Growing and Growing

More to add to my ever growing list of favorite things...

• Owen stomping around the house
• The little forward kick he does when he starts running, like he's trying to give himself some extra momentum
• More stomping in the form of dancing
• His discovery of outside, walking on sidewalks, playing in the yard

First time with sidewalk chalk

One of his favorite things to do

• His ever growing understanding - points when I talk about his shirt or socks, if I say hair, he starts to pretend to brush his own, running to the door if we mention the word 'outside' or 'adventure', pointing at things and naming them or looking to us to tell him what it is
• His new love of keys - hides them everywhere
• Lining up his stuffed animals (currently includes a random group of a dog, lamb, dragon, as well as the formally named Pooh bear, Chaucer bear, Scamp, and Monkey)
• Growling around the house while running and throwing his hands up in the air
• How he likes to sit in the corner of things - in the corner by the door, in the corner of cupboards, in the corner of his crib
• Likes to help sweep the floor and use the push broom in the garage
• His 'reading' time - he loves to read books with us, but he has started taking magazines or papers, going to the stove/warming drawer and then sitting down to read; or going to the corner by the door and reading

In the corner by the door, catching up on some gospel doctrine

Don't bother me, I'm reading

• He helps Todd do the laundry, pushes the basket to the laundry room and helps take the clothes out
• Loves to be outside helping Todd do things, like put on the new license plate

Keeping it steady

• New favorite word is 'clock', he will point to each one he sees in houses, books, wherever, sounds more like 'gock' when he says it!
• Naming body parts - will point to tummy, eyes, ears, nose, but recently has started saying 'eyes', and 'sus' for ears