Tom has a 96 (Friday through Monday off) so we took the kids to the park.
This is as high as he’d go.
“Daddy, how high can you go?” Tom pretty much just jumped straight to the top. 🙂
Tom wanted to help Owen but Owen was freaked out and wanted NO part of it.
After swinging on the toddler swing and the big kid swing, she wanted to try this one.
For some unknown reason, Owen is way more freaked out about slides than when he was little. This was his second time down—after he made me catch him the first time.
We went out for a sushi dinner and I made half a PB&J for Katie hoping she’d eat it. BOY DID SHE EVER! She loved it! She’d take a bite, set it down, have a drink…it was adorable!
She also saw Owen try soy sauce (we dipped a clean chopstick in it) so she had to try, too. Then she dipped it in eel sauce off our plate and LOVED it.
Here she is just being cute at the end of the meal.
I told Owen we were going to the park and he was really excited. Then I told him who would be there (the core group of moms and kids from my mommy group) and he got EVEN MORE excited and said “My friends!!!!”
The other kids were super excited to see him, too—we really haven’t all been together (on a playdate) since before school started!
Running around with another group of boys who were playing shooting games. 🙂
Then everyone ate snacks/lunch at the pavilion and then it was time to head home for Katie’s nap.
This was the best I could get as we were leaving the park!
After he professed his love for “cheese toast” we explained that grilled cheese was just toasted bread and melty cheese…and he was willing to give it a try!
Of course he dipped it in yogurt! And I know he loved it because he asked for a second sandwich (I gave him a quarter of mine)!
You can see in the vertical picture that he set his Legos up to watch him eat! And he told me they were all jealous of his sandwich!
THE BED IS HERE! THE BED IS HERE! Yes, they showed up today after telling me yesterday it would be Thursday. But I don’t care! Look at all the space!!!
No, there are no box springs…because we thought we’d still be using the same frame. But we’ve decided to go the bed frame plus headboard route for awhile. You can see the platform it’s currently sitting on…but the new frame doesn’t require a platform so we’ll be able to get rid of it!
It’s a little strange being so low…but at this point I couldn’t care less.
Last week, Mr. Eagle Eyes saw the Star Wars lego box on top of the fridge where Tom had tried to hide it. And we’re suckers, so told Owen he could have it Monday if he was good all weekend. Well, he did pretty good but on Sunday had a bit of a failing so the reward got pushed to Tuesday (which his reaction almost got the reward pushed to Wednesday).
So come this morning, he was READY. He did 99% of it on his own…and it’s an age 7-12 project!
This should have been posted way back on February 1… The gnome that I bought from a Tivo friend (who pulled an epic prank on a friend and as a result had a few gnomes to sell) was finally reunited with the gnome that was sent to Tom in Afghanistan. 🙂
When Owen saw them together he said “Is that mom and dad?” 🙂
Owen: Mama, Katie and I are holding hands. Take a picture!
Owen: My belly’s still loaded.
Me: Your belly?
Owen: No, my batteries!
Talking on a play cell phone: Hi cousins! I’m a Jedi now!
Owen: Daddy, do you want to find the eggs I hid? There’s a green egg right here and a pink egg in the bag.
Owen tried Grauntie Marge’s beets again at dinner. He hasn’t liked them before.
Tom: Do you like them?
Owen: Looking surprised and excited. YES! They taste like pickles!
Owen pointed out a blue jay on our walk.
Me: How do you know that’s a blue jay?
Owen: I learned it at bird school.
Me: Owen, why does your imagination always include people shooting you?
Owen: I don’t know.
Me: Why doesn’t anyone ever bring you cake or take you to the beach?
Owen: Shrug. Do you know why [whoever] shot me?
Me: No, why?
Owen: Because I wasn’t fabulous.
A-B-C-D-E-F-G
Awesome
Balloon (bayoon)
Banana (nanna)
Bath
Bite
Boppy (character from Doc McStuffins )
Bubbles
Cereal
Cheese
Chicken butt
Doc (character from Doc McStuffins )
Elmo
Grape (Gape)
Juice
Mess
Minnie [Mouse]
Monkey
Mouth
Nap
Night night
Nose
Owen (o-wee)
Pants
Pills
Please (peese)
Shoes
Sleeping
Snowing
Stuck
Swing
Thank you
Toes
Where’s [daddy, milk] ?
Wipes
You’re welcome
Apple
Daddy work
Duck
Excuse me
Feet
Flag
Fork
I don’t want to
I got you!
I have more please?
I want that
I’m okay!
Katie go outside.
Orange
Peanuts
School bus
Spoon
Water (watee)
What’s that noise?
What’s wrong Owie?
Where’s Charlie?
Where’s daddy?
Where’s Maggie?
Where’s Owen?
And she can make perfect sense when she wants to: Mama, can I have more apple please? 🙂
And I know I’m missing a ton because 1) I am not good at remembering to write stuff down and 2) she never stops chattering. 🙂
Owen desperately wanted to go out and draw with chalk, so out we went. He is big into writing words (well, letters and numbers) and trying to spell things, so this was the first thing I saw—can you see it? Right by his feet: STOP 🙂
Then, what follows STOP? GO! (He’s finishing the O.) He spelled these on his own!
Then he was talking about hopscotch so I drew it for him. I showed him how to play and he understood but after trying it for a few minutes he said he wanted to go back to his way. 🙂
It’s a blurry pic but I caught him mid-jump.
Then it was back to chalk, where he drew…a snowstorm! And a snowman!
It was a gorgeous morning—about 70°, sunny, and breezy—so we went for our first long walk together! (Normally Katie and I just go up and down our street or to the golf course. I never get to walk with just Owen anymore.)
I tried to get a picture but Katie wasn’t cooperating.
Katie took a tumble while trying to run down the hill like big brother, but she was no worse for the wear. 🙂
At the top of the hill on the golf course (Owen used to play a lot here back in the day). He kept warning Katie not torun down the hill and to stay out of the golfers’ way. 🙂
Off we go!
Anyone want to go swimming in the community pool? I can’t imagine using the same water that’s been sitting in it since last summer and is now dark brown…? I know there are chemicals and stuff…but still. Barf.
Finally! Some wildlife! (Yes I know it’s not a duck but that’s what she calls it.)
Waving hello to the duck/goose. 🙂
She wanted to sit at the picnic table.
Owen collected sticks to make an art picture. 🙂
I saw this going on so I had to try and get a good sibling picture.
Ha.
At least I ended up with a decent one!
And then the ham:
And then someone was throwing sand and got warned so we had to go.
Owen asked for cheese toast—like he has at school—for breakfast. We determined it was literally cheese melted on toast…so we tried it. NO, ITS NOT GRILLED CHEESE, PEOPLE. 🙂 Baby steps.
I was worried because we’ve tried to replicate “school foods” before unsuccessfully…but he liked this! Yay!
Up until now, I’ve just been pulling out a piece or two at a time to wash…but I finally pulled out all the 24m and 2T stuff. I think this one was from Grannie Lin. Or maybe Gramma Jean. Or hell, maybe Grandma Marsha. I really can’t remember. 🙂
