Grandma LaDonna (or “G-G” as Brice calls her – for Great Grandma) hosted a garage sale at her house a few weekends ago. We went over to help out in the morning before nap-time. Brice decided he wanted to draw…but it really looks like he’s helping keep tally. He just ADORES his GG! And he had so much fun running around the backyard. Unfortunately, my camera died and this was the only photo I had…I have to learn to carry a second battery with me.
Brice has a big time farmer tan. I need to take his shirt off more when he’s outside playing. I’m so lucky that he doesn’t burn with his light coloring. With how fair he is, and that blonde hair, you’d think he’d fry to a crisp, but he actually tans very well. One less thing for me to worry about. He had a lot of fun playing over at Colin’s in the pool – although the pool wasn’t in the plan that morning as the weather was not looking too promising. But once the sun came out and the boys wanted out to play, of course they also wanted to get in the pool. Hence the diaper instead of swim trunks. It’s okay. He’s a toddler. It’s allowed.
Aaron and I went down to the Pearl District for dinner and drinks for our wedding anniversary on Thursday. It was such a pleasant dinner, and the kind you walk away from saying “We need to do this more often.” And we really do. Thank you for a wonderful day, Aaron!
We went to the zoo again with Jen and her two kids on Monday. It was a perfect zoo day, 68 and cloudy! The animals were all out and it was cool enough to wear jeans.
Since Brice was pretty small we’ve been doing “High Five” and “Pound It” with him. Well, I noticed one day while shoe shopping with him, that Aaron had taught him to do “up high” and “down low” on the high-five’s. I think the sales gal asked him to give her a high five, and then he started saying “Down low…” So now it’s something he has to do every time. Gotta love that male bonding.
I don’t think I've mentioned yet that Brice likes to refer to my purse as a “backpack”. I think it’s funny that he associates what he see’s on Dora, with mommy’s purse. I guess I do have a lot of goodies that come out of there for him. I’ve been wanting to get him a backpack, to hopefully load him up while going on zoo trips and small hikes…I hope it will slow him down a little. I found a Toy Story one for him and then the little stinker wont wear it. Well, as you can see Nana and Uncle David helped with that. Of course Uncle David had to bribe him with sunflower seeds. That’s my boy!
I think he grew last week. I can’t believe how big he is getting! Today I realized, with his ever increasing vocabulary, how good he is getting at putting together sentences. More than just one or two words, he strings together a few and can be well understood. I realized today, I don’t want him to grow so fast now!
His new favorite thing is to put on Uncle David’s helmet and pretend he’s Buzz Lightyear. “I Buzz!” he tells us.
