Outside Again

As I've said before, Jonathan LOVES to be outside. When he gets restless or needs to burn off some extra energy, we head outside. On this day, we checked out the cucumber patch, the strawberries and the apple tree. Jonathan decided that Chris's apple tasted pretty good and took it over. I hadn't planned to take any pictures, but when Jonathan sat down in the grass to eat his apple and Uncle Jack's cat joined him, I ran for the camera! The rest of the photos followed quickly since Jonathan already knows how to ham it up for the camera!

New Words

A few days ago, Jonathan started pointing at the counter and saying, "Bubba, bubba." We were confused until we held up the yellow container of bubbles and Jonathan got excited. He had never said "bubbles" before and it had been a couple of weeks since we had even used the bubbles so we were surprised! It's so fun to hear all of the new things he says. Here's a little list to give you an idea of some of the things he says:

Mo = more
Lie = light
up, up, up = up
quack = quack (think duck)
quacka = cracker
ow-sigh = outside
ray-ray = raisin
eye-th = ice
ha, ha, ha = hot

P.S. I will be SO happy when all of the mosquitoes die! We spray Jonathan with bug spray but he ALWAYS ends up with a bite on his face, without fail! I keep meaning to look for some bug spray wipe things so I can get his face, but as you can tell by that bite between his eyes, it hasn't happened yet!

The Toy That Isn't, part 2

Jonathan and I were in the store looking for a toy telephone one day (that's another story), when I saw one of those stacking ring toys. It was only $5 so I decided to buy it and see if Jonathan would enjoy it as much as he enjoys his cd case things. Well, as you can see, he does. He doesn't play with it on its own though--he uses it WITH the cd containers. He ends up with all kinds of stacks as he moves the rings back and forth between the wooden post and the cd container. It just happens to be Jonathan's favorite toy right now and he plays with it every day, several times a day. What a kid!

The Stroller

We love to go for a walk nearly every evening. We push Jonathan all around town in his stroller and he loves it. All we have to do is say, "Should we go for a walk?" and Jonathan goes to where we keep the stroller and tries to get it out. Lately, he's developed a passion for pushing the stroller all by himself. He can even control which way he wants it to turn and will push it all over the yard. He usually wants to push it when we go for a walk, so we let him push for a while (with a little guidance) and then he's willing to get in and be pushed!

Fun with Cousins

My mom and sister came for a visit this weekend. Jonathan had a great time with his four cousins! We visited the playground a couple of times. Jonathan loved climbing the stairs on his own and going down the slide. He needed help the first couple of times, but after that he started going down by himself--head first! He liked it better that way because he could slow himself down with his hands.

The kids also spent a lot of time in Jonathan's little wading pool. Even baby Tucker got to go swimming for a little while. Jonathan's favorite thing to do in the pool now is splash.

Jonathan joined right in on eating watermelon and ice cream cones.

All that fun makes you tired!

Vegetable Eater

Jonathan hasn't yet met a fruit or vegetable that he doesn't like. Just this week, Jonathan got his first taste of corn-on-the-cob and cucumbers. The first night, we cut him a piece off of one of the cobs and Jonathan did his best to chew the corn off. The next night, we cut the corn off of the cob and that worked much better. Chris picked this cucumber out of the garden and shared it with Jonthan. Jonathan ate his piece and then had to have the last little bit also! Jonathan already checks the strawberries and raspberries nearly every day and keeps them cleaned up. It looks like Jonathan might help Chris keep the cucumbers eaten, too!

More Time in the Pool

Jonathan has decided that playing in his pool is great! He is brave enough now to get on his belly and splash around or lean back against the side of the pool. Chris only wishes that the pool was big enough for him to get in, too!