Playing

I have to start off by saying that we live in a great, kid-friendly neighborhood. Our backyards all seem to meet which is safe for the kids. They all seem to play well with each other as well! Our next door "kid" neighbor, Cody, came to play yesterday afternoon. Over the weekend he spotted Brian practicing casting with one of his poles (no hook - just a "weight" on the end). Cody has a mind like a steel trap and asked to play. Brian got out the pole and was showing him how it works when all of the sudden Riley and Shaun (2 doors down) came over. It quickly became a game of "catch the weight before Brian reels it up". It was hilarious.

After Shaun and Riley had to go home, Brian was teaching Cody how to cast. He did good but after a few times, the reel had a nice bird's nest so they had to stop. Here is Cody and Hayden helping Brian fix it.

Here is Hayden trying to fix it. They were too cute!

Here is a cute pic of my little monster. (He has a bad boo boo as you can see but he's doing great with it!)

Updates

Sorry it's been a while since I posted. We've been a little busy and frankly, I've not used my camera much in the last couple weeks. Here's a few pictures from yesterday. Isn't he just adorable :)

His favorite thing lately is the flashlight. Daddy showed him how to make his face light up.

(I love this picture...looks like we were spinning around the room when he was actually trying to run from me!)

Conversations with a Toddler, #2

I'm beginning to notice a pattern with my conversations with Hayden. They all tend to be around either the moon, sun, or stars. This time it happens to be about the moon. With it being close to a full moon, he seems to be pretty curious about it. As we got out of the car the other night, this was our conversation:

Hayden: STARRRRRSSSSS
Me: That's right
Hayden: Twinkle Starssssss
Me: Do you see the moon? (me bent over pointing up to the moon)
Hayden: I touch it (him pointing his chubby little pointer finger at the moon)
Me: Can't touch it buddy, too far away
Hayden: I TOUCH IT! (much aggression in voice)
Me: Ok, touch it
Hayden: *smiles* I touch it!


I love these conversations with him. He's so curious but yet insisting to "touch" things. He is so smart!!! This is the part that you comment and agree :)