Kahs.

 

Our boy likes cars or "kah" sometimes "coy". I think it is appropriate seeing as how he has a car fanatic dad and grandad. One morning I found him nestled up behind the curtain perched on the edge of the couch. He was lining up his cars in a train (which is also very enthusiastic about) and played like that for what seemed to be an extraordinarily long time. My hope was that this was a new game that would be played numerous times to come--nope. Oh well, it was pretty clever while it lasted.

An afternoon at the pool.

So we just got a cool new camera for the Summer. Waterproof, shock proof, drop proof, basically kid proof. Now we can just give the kids the camera and tell them to go crazy. Here is what we got!!

Mike

 

And here is a little one of Lars after eating some yummy Nachos:

Two.

 

We officially have a two year old now. It was a pretty low-key celebration compared to the fiesta last summer. Mike and I are feeling exhausted for some reason which is why we didn't do a big hooray party like last summer but Kasey came over while she's here from Bangladesh and mom & dad too. He doesn't get it but we hung up some balloons and Mike made some killer pizzas (our new family bday tradition perhaps?) to go with some fruit salad and lemonade. Perfect summer fare. Last  night around 7PM I thought I should probably think of a couple ways to make his day special so headed down to Dollar General and got 1.Slinky (big hit for $1) 2. Red Balloons (the only balloons in the store which I thought was crazy)  3.Packet of dinosaurs 4. #2 Candle.  = $4 party fun! 

Mike gave him this big train this morning before church (the kind you put under your tree) that is probably for ages 15 and up that he likes the idea of but is kind of freaked out by when it is turned on. It was free so no biggie but he loves taking the tracks apart and strewing them all over the house/yard. He had to keep a hand on grampy while the train was going so he felt safe I guess. We took a walk after we ate way too much delicious pizza (fresh mozzerella, tom, & basil!!!). We were trying to head home but then he detoured and basically took us to the train tracks where Mike had taken him once (good memory) and we walked along them for a ways until he was filthy and exhausted. I would say it was a good day and now I have stayed up way too long working on this. Time for bed!

 

Motorcycles

Like I was saying, our boy is actually saying a lot of words but I am kind of the sole translator and even then he says a bunch of stuff that I haven't quite deciphered just yet. One of those words is motorcyle or "mo-sigh-kuh". He was very pleased with himself to be perched on top of my dad's bike. I couldn't actually get him off. I thought camo tank top was fitting attired to be on a bike with his sweet farmer's tan and all. Oh, we are classy.

New underwater camera and first dips in the pool

Very glamorous picture of his parents by their 2 year old

It's summer which means pool time! We weren't sure how the boy was going to be in the pool since it has been quite a while but Mike got a a new waterproof camera so he was dying to see him under the water whether he wanted to go or not...He was fine (sort of) and I think it will be a summer of underwater videos!

23 months.

This is the second to last picture I will be taking of our boy. I am just not sure how long it will still be cute to have him sit on our bed in a diaper. Mike thinks we should do it until he is 18 but I think we have given it a good run and can get ready for September when we will undertake version 2.0 with a girl. Maybe I will take an occasional one of him on the bed for kicks.

He basically talks all the time these days. I understand about 30% of the jumple of words and sounds but his vocabulary has grown a lot in the last couple weeks it seems so I am working on decoding. He seems to understand everything we say though. I do like "wsh" for "fish" and "BAH" for sheep. He is so super independent and stops us from helping do most things for him which is great but funny since he can't do most of them. We went to the pool for the first time yesterday and I think it is going to be a good summer at the pool for him. Once he warmed up to the idea, he seemed to like it. I need to get his "happy dance" on tape which he holds special for grandparents from what I can tell. He moves faaaaast and unfortunately, I am slooooowly recovering from my stupid fall so I can't keep up with him which he loves. He eats entire apples- core, seeds, stem, everything but he's not into gummy candy.