Counting

Tyler has been learning to count at daycare. He seems to be very fond of the number 2!

Hanging Out with Calvin

After lots of playing, Tyler decided he was too tired for the semi-long walk back to the car, stopped in his tracks, and started to fuss. Lourdes asked Calvin if he could help Tyler out. Calvin sweetly took Tyler by the hand and started leading him along the sidewalk and miraculously Tyler followed. What precious little boys!

Zoo

Checking out the crocodile

Driving the Jeep in "Africa"

Riding the train

Cold rainy days (like today) are great for visiting the zoo because it is not very crowded. Plus, Tyler was excited to wear his rain boots! During today's visit we most enjoyed the sea lions, otters, giraffe, and a brightly colored lizard. We also got an eyeful of the swamp monkeys mating. Thankfully, Tyler didn't ask any questions! As much as Tyler loves trains, he seemed completely in shock that he was actually riding on one. He did excitedly talk about the train after our trip to the zoo and wanted to play with his train set this afternoon.

Little Shopper

On Friday afternoon Tyler and I popped into a grocery store we don’t normally shop at to pick up a few things. Tyler was very excited because they had kiddie shopping carts, which we do not have at our nearby Fred Meyer. You should have seen my little shopper in action. I had to keep a close eye on him because Tyler initially just started grabbing stuff off the shelves and putting them in his cart. Once I reined him in Tyler enjoyed putting things we actually needed into the cart and then handing them to me at the checkout.

Pump It Up

We ventured to Pump It Up (different than Pump It Up, Jr.) on Friday. The Junior version is better for toddlers but Jack was off for spring break and is much too old for the 3 and under playtime. Tyler and Viola still had fun hanging with the big kids.

This is the smaller slide. Viola (almost age 3) went down it many times. Tyler only went down once. He is not as fond of the wider slides. Tyler spent most of his time in one of the bouncy houses and had a blast jumping.

Jack, who is naturally quite a ham, loved the big slide. At one point Tyler decided to climb the ladder to the top of the big slide. It took him a while and caused a queue of big kids behind him (think of the cars lined up behind Clark W. Griswold in National Lampoon’s Vacation)! When Tyler got to the top he just sat in the middle and watched kid after kid go down the slide. Finally I had to climb up there and go down the slide with Tyler on my lap.

Dadus Technophilus Cargoshorticus

That is the new species classification that Shawn Bean coined in this month's Parenting magazine in regards to the modern dad. Funny- that sums up Michael perfectly!

The Wheels on the Bus...

...is Tyler's favorite song right now! He loves making the motion of the wheels going round and round. He also really likes the horn goes beep beep beep, the driver says move on back, and the babies say peekaboo.