Blueberry boy!

Here is the blueberry boy! He LOVES his blueberries! but as you can see, they do tend to make a big mess! We are dummy (binkie, paci -whatever lol) weaning at the moment, he no longer has it at all during the day. It stays in the bedroom, he has it for bed and naps and that is all. He was beginning to 'talk through his nose' as the the dummy was ALWAYS in his mouth, so we decided it was time for it to go! He will have it for sleeping for a few more months and then will have a ceremonious dummy burning in the back garden!

My perfect little man

Samuel on a hot August morning with his snacks. How perfect.

This is how bored Sam and I get!! Its too hot to go to the park or go for a walk, so each afternoon I strip Sam down to his birthday suit and he plays with the hose. Today we spiced it up a little, I made a bowl of cherry flavoured Jelly!! At first he had no idea what it was, then he realised he could eat it, then he wanted to stick his head in it (obviously!!) It was funny to watch! Afterwards I hosed him down as he was a huge, sticky mess!!

daaaada

'Think about the carelessly discarded yesterdays-life moves on, kids grow up and if you don't know this already, believe me, it happens faster than you can ever imagine.' I Often nearly decline to play with my son, there is frequently something 'better' to do, jobs to be done, emails to check, friends to talk to but I need to remember, never again will he be 17 months and 1 day old so id better catch these moments while I can.

'Remember your sense of humor and, relish the toddler years, because like fingerprints on the wall, they will be gone before you know it'

Well, sorry for the long absence. We went to California - Catalina Island (it was beautiful!!) and our camera broke. So for the last two weeks we have been camera-less. We did get our money back and have a spangly new one. I thought id better post a video of Mr. Samuel. So here he is, not really up to anything exciting. I was trying to catch him pointing to the animals and making their associated sounds (he knows: cat, dog, tiger, snake and cow) but of course, would he do it for the camera?? that would be a resounding NO! grrr!!

Sam LOVES these building blocks that grandma Cindi got him. He plays with them daily (usually multiple times) and three guesses who gets to pick them up each time!! He has recently worked out how they click together and loves building really high towers. I caught him doing it today, he has no help from me so I was pretty impressed with my little smarty pants.

Sam can use a fork, he has tried for months to use a spoon and while he is sometimes successful he finds a fork much easier to use!