My new big thing is SLIDES! From the 2 in my back yard, to the 6 at the local park! I don't even care that it's freezing outside... I want to slide, slide, slide! YAY! These photos are courtesy of my Mormor (shy guy mom mom) that she took during her visit!
My Mormor (grandma) came to help out for a week, so that my Moms could sort out things for a big garage sale and start packing for a move -- I don't know about a move or even what one is, all I know is that the house (and my play room) is a MESS!
I got to go hiking again today... but it ended abruptly when my Mommy (Steph) let me walk in the river (with my hiking shoes and socks -- no rubber boots). It was colder than the other day and windy. My feet got REALLY COLD and I just had enough.
This was in Bend at the Deschutes River. There is a park and a walking trail along the river, through most parts of town. When we hike, I get to be the LEADER!
My moms want to raise some chickens (for their eggs) and although we're not ready yet, they wanted to see how I would react to some baby chickens (chicks) at a local farm store. Well, I thought they were great and I can't wait until we get our own! They said probably not for another year or two, though. But, we're still learning as much as we can about keeping chickens.
Last week I went hiking for my very first time and I LOVED it. Unfortunately, my moms didn't have the camera to take any pictures. We were driving through Santiam Pass and I guess I was being fussy so they stopped at a camp site at Soda Springs. We walked the trail up and down the hill to the river and falls. I even walked into the river... it was COLD! I wanted to get in, but my moms said NO WAY!
Anyway, we live near a "canyon" and it has a walking trail. Some of it is paved with asphalt, and some is just dusty dirt and brush. Sometimes, I like to be an adventurer and wander off... but my Mommy (Steph) captured some pictures on her cell phone before dragging me out of there, when it was time to leave. I was stomping in the piles of dusty dirt to make clouds of dust, but my Mommy never got a good shot of any of the dust clouds I made, just me standing there stomping my foot! We had 2 of my dogs with us -- Nacho ('cho) and Sable ('bo).
I celebrated St. Patrick's Day by taking a GREEN bath! Yay! I didn't like it when my Mor tried to mix the blue and yellow soap "paint" to try to make a green clover on my chest. It just turned to bubbles, which I only want to touch if they are big blowing bubbles (not in a bath)! But it wasn't too overwhelming... so, I dealt with it... long enough for her to take pictures!
Mor (Lisa) fixed my Learning Tower to make it more stable and added aluminum bracket stops... and so that when I get excited and bounce around, the platform doesn't slip out and fall to the ground! We have to wait until the weather gets a little warmer before she can prime and paint it, but at least I get to use it again! Here I am helping with dishes and giving one of my dinosaurs a bath!
I can point out 6 different dinosaur pictures (triceratops, spinosaurus, t-rex, supersaurus, stegosaurus, and anklyosaurus) correctly when my moms ask me where each one is! I'm learning a few others, too. My favorite TV shows are Dino Dan (on Nick Jr.) and Dinosaur Train (on PBS Kids). And, I LOVE reading about them too... sometimes at the same time that the show is on TV!
For Valentine's Day I got a bunch more toy, plastic dinosaurs! I am very excited about that! I hide them all over the house and the Tahoe (SUV) so that I (or my Mor) can find them later.
I'm learning new words, but I still like to shorten them:
Rah = Frog
T = T-Rex
Go = Go (out)
Shoes = both shoes and socks are "shoes" (shoes and juice sound nearly identical)... I go get my own shoes when I want to "go" somewhere
Yai = eye
Eeth = teeth
Got = I got it
Gurt = Yogurt
Q = Thank you
Bong = boing (which after 2 weeks my moms finally figured out just means I want to go "boing" bouncing up and down the stairs)
And I can point to most of my body parts when my moms ask me where is it, but I can only say "eye" (yai), "nose" (no), "teeth" (eeth).
I say yes (or YEAH!) a lot more now, especially when my moms FINALLY get what I have been asking for! But, I always have to say "please" (eese) when I ask for something. And, "thank you" (Q = "k'you") when I get it ... I'm still practicing this one.
I got to go to the Toddler Playtime again, but I wasn't feeling all together well yet. So, I got tired quickly and we had to leave before any other kids came to play. But, here are some pictures of me on the tumbling mats and kicking some balls around. I wasn't quite as excited about it all this time, because I still have sick bugs in me. We'll try again when I'm all better!
After my Mommy (Steph) had walking pneumonia, my Mor and I thought we were in the clear, since we didn't get sick.... but, I got sick last week. First a cold, and then my doctor said I got a secondary infection of a sinus infection along with either bronchitis or pneumonia. I've been taking antibiotics and cold medicine for the past week and I'm just starting to get better.
My Mor took some pictures of me when I wasn't very happy about it. But, here they are anyway!
I got new rubber fireman boots that I like to wear around the house, even when I don't have anything else on! And, I got a new pirate bath robe, but I'm not too sure about it yet. I love to climb, especially on ladders. I was playing with my toy dinosaurs on one of the ladder steps.
I've been having a rough week... my eye teeth (incisors) are all coming in and they HURT!
I also got my first hair cut. My Mor (Lisa) did it, to try to promote more hair growth. I only got a trim of the top and back (where my hair was the longest). I was a little nervous about what was happening. My silly Mor even saved a couple of cut locks in a zip lock snack bag! She said that she still has a lock of hair from her first haircut, too!
I've been learning new words, but I think only my Moms understand me when I'm talking, because I tend to shorten words... like:
"tar" for "star"
"keey" for "kitty"
"deeth" for "teeth"
"inky" for "binky"
"guck" for "duck" (Go Gucks!)
a soft "no" for "snow"
"Cho" for "Nacho" (one of the dogs)
"sat" for "what's that"
"dis" for "this"
"der" for "peanut butter"
"eeese" for "please"
But, I say "Mom" and "juice" (for any / all liquids) and "uh-oh" and "NO" very clearly!
I got to go to a Toddler Activity Group at the local recreation center this week, but I was the only toddler there! But, I had fun anyway on the tumbling mats and kicking and throwing balls around. My moms said they are going to video tape me kicking the ball next week, because they think I'm a future soccer star! Here are some pictures my Mor (Lisa) took of me on her cell phone. They are a bit blurry because I was so FAST! I was so worn out, I took a second nap that day!
