Nothing exciting to report, so I thought I would just give you a few little stories I've been meaning to relay.
We are gearing up for our vacation to South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah in June. Owen is very excited because we are going to see Mt. Owen in Grand Teton National Park. Mark has a picture of Mt. Owen on his desktop right now. In the picture there are two other peaks surrounding it. Owen sees the photo and says, "There is Mt. Owen, Mt. Daddy and Mt. Mommy. We'll see them in June on vacation". That's right buddy.
Owen has become our little hypnotist. Whenever one of us is laying down, he stares very intently and says "sleep". We are then expected to close our eyes and keep them closed until he awakens us. We can lay there with our eyes closed for a long time while he tiptoes around and does who knows what. One time Mark was laying on the floor on his back, Owen told him to sleep, so he was just laying there. Very quietly, Owen straddled Mark's stomach and sat there for the longest time. We think he just likes giving us commands. :-)
He has also started giving toys and other objects names. Some of the cutest include: Silly the Alligator, Hickey the Tree, and my favorite, George Goes Camping. He has a book called "George Goes Camping", so he decided to use that name for a little horse that Nana gave him.
Owen is also a big time collector. You would be hard pressed to find him without at least two toys in his hand at any moment. Most times he is carrying around three or four things on a rotating basis. He never had a "lovey" or just one special toy. Instead he finds comfort and security in every single toy he has. And everything beyond toys too, like tongs and other kitchen utensils, rocks and sticks, etc... Even if he can barely hold everything he wants, he is not deterred. As a result, my car, Mark's car and each room of the house ends up strewn with various things that have been in his possession that day.
At Owen's school they have a music teacher who visits all the classrooms. Her name is Ms. Kim. Owen LOVES Ms. Kim and comes home with lots of new songs to sing. Lately though, he has developed a flair for the dramatic. Each song ends like the finale of a Broadway musical. He can stretch out that end note pretty long. It's very cute, but a little embarrassing in public.
His vocabulary is growing every day. His sentences are getting scarily sophisticated too. I'm not sure I'm ready for him to be so OLD. But there are still a few words that he can't quite get. For Owen a lawnmower is a "mowlawner", a catcher's mitt is a "catch mitter", and a baseball bat is a "base bat". Heee heee.
Last story....we're getting more and more practice at hide and seek. Owen loves the "find" part and will even tell us where to hide. We're still working on the concept. When Owen hides it is never too challenging to find him. When I say "Where could Owen be?", I can be sure to hear the answer. "I'm in the family room", I hear a little voice say. Like I said, still working on it....
Much love!
