Words...or something like it.

George has been trying to talk a bit more. Reports are that he has a lot more to say at school than he does at home with us, but we have heard several things ourselves. We hear a lot of "Uh-Oooooh." He's also learned "Ha" which translated is hot. Now that he has learned that word, all food is "Ha" and much of it also needs to be blown on to cool it down. Just this morning his pineapple was "Ha."

I've only heard it myself a few times...but he also says, "E I E I O." It phonetically sounds more like "Eee-eye-ooooh" but he sings it very nicely. Of course we still hear a lot of duck, cat, dog and light...but they're more like "Duh, Ka, Gog and Gah." Yeah...light is way off...but he's obviously meaning light when he says it. There's a lot of other chatter that I clearly don't understand as I don't speak fluent "toddler" but I think in time we will have quite a chatterbox.



Anyway, I don't really have any new pictures...but here is a video of George playing with the water hose...his favorite part of the whole trip to Florida.

At the sea

I know some of you have been anxiously awaiting a post about our trip to the beach. Well, I'll be honest. It's not that I didn't want to post, or that I hadn't sat down to post about it. It was just the overwhelming task of deciding out of 98 fantastic pictures...which ones do I post?

George LOVED the beach. He liked to go out and swim in the waves with dad. He loved to chase the sea gulls across the beach while calling for them..."duh. duh." That translates to "duck." He liked the pool...but only the big one. No baby pools for George. He also did not want to be in any rafts, swim rings...nothing. He wants to be held where his legs and arms are free to feel the water. (Yes, his nickname is Mr. Independent.)

His absolute very favorite thing about the whole experience was the hose. Yes, the plain old water hose you use to wash off the sand. We had to carry him away from it kicking and screaming everytime we came in from the beach.

We had a great time. The weather was fabulous and the crowds were gone. We hope to make return again the same week next year. Anyway, are some of my favorite shots from the week.

More of the arts...

George the artist at work...

After his hard work...a snuggle/snooze with dad.

And then there's George the dancer. There are no words....just laughter.

The music is not superimposed here...be sure to listen closely.

George the artist

George brought home some artwork from school today. The shape of the month is the circle and the color of the month is brown. This week his class talked about families.




Tissue paper circle

George's fingerprints (in brown)

I call this "Brown"



Our personal favorite. George learned a lot about his family. Bob said that it's obvious that that's him on the left.

George does his chores

George is a little taken with vacuum cleaners. A little...maybe that doesn't do it justice. He's obsessed. Loves them. He knows where it's kept and he likes to "visit" dear vacuum. Well, dear vacuum stopped doing his job effectively and will be asked to leave. But, in the meantime George was particularly excited today when mommy got her new vacuum cleaner and he could help mommy with his very own "big person" vacuum. He has a toy one...but I think he knows it's just a toy. Not the best video. The video camera was upstairs so Bob just grabbed my phone out of my purse, but you get the idea.

As a side note...we have changed the comments settings for the blog. You should be able to leave a comment now even if you don't have a google account. However, all comments will be sent to us first to view so we don't get spammers.

He likes ice cream, too

But, who wouldn't? George had his first ice cream cone tonight. He LOVED it. Mommy and George were both covered in ice cream. Here are some pictures dad snapped with his phone. Sorry...we're bad parents and didn't have the real camera with us.

Mommy turns 29 again...

We celebrated my mommy's birthday yesterday. What fun! We went to this place where a man came out and cooked our food right in front of us. He threw spatulas and things all over. At first, I didn't really know what to think and I was a little scared, but then I got used to it. I didn't even mind the when he made a little mini fire volcano right there in front of us. What I really enjoyed was all the food. I ate lots of rice, some noodles, veggies and chicken. It was good!

Then we came home and had cake! Cake, people! Who knew it was this good. Yes, I've had it before. But it was strange then. I didn't know how to react. Well, this time I knew what to do. I shoveled it in as fast as I could. Then, I let Emma clean me up. I think having two sisters is pretty handy sometimes.

Here's some video....

Here are some pictures too!