Sean is 2!

Little Sean is officially 2 years old!  Since we didn’t have a huge party and I haven’t taken any great pics recently, I thought you might like to know some of his current ‘things.’

For one thing, he has started incorporating

Oh, Pooh

The other day Charles, Sean and I were driving home and Sean kept saying something that I couldn’t quite understand.  He was

If you give a Sean a blueberry…

It’s nap time. Well, a bit past nap time really. But for once it was not too hot and we were playing outside and I was getting some weeding done and everything was going so well!

Eventually we

Our little scholar

I’m very happy to have a kid that enjoys books so much, especially since Charles and I both love reading.  The other day Sean came up to me saying, “Green book! Green book! Read green book?”  I didn’t know what book he was referring to, but that was quickly resolved when he procured the ‘green book’ off of Daddy’s bookshelf.  He occasionally likes to pull down these books just to thumb through the pages and I can see why he was drawn to this one more than the others- at least it had pictures!  So, what book was it?   

Water Play

Lately, the weather has been SO HOT.  If I go outside at 7am, I do not expect it to be 84 degrees!!  I want to get back inside ASAP.  Blech.  Sean, however, does not seem to mind the heat and still wants to play outside.  So, outside naked time plus water play is my go-to solution to keep both him and me from totally melting or getting burned to a crisp.

An update from Charles!

Hello there!  So, here’s what has been going on with me [Charles] in the last year and a half, or so.

The Journey to Reno

Recently, we went on an epic road trip up to Reno, Nevada with our not-quite-2-year-old..  Why did we drive?  Why not fly?  (We wanted to save $900?  We don’t like schedules?)

Well, whatever we were thinking, we drove.  And it took just about 10.5 hours each way–  Goodtimes!