After driving by Wavy Tube Man (at the local ice cream place) many, many times, Owen finally got to stop and meet him. Of course, he’s loud…so this was as close as he got. 🙂
Then he had some ice cream.
And Katie loved Tom’s shake.
She LOVES ice cream! (And she ate rolls, green beans, tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and roasted chicken for dinner so she deserves a little treat!)
And the poster I created on my phone just playing around:
Owen made a fruit salad with his fruit and yogurt…and then of course wouldn’t eat it.
It only took three months for Owen’s hair to grow out from the buzz cut he had last. Three months! Egads.
Katie was just hanging out while we were waiting…
Tom got this during…
And I completely spaced on getting a post-haircut photo. 😐
I swear this kid is a cat—if there’s an empty box big enough, he’s in it!
Why Mr. Owen, of course. 🙂
Just mugging for the camera…
It was quite warm tonight, so we broke out the big girl PJs that Gramma Jean got her… SOOO CUTE!!
Sidenotes:
This is your average Owen meltdown. Typically post-nap but really it could happen any time.
In this video, he’s 1) mainly missing his daddy, talking about missing me (because I had been gone for an hour to get my X-ray), and 3) upset that he threw his chicken away. (He said he didn’t want it anymore so I told him to throw it in the garbage—which he did. Then he apparently started having second thoughts after I told him daddy was going to take the garbage out when he got home.) The very first thing in the video is him asking “What was that?” because the stinker heard the ding of me hitting Record on my phone.
Enjoy!
When Papa and Grannie were here in February, they went shopping—and apparently my dad was adamant about finding something for Owen. This was his choice. I love it!
Well, that’s our best guess at the spelling of the name Owen came up with for his alien friend.
“It’s cracking! I love this chick!”
(Grannie and Papa, he LOVES this thing!)
We have no idea what got into him during the Skype with Grandma Marsha.
Technically it’s a toy for Maggie…but of course it’s really for Owen. Or at least that’s what HE thinks! 🙂
He got SO excited when he saw this in Target!
He was SOOO cute in this hat and we would have bought it for him, except…he didn’t want to keep it on, it was a bit too small (a child’s XL!), and it was $10. So a picture will have to do!
Well, you may remember that I’ve always said I wanted a kid who, when asked where they wanted to go for dinner, would ask for sushi.
And you can probavly guess that I don’t quite have that (yet?)…but I did get a kid who picks the “fish tank resternot.”
I’ll take it. 🙂
These were in the Easter stuff Grannie and Papa sent. He LOVED them.
And he loved the flashlight…
And the magic Captain America washcloth!
I just started asking him what else an empty tube could be…and he really impressed me with ideas!
And then my phone cut off and stopped recording because I was out of space. So not to leave you hanging, he was saying Diego Legos.
I didn’t realize until April 10—when I was getting ready to take Katie’s 9m photo—that I had completely forgotten Owen’s April photo! The first time I’ve ever forgotten! Turns out it somehow got deleted off my calendar so I didn’t get the reminder! BUT! Luckily I had taken some photos that day and one would work just fine! It’s a duplicate that I already posted…but that’s life.
Owen happens to turn on the French version of Katie’s activity table then half sings along to the ABCs in French. He has no idea it’s another language, he’s just mimicking the sounds…but it’s hilarious.
I also sing the alphabet backwards (one of my strange skills) and he says “No no no!” But he’s obviously been paying attention because he has about the first six letters memorized. 🙂
He’ll also use just one letter but use the alphabet tune: A-A-A-A-A-A-A…A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A…A-A-A…A-A-A…A-A-A-A.
And, lastly, he sings the alphabet ALL. THE. TIME. Multiple times daily. I think it’s already been about four times this morning. 🙂
Whenever there’s an empty box, it either gets filled by a cat or a kid.
He’s been a chattering fool today. This is only a smidgen of what he’s said…mostly in the last 15 minutes. 🙂
We were driving to my doctor appointment this morning.
Owen: Are you still mad at the doctor?
