Spring happenings

For some reason I could not post words with the photos yesterday. So I am trying again.

We had noticed some marks on the inside of S's teeth so we went to see a pediatric dentist. He did awesome! I was so thankful he kept his mouth open and didn't cry. The biggest blessing of the trip was that is was staining, not cavities. The dentist said staining can come from the minerals in your saliva, so it was nothing wot worry about. Yeah!

About a month ago he started putting more words together, which is really cute because he uses the adjective after the noun, which is common in many languages, just not ours :) After seeing a shoe had fallen off my friend's newborn, he said "shoe baby". One morning I showed him the difference between a ripe banana and a green one. That afternoon he asked for something to eat and I offered him a banana. His reply was "banana green".

For months now when I would be putting him to bed he would lay his head on my collar bone then sit up, touch it with his hand and say "bone". Now he does this all over, he will touch my wrist or elbow or jaw or knee and say "bone" then find the corresponding bone on his body.

He has also been playing copycat, when we put our chin on a fist or cross our arms, or sigh or say mm, hmm. J put his hands behind his head with interlocked fingers after dinner one night and sighed. S followed suite exactly. Last night in the garden he had a hand spade and I had a regular shovel, I used my foot to dig out some dirt and then next thing I saw was S putting his little foot on the little spade (complete with a grunt) and thrust it into the dirt. Haha!

One Sunday evening we were driving home and saw a combine on a truck heading to Alberta. All through town we passed it and then it passed us, while we were showing/telling S about it. From then on for the past few weeks if we are driving through town in the evening he asks "tractor, gone?" I love how his little mind is remembering and being sparked by familiarity. He does the same thing when we are close to the airport. On day he saw a red plane, so when we are on one of a number of roads around the airport he asks "eeeeeeooooooorrrrrr, plane red?"

I have been buying bananas by the box (the ones they take off the shelf when the green ones arrive) for $.10/lb....awesome! So I've been dehydrating them to make banana chips, 64 lbs total so far. S has been helping with this as much as a 2 yo can and calls them "chips." We started some seeds for the garden, he love to water and outside help me weed. I am so thankful for rubber boots. Last night he decided the dirt in the garden looked good enough to eat, quite a sight :)

With spring came the big yard clean up from the dog. As S played in his sand, he would repeat "poop, Chee, Mama" Yep.

Several weeks ago we had clear skies for a number of nights and before bed, he would stand at the window and watch the moon, telling me "moon, ars (stars)". We then had some cloudy nights and he asked for the moon, I explained to him it was still there but behind the clouds. When the clear nights returned he asked again for the moon, but it has not been visible until after his bedtime, and this week was the new moon, oops. Someday He'll understand the moon calendar.

This week we went out to help some friends who have 10 acres and are planning to build this summer. S has country running through his blood...he had a blast! He wandered around through open forest and bushes (glad he has a bright orange coat) with confidence to explore like a boy should. S and Chile...when she would get out of his sight, he would call "Chee!" and she would return to his side to explore some more. I loved that he was so comfortable out there!...and it makes me anxious to get out of a subdivision :)

this spring