Shower Art

 

 The Finished Product

The Goat Whisperers

There is a farm near our church that was donated to the state. They have a few animals to feed, paths to walk, and different activities throughout the year. We went there this past Sunday with our friends Joseph, Kayla and Liam. Titus and Liam are hilarious together. When we got home after our visit to the farm, Titus was whining and complaining, "I want Diam." (He doesn't pronounce his L yet for Liam.) I guess he didn't think his play time with Liam should be over yet. Here are pictures from feeding the goats.

A Pathway to Titus

One morning I was fixing breakfast and was listening to Titus being very busy in his bedroom. I go to check out what he is doing and found a pathway leading to his bedroom.

Expressive Art

One day in May when Aaron's parents were in town, his mom and I went shopping and I got him new paints. His awareness of things like this is definitely increasing. After his nap, he remembered and wanted to paint with his new paints. His old paints aren't empty yet and I probably should have just let him. However, I was also in the process of getting supper on the table and didn't want the mess to clean up (not that it is that messy). I told him he could paint with his watercolors and had to put my foot down in order for him to finally settle on it. However, he wasn't happy and started beating the paper with the paint brush. The color he chose: red. Here are pictures of Titus' first piece of expressive art:

Waking Up Titus

Lately we've been having trouble getting Titus down at night. He does great for nap, but not bedtime. Some nights it isn't until 10:30pm that he finally goes down. His bedtime is 8:30pm and we start the process at 8pm. Yeah, we know it is a little ridiculous. Anyway, to try and fix this issue I have started limiting his 3-4 hour naps to 2 hours. It has helped. On the days he only gets 2 hour naps he is down closer to 9:30pm, which is still too late. We are going to start hard core potty-training in about a week, but maybe after our trip this summer I will bring his nap time down to an hour - 1 1/2 hours. We'll see what the consistency of 2 hour naps only do to him. In these pictures I tried to capture all the stuffed animals he sleeps with. I am amazed there is still room for him to be in the bed.

As you can tell he doesn't like being woken up from naps. He is kind of grumpy for the first 1/2 hour after getting up. I do realize taking pictures while he is sleeping is kind of rude, but isn't he so cute? :)

A Tender Moment

We were watching tv tonight and a commercial came on for Jude's Hospital, specifically for kids with cancer.

Titus: He hurts.
Me: Yes, he does hurt.
Titus: The boy hurts.
Me: Yes, the boy does hurt.
Titus: I kiss.

Oh, buddy. How I pray that your heart will always be so tender!

Making me laugh

Titus has become so much more verbal the last couple months and in that his sense of humor is showing up more and more. Here are a few stories from the last week:

STORY #1

Aaron's parents are in town and so we have been doing some sight seeing in the area. We went to a local park to check out the campgrounds and have a picnic on Monday. We drove to the lake first to show grandma the lake. As you drive toward the lake there is no turn-around away from the lake until you are almost to the water. It looked like we were going to drive right into the water. Titus' reply to all this, "Whatcha doing momma?" in a very worried tone.

STORY #2

Titus loves water and has always been fascinated with water. Now when he sees a creek, river, or lake he says, "Need a boat."

STORY #3

Yesterday we went to the zoo. Before we left the house grandma wanted a bottled water and was looking for them behind the driver's seat. I told grandma that the waters were packed in the back of the van. Titus' reply to all this was, "Picky, picky." It wasn't so funny in what he said as it was funny watching him try to formulate in his head how to say what he wanted to say as he was saying it. You could see the wheels turning.

STORY #4

On our way to the zoo we stopped at McDonald's. On our way from McDonald's to the zoo Titus randomly said, "I see Starbucks." You would think I go there all the time, but in reality I only go about once a month, really I do.

STORY #5

One of the games we play with Titus is Aaron and I "fighting" over him. I say, "My Titus," and pull on him. Then, Aaron pulls on him and says, "My Titus." Tonight we were playing that game and Titus wanted to be mine. I stole him, he gave me the biggest hug, and said, "Happy." It made my night.

STORY #6

Just within the last week Titus is trying  to tell us stories about his day. He is also potty-training himself. Every time he has sat on the potty for the past two weeks he has pointed to his knee and said, "Boo boo." He has fallen and over time it has healed. Even when a speck of it was left he still pointed out his, "boo boo." Earlier this week I sat him on the potty and it was completely gone. Titus asked me about it and I tried to explain what healing was. Apparently healing in Titus' mind means, "Momma took it." Later that night as Aaron was rocking him to sleep Titus was telling Daddy, "Mommy took boo boo. All gone." 

Another day Titus was telling me about his foot and a bug. I asked grandma about a bug, since she had been watching him earlier in the day and I couldn't recall a bug. Apparently, there had been a bug on his slide and grandma had to get rid of it.

STORY #7

This morning Titus told me he was going downstairs. Next thing I know I hear him running back up the stairs and slamming the door at the top of the stairs. I ask him what is going on, and he says, "bug." I asked him where the bug was and he said, "On the stairs." I was looking on the stairs for a bug and couldn't find one. I had him point it out to me. At the very bottom of the stairs I found the bug. It was a dead fly.