Me: Gobsmacked that he remembers me saying that THREE weeks ago. No, I’m not mad at the doctor. She tried to help me and I was frustrated.
Owen: The word of the day is frustrated.
Owen: Mama. Remember? Last night when I found all the eggs?
Me: Yes, you found a lot of eggs!
Owen: THERE WAS ELMO AND A TIGER AND AN ELEPHANT AND A FOOTBALL BY THE SHED! AND I GOT LOTS OF CANDY! And the carrots were gone!
Owen: Mama, can I play my game?
Me: How about when daddy comes home?
Owen: Why?
Me: Mama doesn’t know how to play that game.
Owen: How about pirates? You know how to play pirates! You jump and sing.
Owen: Mama, I need my milk. I need more energy!
Owen: Mama, I need to go poop.
Me: Don’t tell me—just go to the bathroom.
He goes in the bathroom.
Owen: Come wipe me.
Me: Did you poop yet?
Owen: No.
Me: Is it in your pants?
Owen: Yes…it’s not that bad!
Owen: Playing. Mama, I’m hurt!
Me: Are you okay?
Owen: Yes, it’s okay. I’ll be okay. It’s just my pinky toe. I need a doctor to fix my pinky toe and make it feel better.
He tripped running across the room.
Me: Are you okay?
Owen: Yes—I went kerplunk.
Owen: Setting two stuffed animals next to him on the steps. Okay, let’s all sit together and say cheese! PICTURE!
Owen: MAMA! LOOK! ON THE DOOR!
Me: What?
Owen: There’s bad guys! All over!
He grabs a plastic ice cream cone and turns it into a gun. MAMA! COME ON! COME HELP ME GET THE BAD GUYS!
Owen: HOLY WAH!
Me: What?
Owen: There’s a race car way up there. That’s silly. That’s goofy. A race car on top! Mom you have to come check this out. You have to follow me.
I am typing this as he says it so I’m not moving yet.
Owen: Mama! You’re not moving. You’re on the couch.
I get up to look at the car. It’s magnetized so I move it to the garbage can where it sticks.
Owen: Cool! I can see it with my eyebrows!
Wow. Owen could not have been more awesome at the dentist today!!
Full cleaning.
Full flossing.
Full X-rays.
No whining.
No refusals.
No stubbornness.
Such a difference six months makes.
Then when they put his X-rays on the monitor he says “Awesome!” And he thanked the hygienist. And he agreed to share his ice cream (treat) with the dentist!
So I was just planning on giving him ice cream at home but he said he wanted a cone…so I pulled into McDonalds. They took so long with the car in front of me that the cone was dripping by the time I got it. So I cleaned it up and handed it back to Owen. Well, a mile down the road after waiting in traffic the cone was dripping all over Owen.
So I had to take a quick detour into the Best Buy parking lot to clean up the melty cone, wipe down Owen, take the paper off the cone, and clean up the drips on the car seat. :/
Owen got a few Lego minifigures from the Easter Bunny…and he LOVES playing with them and rearranging parts like hair and accessories…and then apparently stacking them. 🙂
We were invited over to our friend’s house (Tom and Karen) for Easter lunch, and then the guys decided to take the kids to hit a bucket of balls. These are the pictures Tom texted me:
And our friend, Tom.
Once again, Owen loved looking for eggs! It was a bit rainy, but that didn’t dampen his excitement at all!
Now, how did the Easter Bunny know that Owen wanted Lego minifigures? Amazingly, he got three new ones! (Unfortunately, it took the Easter Bunny eight new packs to get those three. 🙁 )
As Owen picked up each egg from his basket, he’d say “There’s something in there!” Like he couldn’t believe EACH egg had something in it, even though he’s never had empty eggs before. It was funny.
Oh! And before he even went outside to get the eggs, he noticed his easter basket that the Easter Bunny had hidden in the new playroom cubby. I thought he’d have to hunt and search and look high and low…and he saw it almost as an aside. Kids!
After a brief meltdown when Owen couldn’t remember where he put the bunny ears (after I’d left them on the table for the express purpose of using them after both kids were dressed), I got these:
