Two Fun Things

Two fun things today - Owen playing hide and seek with me, I'm hiding in the curtain (where he saw me hide 5 seconds before) and he starts walking around saying, 'hmmm, hmmmm, hmmm', like when I am pretending to find him and I say, 'hmmm, where's Owen?'.

Usually around 7:10, when he starts getting tired and right before tubby, he starts looking for monkey. Over the past 6 weeks, 'monk' and 'pass' (pacifier) have turned into 'monkey' and 'passy'.  So tonight, he trying to find monkey and he is walking around the house calling for him - 'mun-key, mun-key', as we go from room to room trying to track him down. Through the living room, all the way upstairs, in his room, our room, back down and into the pantry where we found him. Sooo cute!

Serious Business

When Owen is watching a video on the iPad, he always folds his hands on the table or across his tummy, like he is prepping for a very important meeting! Cracks me up! He is totally into building towers and knocking them down right now, as well as drawing. He will take a sticky note pad, sneak a pen, and hold them tight against his chest, like treasure as he walks into the pantry to use his 'desk' (stacked packs of water bottles) for some drawing time. He is also such a pro with the iPad, loves to watch videos of garbage trucks or buses, and is just cruising along on so many words! Current favorite phrases, 'want to hide', 'where'd it go', 'want to go see'.  He thinks that playing chase around the kitchen table, with stops to hide, is one of the best games ever!

Keepin' Up

Owen has had so many new phrases recently - some of my favorites, 'where'd it go', 'there it is', 'see ya'.  He is totally in love with garbage trucks and buses and loves to watch videos of them! Garbage day is a pretty big deal around here right now because of that! Especially since there are three trucks on the same day - green bins, recycling, and garbage - little boy heaven! I have had Fridays off with Owen since the middle of October and it has been so fun to have more time together. He is my little adventure buddy out on errands and loves to help me with chores around the house too. We have tried storytime at the library a few times, but he doesn't want to sit; there are so many things to explore in the room! I let him walk around, but we get the 'stink-eye' from other parents, so I decided we will explore on our own. He loves to read books at home and I can do themes and flannel boards with him at home. I have found some fun craft sites and we have been baking together too. He loves to be up in his FunPod so he is right at the counter with me, stirring and chatting away. I feel lucky to be able to have extra time with him!

Taste testing

Art project time!

Halloween

Our little pirate wasn't so sure about the candy exchange, but he loved being outside after dark! It was a beautiful mild night and since he wore his costume over his clothes, he didn't need to wear a coat. We tagged along with our neighbors for a few houses, then I came back in to hand out candy. Owen wanted to stay outside and he and Todd walked the whole block with Joshua and his family. Todd's mom had brought him a Halloween bag to take trick or treating and a fun pumpkin flashlight. Since his favorite thing to do is knock on people's doors, he had the approach down in no time, but when they tried to put candy in his bag, he would back away, saying 'no, no, no'. He finally started letting them put the candy in his hand and then he would bring it back to Todd. His favorite of all the treats was Butterfinger, which happened to be from our 'handing out' stash, he tried to steal them all from the bowl.