My Little Water Baby=)

Spencer absolutely LOVES water. I'm not sure which he loves more, dirt or water. I thouroughly enjoy watching him enjoy the water.

Lawn, Lawn

The other day Spencer and I were taking a walk around the neighborhood and I can't remember why but we were talking about the grass and I was wondering if I should teach him lawn or grass. I decided lawn. A few days later, as we pulled up in the driveway, a neighbor a few houses down was mowing his lawn. As I was getting Spencer out of the carseat he heard the lawnmower, and before he even saw it he started saying, "lawn, lawn". I was blown away. I don't remember specifically teaching him lawnmower we may have seen a few on walks but it's not something we see everyday.

He sure is a smart little guy. Today he also said backpack.

In May, we went up to Oak Glen in Yucaipa for the Laura Ingalls Wilder display. It was very nice. The following are pictures from that outing.


I really like this quote.


We went on a ride in this horse drawn wagon through the apple orchards.


Some items on display


I really liked this sign and how they had specific days they did things. I wish I were that organized.















Todd was very nice and let me look at the displays inside while he watched Spencer outside. While they were outside waiting for me, Spencer blew bubbles in a mud puddle.
We had a wonderful time and look forward to returning in the fall to pick apples.

"No, No, No, Ta, Ta, Ta"

First some background info. It has been my experience that when toddlers arrive at the age of 2 or so, they are always saying, "no". This use to annoy me, so I determined that my kids would never learn the word "no". Instead I would say "dangerous" or "don't do that", or "play over here". After a while I gave up and started using the word "no". I also use "ta ta" (That's what my mom used while we were growing up).

Well, this afternoon Spencer was playing with a decoration in the livingroom (It wasn't breakable so I didn't mind that he was playing with it). I went over and sat on the couch by where he was playing and pulled the decoration towards me and looked at it. Spencer then said, "No, no, no, ta ta ta." I was suprised put also pleased that he knew what I meant when I told him "no and ta, ta". A little while later, he got something off the couch and handed it to me and then pulled it away and said, "No, no, no, ta, ta, ta".

Okay, so now what do you do when your 15 month old starts to discipline you like this. Even though he won't understand, do I go ahead and tell him, "You don't say that to mommy?" or do I ignore it. If any of you have had similar experiences (If you have kids, I'm sure you have)let me know how you have handled situations where they tell you know.

P.S I'll try to get some pictures up soon. I tried to down load them off the camera to the shared pictures and I couldn't get them from the upload area to the shared pictures, so, I'm waiting for Todd to find the time to help me with this so that I can upload the pictures to the blog.