!
Now going alone!
Swing up and touch your toes to the bar! He did this without help even! So strong
Koala crawl....
Peek-A-Boo mommy!
I will update as the class goes on if I get anymore adorable lil pics. He had SO MUCH FUN, he didn’t want to leave.
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In other cutie patootie news, my lil man ‘helped’ me wash our filthy car over the weekend… we drove to Meema and Beepa’s house Sunday morning to surprise them – he hadn’t got to see Meema in a couple weeks… It was such a beautiful day!
Helping mommy wash our nasty dirty car...
Such a good helper!
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Ok, so, also, I’m currently helping test for a new vegan cookbook coming out by Happy Herbivore – and it has been SO MUCH FUN! I’ve never tested before, lemme say that it’s a great way to try new things – I’ve made some stuff that not only wouldn’t have occurred to me to make, but also some things that I maybe never would have even tried. So, 1. Congrats to HH on the new book AND 2. thank you so much for allowing me (and the Beebits!) to be a part! I may post some (vague) pics of things we make, or talk about yummies – though – for obvious reasons – I can’t be specific or actually post recipes… If you see something you like, you’ll have to wait for the book 
Lil man, supervising the new recipe I was testing out He's good at supervising, lol!
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When I came home from work last Wednesday, and my OP was there with lil man… he says “He wants pizza for dinner.” Hm. We had no pizza?! So I pop into the kitchen to see what I can manage… Bread? Check. Tomato sauce? Check. Daiya mozza-style? Check. Awesome. I put some tomato sauce on two slices of wheat bread, sprinkled them with some garlic and herbs, topped with some Daiya and popped them into the broiler. VOILA! Lil ‘pizzas’. He was so excited!! *whew*! Thank the LORD for handing out innovation to us mommies when we need it!
Very happy with his pizza sandwiches!
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I also have to write these down before I forget – some heart-meltingly cute things that he’s said to me recently. You know, I’ve read all the “Things Kids Say” emails… and heard stories of the darndest stuff that they come up with… and even heard my lil man say some pretty cute stuff. But I’m still constantly amazed by things he says that he thinks up all on his own. How he manages to get the context right, if not always the words… and how sensitive and sweet he can be! I love my little baby bear SO FREAKING MUCH!
** At naptime a few days ago… I laid him in his bed, and we prayed and I sang him a song… and he grabbed my hand and was just lying there holding my hand clutched to his chest for a minute (I had to leave for work), and he says, quietly, “Mommy, Can I keep you?” OMG, I almost cried!
** Yesterday I gave him some black salt marinated tofu, for a snack, and he ate it all.. and asked for more tofu. So I cut him a chunk of plain – since all the marinated was gone. And he comes back to me a few minutes later, hold his tofu piece out to me and says, “Can you marry it please?” LOL! Took me a minute to figure it out, but he wanted more marinade hahahaha! I always tell him when we have ‘marinated tofu’, so he’s obviously picked that up. So funny!
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Coming soon – A post on something VERY IMPORTANT to me! I just got my wee lil man a new carseat, even though it’s expensive, because his safety is more important to me than almost anything else. And I want to talk about it. I have to spread the word – it needs to be important to everyone!!!! Stay tuned…..
Our awesome new 'big boy' seat.
