Shoe shoes

Nico wearing my shoes and reaching for the iPad.

Battery

From yesterday. Nico and I hung outside while Guy jump started his car. This month we have had both of our car batteries die!

Nico took his planter with him, of course, and wore his hat to keep the sun from burning.

Rainy and Warm

Today was a beautiful day. Grandma Salisbury took Nico for a walk and a short bike ride. This afternoon Guy took Nico for a bike ride. After it rained we all went for a walk. Then we sat on our front step for a bit to wrap up the evening.

Outside

From yesterday. It was a mowing, dandelion popping, walking sort of day today.

Mommy's Shoes

Today we went to the very first Saturday Market of the season. It was very busy and we didn't stay long. We went to look at the fountain, lots of kids playing in it but Nico didn't seem interested.

Here he is wearing my shoes!

Bed Flop Shot

Nico has been saying the word "gock", and so I pointed to the clock and said "clock", and he said "caw". This is the first time Nico has learned to use just a sound to identify an object. When he sees the clock he goes "caw" and then he laughs and flails his arms about (his typical excited reaction). I even got him to imitate me when I say "sssssss"! I think we are at the beginning of the road to talking!

Nico getting ready to belly flop on the bed.

Cat Flop

Nico's new thing is to lay on the cat. It's a good thing Meatball doesn't have front claws, because he doesn't like it!

Stickers

Nico put all the stickers he received in his Easter box from the Grandparents on his shirt today. He proudly wore them all day long, often stopping to pick at them or point to them.

Lego Wagon

Nico sitting in his Lego wagon.

Book Toss

The latest thing Nico enjoys doing is sitting on his rocking chair to "read" books. I stack a pile of books next to him and he looks at maybe two pages of each book before he throws the book over the edge of the chair. We have been through his entire book collection probably ten times so far.

Also today, Guy mowed the lawn for the first time this spring after fixing the lawn mower. There was a lot to fix! It hadn't been used since we lived in Arlington. He also popped the dandelions and raked up fallen sticks and pods from our tree.

Garbage

Here is Nico throwing away some big bubbles from a package we had just opened. He loves throwing stuff away.

Daddy's Shoes

Nico put on Guy's shoes today and tried waddling around in them for a while.

New Book

Today Nico got a book in the mail from Grandma Salisbury. Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry. After we went through it once together, he took the book from me and got down off the couch and sat right down on the floor and flipped through it, staring at the pages. I have often found him in his room, on the floor, staring at the cars and trucks.

I also know that Guy and Nico went downtown and walked around for a bit, Nico REALLY enjoyed that. Being around all the cars and trucks. and things that go.

I forgot to add something here. Remember Jeff and Alicia from this post? Today I went to an essential oils class that was held at a house close by where we used to live. It turns out the class was hosted at the house of none other than the Alicia we met on our walk that day last September. I guess the question I asked in that post was answered. Will we ever run into them again someday? YES! She remembered me, too!

Easter

I know I'm a little behind for the Easter post, I have been waiting for a picture to be sent to me so I could post the entry with that. But the picture will have to wait for now!

Guy and Nico went up to the cabin where Nico got to play with cousins and hunt for Easter eggs. He got mostly trucks in his easter eggs and clementines. I heard that Guy rode around on Grandma Salisbury's bike, which has a toddler seat on it, and let each of the children have turns on it. I'm hoping to post a picture of Guy on the bike with Nico.

It was a beautiful day!

Flop

Forgot to take a picture today, but a video will do, yes?

This is what Nico does on our bed while I fold laundry. This video is from yesterday. Today I piled the blankets more on top of each other and closer to his launch pad, and that seemed to be a lot more fun for him.

Zoo

Grandma Salisbury took Nico to the Zoo today. He saw a real live giraffe, and was sure to sign it. Grandma also relayed a story of Nico walking back and forth across this one bridge. Back and forth and back and forth, stomp stomp stomp. She said it was adorable.

Here is the bridge in question

Tree

Nico enjoyed (and was scared at times) watching workers cut down a tree. He especially liked their truck. Guy took him over there later to look over the fence.

FaceTime

For yesterday. Nico received an Easter box from Grandpa and Grandma Russell and we FaceTimed with them while he opened the box. He had a BLAST, he got two books that he already loves, a tin with some toy animals in it (also a favorite!), a stuffed easter bunny, some stickers, aaaaand... I think that's it? I hope I'm not forgetting something. And Guy got the Sunday comics as per usual. It was a grand day.

Barnes and Noble

Today we went to Barnes and Noble to buy a book.