Water Fun

We had some amazingly nice weather last week and weekend and Alex pretty much lived outside and enjoyed lots of water activities. Today it is cold and dreary and we definitely miss our sunny, 80 degree days right now!


Washing the cars - big and small....



..takes serious concentration.... (notice tongue sticking out)


And some serious sprinkler fun!!...



And finally - a video of my boys prancing through the sprinklers together ;)...

"Help Me"

This is Alex's newest phrase...but he does not use it to ask for help. Alex uses the phrase to let us know that he will be assisting us in whatever we are doing. This weekend Eric was working on the dryer and Alex got his own tools and said "help me, help me" because he wanted to help Eric fix the dryer. Same thing when I was making cookies today. He pushed his chair to the counter and said "help me". Too cute!

20 Months Old

I feel like I just posted a monthly update yesterday! Time is going too fast.

Here is what our little man is up to these days.

*Cooking up a storm! Maybe it was the hours of Food Network that I watched while nursing him when he was a baby, but Alex loves to cook. The minute I take out a bowl or a cooking utensil he is pushing a chair from the table to the counter so he can help. He enjoys using MULTIPLE utensils and tools during his cooking process and must taste everything - even the cold chicken enchilada mix he was helping make in the pictures below - yummy! But really, a bowl of a little flour and water can keep him busy forever!


*Another sign that we have a budding chef on our hands, is that when he eats he mixes all of his food together. i.e. - he will mix his chicken and noodles into his applesauce. Pictured below is his favorite concoction at snack time: goldfish crackers and a cereal bar mixed into his yogurt - and he eats it all!



*Favorite word - "Owside" - we are enjoying some beautiful spring weather here and logging many, many hours outside. First thing he does is always "swing" - which is to swing his golf clubs.

Then anything that can be pushed or pulled is fair game....


And something pretty much always needs to be fixed....

*Alex is talking more and more everyday. New words just pop out all the time. My new favorite phrase he uses is "Oh Wow!".

*He can point to almost all his body parts - head, hair, eyes, nose, eyebrows, ears, cheeks, mouth, teeth, tongue, arms, legs, fingers, hands, toes, feet, tummy. (Our main computer is having some problems so I can't get to all my pictures and videos - video of this to come).

*Alex is still pretty easy going most of the time - especially when we are outside. But he definitely has his toddler moments where he is beginning to test exactly what his limits are. Getting in trouble still usually involves antagonizing poor Buddy or getting into something he is not suppose to play with.

Running

Too cute - just look at those little legs go. I think he made Eric run with him at least 5-6 times.

(Disclaimer: I promise we do teach him about looking for cars and playing in the road, etc.- but living on a cul-de-sac does make it hard to keep the road from becoming a big flat play area :)

Soccer Video

For some reason the soccer video wouldn't upload on the last sports blog - so here it is...

Our Retirement Plan...

The PGA....



And if that doesn't work out.....The NBA....



The MLB.....



Or whatever you call professional soccer....