lots of photos

I've been meaning to post but things have been busy. There are lots of new photos to look at. I didn't get titles put to all of them but at leas they are there. Joshua said, 'Happy Birthday' to Grandma O today and he learned how to drive Jason's RC car this week. He also played in the snow and had his last swim lesson this weekend. I'll fill in the details later.

Building Blocks

Joshua over the last several days has shown a strong interest in building things with his blocks.



He will spend over an hour putting blocks together, taking them apart and stacking them in different shapes. He is also spending more time playing on his own: looking at books, putting together puzzles, making meowing noises with his stuffed kitty and playing with little people.

Joshua is full of antics

On Monday, Joshua and I were in Target. We were in the bathroom as was another woman who was trying to go. Let's just say that she had a lot of noisy toots. Joshua, being the master of toot sounds, was doing a great job of mimicking her. Oh it was bad, I was trying to keep him quiet but was not very successful. It was hilarious!

He loves to answer, 'no' to anything we ask him. If he doesn't respond, he means, 'yes'. On Wednesday, appropriate for Valentine's Day, he said 'I love you'. It is really cute and comes out 'I wuv oo'.

Right now, he is busy pulling everything out of Jason's desk drawers, climbing on the printer table and doing all sorts of things to drive us batty. It is so much fun!!

too much winter!

This winter is driving me nuts! Joshua was feeling better and then yesterday started again with a running nose and headache. It feels like he has been sick since November. I hope he gets all the immunity he needs for the next 10 years out of all these colds!

We are expecting a bit of snow. I am not sure when it is supposed to come but Joshua and I got out for a walk yesterday since it was in the 40's and we are unsure when it will be warm enough again to do it. I am looking for alternative places to take him to play.

Joshua's favorite word now is 'NO' which he uses often. I would like to erase it from his vocabulary! He likes to stack blocks, play with puzzles, ride his trike, dance and read. Oh and he helps us read 'Hop on Pop' now. He says 'Up Pup, All Ball, He Me and Walk Walk' usualy on the correct pages. He is also repeating a lot more while we are reading any story.

Pink Eye :-(

Joshua has now added pink eye to his list of ailments. AND he picked up Jason's last cold. So he is coughing, AGAIN and stuffy, AGAIN :-( I can't wait for this winter to be over!!

We have pretty much stayed close to home the last couple of days not wanting to infect anyone else with his sickness.

We did go out yesterday and Joshua had his first hair cut. He did really well and sat without screaming on my lap. The hairdresser was very patient. We took him specifically to a kids hair salon.

Joshua is really figuring things out these days. Today, I gave him a cereal bar. It had the wrapper with it. He took the bar out of the wrapper, walked over to the trashcan and threw away the wrapper. Then when it was bedtime, he picked up the balls put them in their container and put the lid on. So cool! He said 'Grandma' and 'belly button' today.