August Update

You're in for a long one, since I haven't posted in months. It's not for lack of material! Owen is growing and changing daily, and the two of us can hardly keep up with him. We're off to a slow start, weather-wise, this summer, so we've been stuck inside more than we would like. But we're keeping busy. Owen and Dan have soccer on Wednesday mornings, and each of us does a swim lesson per week (Dan is Tuesday mornings; I am Thursday nights). Owen's vocabulary and use of language is still exploding, so I'd like to share some of the gems we've written down over the past month, interspersed with pictures!

"Seet deams, Mommy. Night night." Owen, tucking me in while I tuck him in at night.

Soccer in the back yard:


Owen un-decorating my birthday cake:


"I don't know what's making that sound! Where's it coming from, Daddy? What's making dat sound??? It's not a garbage truck...it's a helicopter!!"


Not letting something like a knocked-over chair get in his way of snacks:


Play time!


A story, as IM'd to me by Dan:

He knows he ate the last bite of the maple bar. But also that there is "one mo."
So now he's negotiating how many more bites he might get.
"Just one small one. Just free mo bites." *counting on his fingers*
Then he hands me my soda, "Here you go, Daddy," trying to butter me up.

Ice cream sandwich out at dinner:


Getting a drink from the sprinkler:


"Wanna watch funny scare-o!! FUNNY SCARE-O!!! WWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH!!"
Owen asking for, and expressing frustration, when Dan didn't immediately understand Owen's Donald Duck impression, asking to watch the Donald Duck cartoon with the *flying squirrel.*

Owen can reach the counters, leaving nothing safe up there:


First lollipop:


"Daddy, you know who this is? It's SPRINKLES!!" (our cat)
"Don't worry, Sprinkles," watching a movie. "It's just care bears."

Playing at a park in Buffalo, WY:


Owen at Mount Rushmore:


"Arr, matey!! Aw, coconuts!"

Family time in a tractor:


Dan and Owen 4-wheeling:


Dan overheard Owen muttering something to Sprinkles, while playing with her foot. Upon closer listening, Owen was doing "This Little Piggy" on her. Dan's reaction? If there's a cat heaven, Sprinkles has guaranteed her spot.

Waiting for the Medora train with beautiful Sophia on the 4th of July:


And riding the Medora train:


Owen has started spelling out words that he sees, but sometimes he's a little off:
"B-O-N-A-L-B spells Donald!"
"F-S-N spells MOMMY!"

Riding the bus to downtown:


Owen has started enunciating better, including modifying how he says "milk" from "moke" to "meee-yilk."

Meeting Sir Topham Hatt and Thomas in Snoqualmie, WA:





Other developments:

• Owen loves puzzles, and likes to build them over and over again
• Owen has started using "don't" as "really" which gets confusing when he's freaking out. "I don't want to eat donuts!!" Wait, you do or you don't?"
• Owen's favorite foods include pizza, popcorn, pancakes, meatballs, apples, "teekey" sandwiches (trans: turkey), broccoli, beef (steak or carne asada), "Em-y-ems" (M&Ms), and tortilla chips. He'll pretty much eat anything, except for potatoes in any form.

And that's my August update! Owen is currently demanding peanuts and bananas, so it's time to log off. I'll try not to be such a stranger! :)