May 25th

I have almost missed a whole month!

We took you on your first camping trip at the end of April. We went with our community group from church. The evenings were still cool so it was perfect for sunggling under blankets and sitting by the camp fire. You did amazingly well! In fact we ahd onginally planned to only stay one night, because I was sure you would need to come home. But you loved it and asked if we could stay the second night! You took a (very very) long hike with us and looked for caterpillars at our camp site and ate marshmellow, hotdogs, and poptarts all weekend long!

You are talking in two or three sentences at a time and saying the cutest phrases, like "Thank you so much" and "Oh! I don't know where it is." They sound cuter when you say them!

Our garden is growing a lot and you eat fresh broccoli right off the stalk! In the evenings when we water it you love to be sprayed by the hose and run around all wet shreiking with delight when every Pap sprays you!

These days are full of fun and learning and are so very enjoyable!

Love,
Your Mama

It begins

Well we have entered the dreaded phase that little boys go through where things start getting stuck in their ears and noses!

Let the record show it started at age two, with a pea.

We were eating dinner one night and you stuck one of your peas up your nose and you could not get it out. You ran around the kitchen saying "help me help me".

I'm sure it will be the first of many! May they all be that easy for me to get out!

Love you crazy kid!
Mama

"A Burn"

The first of many I'm afraid.
I am sorry if it leaves a scar, but here is how it happened.

Papa was preparing the garden and of course you wanted to help. You helped him push the till from the garage to the garden--you are remarkably strong. Anyway, Pap tilled a few rows and then took a break to clean off the wheels. You, who still wanted to help touched the till and burned your hand!!You were just too fast to stop you! I am very sorry I know it really hurt! It immediately blistered up and we treated it gave you ice cream and a soothing cold pack and let you watch TV!

You were very brave!

Love
Mama

New Favorites

You are on a flashlight kick. You want a flashlight at all times, in the car, house, yard, bed, I draw the line at tub!

You fall asleep in your big boy bed and when I come back to check on you, you have fallen asleep under your covers like a tent with your flashlight on.

The other day we bought you, I don't know what to call them, capsule animals? They are these sponge animals inside of dissolve-able capsules. When you put them in the tub they dissolve and the sponge animal is left.

You think they are so COOL! Once the animals are out of the capsule you identify them with the picture on the package and them carry them around for days until you loose them. It is a fun thing you and your Papa do at tub time.

Love
Mama

Milestone

This month marks a milestone for us. You can now get in your car seat and buckle the top snap! It is still a bribe fest to get you to stop playing all over the car and actually sit in your seat. But it is a sign of great things to come, independence and responsibility!

I am loving it!

Keeping up

Through out the month I jot down things you do or that happen so I can blog about it later.
This month you have done so much!

Your favorite place to go is Home Depot where you climb on the riding mowers and run through the plants and flowers.

We bought you a kite and took you to the park. It was a great day to fly a kite with a strong steady wind! You were so excited. We got the kite flying and handed you the string--it lasted all of 45 seconds before you let go and laughed hysterically as I ran recklessly to catch the string! This became the game which you repeated multiple times! I know, stop giving you the string. But that was the point of buying the kite and you kept asking for it and we would explain the point of a kite to you and you would say that you understood, then, oops there it goes again!

We have planted my first garden. You have been a big helper watering the plants with the hose.
We spend most of our evenings outside playing and watching the garden!

Your speach is getting so clear and you are talking in complete sentences and answering questions using your own thoughts! It is so exciting to see and hear who you are! There are somethings that you can't quite say. For example, my parents are Grandma and Grandpa to you. But you can't get the hang of Grandpa so you have started calling him "Campa" and we all LOVE it so much it just might stick. Your new phrase is "I see something" to which we respond, "What do you see?" Then you will tell us what you see . You use this very strategically to stall or to distract us or to get something you want, it usually works because it is so cute!

I love being your mom and we are having such fun raising you. Your personality and thoughts are starting to show and it is so exciting for us to learn the real you, the person you are becoming!

Love,
Your Momma

Months 25 and 26

So much is happening! Your Papa got hired full time after two years of unemployment and part-time freelance work!!! You and I have been sick almost a straight month of congestion, coughing, and snot!

You moved into the Toddler 2 class room at daycare then, we changed daycare. No more nanny cam for me which makes me sad, but the plus is that you now spend your days with a lady from our church who runs a daycare out of her home. It is much more as I would do things if I could be home with you and you are getting along wonderfully! She has a two year old who you are befriending and there are different children there some days too!

You stayed overnight with Grandma and Grandpa while your Papa and I took a weekend with our friends. When we got back, Grandma had taught you how to pray!!! So now we fold our hands bow our heads and talk to Jesus before meals and at bed time. (Thank you Grandma!)

You are still hitting when you don't get your way and you say "Bad Mama" when you are mad at me. Don't worry I AM putting a stop to that! You have totally hit the terrible twos and try my patients daily. Usually when you need to get dressed, put your shoes on, or get into your car seat. We were bribing you with DumDum suckers. But your were eating way to much sugar so we had to stop that too! Hope this phase passes soon.

We have gotten rid of the crib and moved you into the bottom bunk bed. Grandma and Grandpa bought you sheet with cars Mario brothers which your papa returned and replaced with star wars. Potty training has taken a back seat. You just aren't interested anymore. You will ask to go everyonce in a while and that is ok you will get it sooner or later!

You are doing some cute things though. Instead of saying "no" to things you have started saying "no way". All the time, it is cute. Your Papa is trying to teach you "No way dude."
You are saying "What happened?" at everything that happens, if you trip or fall, you look up and say "what happened?" You head a noise "what happened?" You drop something "what happened?"

You LOVE to go to Home Depot and play on the riding mowers. You ask for Home Depot all the time.

Lately the owls and tree frogs have been singing at night. Once you discovered about what was making the sounds you now love them. You will hear an owl and go looking for it telling me you want to catch it! Tree Frogs are purple in your world and you want to catch them to! You have a flashlight and love to shine it in dark spaces or under covers, but especially in people's faces!

We bought you water guns the other day and I truly enjoyed watching you and Papa chase each other around the backyard!

These are fun days, you are talking so much clearer and even though there are tantrums and out and out screaming fits it is fun to watch you grow!

We love you so much and enjoy what you bring to our family!

Love
Mama