We had a GREAT weekend. Grandma and Grandpa came over and you got to play with them all day! They brought you a truckload of sand...I mean a truckload. We refilled your sandbox and the horseshoe pits and then the best part of the day...We got a 8ft diameter 2.5 ft deep pool!!! Its the size of a hot tub, but it is perfect for you to jump, play and learn to swim in. It is big enough for me and your Papa to get in with you!
It was a great start to the summer and I am so looking forward to it!
Most of all I felt so blessed as I looked out the kitchen window last night and watched you and Papa in the pool and saw the joy in your eyes and the pride in your Paps face as the two of you played and he taught you how to swim! I know teaching you stuff like sports or activities, swimming, riding a bike etc. are the things your Pap looks forward to the most about being your Dad!
We love you so much. Our life is simple, but we are abounding in the lavished love of our Heavenly Father.
Oh, I forgot. Two milestones. 1. You counted to four all by yourself without prompting. 2. You pointed out and correctly named all the letters on the shirt your Papa was wearing. Unsolicited learning! I think you are so very smart!
Love,
Mama
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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
Friday, April 15, 2011
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
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!
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
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
