After seeing “Julie and Julia” we were inspired to begin cooking a meal together on as many Saturdays as possible with taste being the only deciding factor (Hello, Butter. My how we’ve missed you!). We decided to ease into things this Saturday since we had just arrived back in town so we made an Alfredo sauce with spaghetti, peas, and a chopped up rotisserie chicken. It was delicious and I think we’re both looking forward to making it a regular occurrence.
1. Liam pointed to his Superman onesie yesterday and said “Superman” without any prompting or reminders. Matt couldn’t be any more proud.
2. Liam got stung by a bee at the pool party this morning. In the pool. Underwater. Seriously.
3. All of a sudden Liam is speaking in sentences. This morning he looked at us and said: “Bye, bye pool. Go home.” This afternoon it was “Da Da roof. Up ladder, please…?”
4. A few minutes ago I heard Matt let out an “Ahhh, Liam” from the hall bathroom (which is never a good sign). Then I heard “Liam, George doesn’t like to swim” and went in to find a completely soaked Curious George. Why do all the interesting tidbits in this house seem to involve the bathroom?
Poor George:
5. Whenever Matt has golf on the TV and Liam hears the polite crowd claps he claps himself and says “Yay, Tiger!” emphatically, regardless of who is actually playing.
Bunny hop:
Oooh, I ate Bunny!
Hippity, hoppity…
…hippity…
…hoppity…
…crunch!
Mmmm!
Bonk!
Again?
Bonk.
Tall boy and a Coke can:
Mesmerized:
Gitcha, gitcha, gitcha!
Sitting, watching, waiting…
Frisbee!
More?
Sitting:
Watching:
Balancing?
Balancing.
Kaboom.
Big boy:
Bigger shoes:
Mr. Happy.
“Oh Gran, really?”
Will lightening strike twice?
Nope.
Coke bowling:
Coke logrolling:
Coke soccer:
Liam tells us he’s going “night night:”
He’s up!
“Now presenting … Water Bottle!”
You say I unscrew it this way, Mama?
I’m not so sure…
Another try…
Really?
You’re joking, right…?
Smile break:
I got it!
Mr. Happy returns!
…they just get bigger and better over time:
Happy boy:
Tired boy:
I’ve spent the entire vacation chasing a seemingly-impossible dream to take a good picture with Liam. Today I realized that dream and I’m thrilled.
Warm up:
Even Peter Pan had to land sometimes…
Hey, landing’s fun too!
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound:
Contrary to popular belief, snakes are very handy creatures to have around. This morning Liam used a snake as a fork with which to eat his breakfast. Unfortunately I didn’t have a camera handy for that, but I did manage to catch a few more of Liam’s current snake uses.
Snakes are the perfect running companions:
Snakes make the perfect lock-pick:
Snakes are the perfect universal screwdriver:
Snakes serve as the perfect distraction for sunscreen application (at least for a little while):
Snakes are great for removing pesky belly button lint:
Snakes are great for untying almost any kind of knot (even while having sunscreen applied):
So next time you come across a snake, be sure to think of all the ways in which she or he could be helpful before disposing of him/her. You never know what you may discover.
