Ya, so it has been over a month since I have posted. So, here are some pics to show what we have been up to at the Smith house. 1st up...Gymnastics! We (I) enrolled Owen in a Tiny Tots gymnastics program...and it was a total bust, lol. He was way too hyper/impatient to actually *take turns* with other 18-months olds. The foam pit was his favorite. He was the only child/maniac who actually jumped in the pit from the ledge. Most of the kids had to be lowered down...not my son! He took a flying leap off of the ledge and about gave his poor gymnastics teacher a heart attack!
The other favorite activity was the trampoline...again he was the only 18-month old who could actually do a seat drop (for those "not in the know" a seat drop is where you jump up and then land on your bum.) I guess all of the bed/couch jumping has paid off!
And, here is O attempting the bars, lol. He did this for about 4 seconds before he ran off to the trampoline. It is much more fun that the bars, you know.
The balance beam, that isn't meant for young ones. But did that stop O...no! I think that it was about this point in the class where his teacher realized that she was in for a special treat. ;o) I'm a teacher, and I always swore that my kid wouldn't be *that* kid. Moving on...
I had a day off in October due to Parent-Teacher conferences, so I took Owen to Fun Run. He like it okay except he got in trouble for pulling hair. I really don't think he understands that it hurts people!! He is obsessed with brushing my hair and he is super-gentle, so I think that when someone won't let him touch their hair, he gets a bit grabby. Okay, my justification is over...
We went to the Pumpkin Patch again this year, and it was super fun! Here is Owen, taking after his daddy, shoveling kettle corn into his mouth. Please excuse the horrible pic of Chris, he normally doesn't look like he is about to pass out! Do you notice the lovely scar on O's head? He was running 2 days before the pumpkin patch, and he slipped and hit his head on the corner of the kitchen cabinet. I really thought we were going in for stitches, but miraculously it didn't bleed!
Picking pumpkins!
Sitting on the tire
Aw, my big guy. I will have to do a comparison picture from last year's "How Tall This Fall" and see how much he has grown!
In other Owen news, he is really becoming quite the little boy. He says so many words, and is just so smart. His new phrase is "Mommy's here." Chris will try to put him to bed, and Owen will be hollering "Mommy! Mommy!" as soon as I get in his room he looks at Chris with a smirk and says, "Mommy's here." Same goes for when Chris will try to put him in the car when we are leaving a store, Owen will freak out that I am not coming with them. As soon as I get in the car, he goes, "Mommy's here." Melt.my.heart.
In other stinker news, the sitter told me this funny story. She put Owen and his friend Addy down for their naps the other day. Addy is Owen's age, and they generally nap at the same time. They sleep in pack and plays in the guest room, and when they wake up, they will usually chat with each other for a bit before the sitter comes in and gets them. Well, Monday she heard the kids wake up and they were chatting with each other. All of the sudden, she heard crazy laughing and screaming (laughing-screaming...not *pain* screaming!) She goes into the guest room to discover that Owen has climbed out of his pack and play and was jumping like a maniac on her guest bed. She said that he looked quite proud of himself!
