Two in one day!

     OK, Muffin called in me into the kitchen to see Spencer. Apparently she didn't see him get in, but he'd managed to get into one of the cupboards.



     So eventually I got the climbing skills on video:

Just breakfast...

Well, we don't post here as often as I'd like to, and sometimes it's just because I think we just kind of do the same stuff everyday. But just because we see it every day doesn't mean that everyone else gets to. Anyway, just a highlight from breakfast this morning. Spencer is trying to learn how to use a spoon to eat his Cream of Wheat.

Doesn't Hurt to Ask.

Last night a funny thing happened. After going to the store I stoped by the Tastee Freeze drive through. I ordered a Banana Fosters. The guy told me they were out of bananas. This happened the last time I asked for it. I told him I had just happen to have some bananas in the car and asked him if I gave him would he make me a Banana Fosters (I had never tasted one and really wanted to). He then asked me if he could buy the bananas from me. I told him he could (sorry Spencer mama sold your bananas). Not only did he buy the bananas from me, but he didn't charge me for the Banana Fosters.

By the way, I went out and bought Spencer some more bananas today.

In Praise of Stay at Home Moms

This is the title of a new book by Dr. Laura that I am reading. It is really good. I recommend everyone read it even if you're not a stay at home mom. It really has great ideas on making your family a priority. I am even having Todd read it. On Tue. Todd is taking me to see her show In Praise of Mom. She's doing it live in Irvine Ca., and it will be broadcast to theaters all over the US. We won't see her live but that's ok, I've already been to one of her live shows. Is anyone else reading or planning on reading the book or going to the show? Let me know what you think.

I really admire Dr. Laura's views on the importance of family. In her view, a stay at home mom is someone who is home when her kids are home, even if she has to work evenings when her kids are asleep. When Dr. Laura's son was little, she was there with him during the day and worked nights when her son was asleep. When he was old enough to go to school, she worked when he was at school.

During the early years of her marriage, they only had one car, so her and her son would go places by bike.

From her, I get the message to work your schedule around your family and not your family around your schedule.

More Spencer Cuteness

Yesterday Spencer and I went running/walking. During the run/walk, I let him get out and walk around at a little park. He saw a piece of rotting fruit and started walking towards it saying "appm" (apple). After I kicked it a few times to keep him away from it, he started calling it a ball. I'm not quite sure what Spencer defines as a ball or an apple. I guess if it's round and you eat it it's an apple and if it's round and you kick it it's a ball. We were at the store the other day and I bought a water melon and he started calling that a ball.

Spencer is quite the talker and is building his vocabulary. He likes lights and will point them out, so the other day I was teaching him the concept of lights on and lights off. For a while when we walked into a room where the lights were off, he would say, "light on", so I would turn the light on for him. Other words he says are:ca (cat), ba (bath), mil (milk), wa wa (water), mama, dada, mynana (banana), cracker, kixi (Kix Cereal-That's what I call it and he's picked it up), pancake, dog (It's so cute, even if he doesn't see the dog, but hears it bark, he will say dog), meemee (Meema, that's what we call my grandma). When asked what the following animals say, he says their sound: cat, dog, horse, cow.

He also loves water, dirt, and books. Sometimes he'll have a book or pamphlet and he'll sit there and hold it up and talk to himself as if he's reading the book.

It has been so fun to watch him grow over the past year. I look foward to continuing watching him grow.

Catching up - First Haircut

Still going through the backlog... these are from Spencer's first haircut last month. His hair was getting long even though there's still not much of it. LynMarie cut his hair in the kitchen.

Before:


After:

Lookin' good, Spencer!

Appms

Spencer calls apples appms. Today when I went to visit my parents, my dad, Spencer and I were out in the front yard. Spencer was playing with a ball when he noticed some small green apricots that had fallen off the tree. He picked one up and said, "appm". I thought it was cute. I was suprised he didn't call it a ball. Usually that's what he calls things that are round. He also found a brown nut that fell off a tree and called it an appm. I love this little guy and am thankful I get to spend my days with him and be there to see all the cute things he does.