Big Boy

I know it's been a long time since my last post and I have been trying to think of something to write about. It dawned on me last night as Milo made a huge speech improvement. Milo can now say Airplane. He use to pronounce it Airmachine. As the 4 of us were playing in the backyard last night Milo looks up at the beautiful pink sky and says, "look airplane." I look at Eric with this expression of amazement and asked Milo to say it again, "airplane" Milo says. I will ask him this morning to see if it is official.


Not only am I seeing big developments in Milo's speech, I have also noticed that Milo has the ability to push his undies down and take them off. He can also take his shorts or pants off too. After his undies and pants come off he carries the step stool over to the potty, he climbs onto the stool turns himself around and sits on the big boy potty all by himself. When milo has to go pee pee he can now stand like a big boy at the potty all by himself. Most of the time he is high onto his tippy toes but none the less he is doing it all by himself. Congratulations Milo, you no longer need your small training potty or the small cushy seat that sits on top of the big potty. You can do it all by yourself. Although I am close behind so that I can clean up any messes that most likely will occur.

One last item to report on Big Boy Milo, he can open all the doors in the house. His hands have grown just enough so that he can get his little palm around the knob, turn it and then push the door open. I now need to remind myself to lock the front door. Although Milo reminds me of Bodhi, he doesn't stray to far off. He likes being right by us so I don't have a fear of Milo leaving out the front door which is nice but I like being safe. As we tell our kids, Safety First!!!!!!!!

Strider

Milo has grown a great deal of interest in his bike. He received the bike from Poppi & Papa (Dena & Matt) & the Coulehans for his 2nd birthday. I am happy to see that he is having a lot of fun on it. A neighbors driveway is short but steep and last night on our bike ride Milo rode up the driveway and around to a side walkway that has a slight downward angle in which he would zoom down with great enthusiasm & excellent caution.

I remember learning how to ride a bike, it must've been when I was around 5 or 6, it was white with a yellow banana seat. Milo is learning far earlier than me, I don't think he will even remember this bike, who know's it'll be interesting. His bike is a no pedals bikes. You use your legs to peddle you forward, stop, coast. The concept is that children are learning the balance and coordination it takes to ride a bike so they transition quickly onto a regular kids bike. Pretty cool, I loved love loved riding bikes. I still love riding bikes. Who doesn't like to ride bikes?

Field Trip - Sunday Funday

For the past couple weekends Eric, Milo and I have been working hard in our garden. We have been researching what to plant, where to plant it, will it fit in with Eric's legume - leaf - fruit - root crop rotation theory which I honestly support honey. So on Sunday we went on a self guided tour of Fairview Gardens. As we walked around we saw chickens & goats. Milo is very brave around these animals, he seems to have a good gardening/farm gene in him. There were 3 different seed fields, many fruit orchards, all that grew something in between the rows, and the green house. We all enjoyed the field trip to the farm.

When we got home it was nap time for the kids and that is when Eric and I got a lot accomplished in the backyard. The garlic & onion are in, 3 different beets, 2 carrot varieties, spinach, and herbs.

Let-us eat

The kale was turned into Kale chips. Milo didn't go for it but Eric and I sure enjoyed them. Olive oil, sea salt, fresh thyme, rosemary & sage. Bake 30 min @ 300. So easy.




Yellow Pear Tomatoes, grown by front door, a head of lettuce in a raised bed in backyard, heirloom tomato grown in backyard. Extra toppings included; onion sprouts, pepetas, feta chesse & a basil vinaigrette dressing.