Superhero

At almost 4 years old, Owen's personality is quite the blend of mine and Jeremy's.  He takes after both of us in his stubbornness.  He likes his quiet time just like I do.  And he shares Jeremy's imagination.  And something which absolutely breaks my heart and irritates me to no end: he hates having his picture taken.  Unless he is dressed up like a superhero.

And since this is a post that captures the essence of Owen, I have to share the little things he says that I've been writing down.

January 7, 2014

While singing, "Robin in the rain, you don't mind the weather.  Showers always make you gay..."

Owen: "What does gay mean?"

Jeremy: "Gay means happy."

Owen: "Oh, well I'm gay!"

[short pause while Jeremy and I giggle]

Owen: "I'm gay about this spaceship!" (holds up an X-wing)

He was gay about some other stuff too, but I was too busy laughing about it to remember.

January 16, 2014

From behind the closed bathroom door, shouts: "Mommy, I'm done pooping and I love you!"

January 16, 2014

While scooping chocolate pudding with his hands out of his pudding cup: "Mommy, I'm gonna be a hot mess!"

January 16, 2014 again (this was quite a day)

While talking about sons, husbands, wives, etc:

Owen: "I'm gonna have a wife someday."

Me: "Oh yeah?  What will she be like?"

Owen: "She'll be pretty."

Me: "What else?"

Owen: "She'll have long hair.  Down to her feet.  And she'll make me stuff."

Me: "Like what?"

Owen:"Like cookies.  And cake for my birthday!"

Me: "Will she be nice?"

Owen: "Yes.  And she'll have a baby in her tummy.  And I'll be a daddy."

January 20, 2014

"Mommy, you look like a mountain with hair."

January 21, 2014

"Logan, you can stay with me forever!"

January 21, 2014

Owen: "I found Katelyn to marry!"

Me: "Oh yeah?  Why her?"

Owen: "Because she's pretty, and she's nice to me, and I love her."

March 5, 2014

While reading Let's Go, Hugo:

Owen: "Daddy if you ran away from me my whole heart would sink out of me."

April 26, 2014

"I love you as big as a gas giant!"

(We've been reading a book about planets lately.)

 This kid is too smart for his own good.

Our Patio Zoo

The return of the bird feeder on our patio also means the return of the squirrels.  We love the birds, but the squirrels can be a nuisance, especially the more aggressive ones.  Even so, we love watching them from our dining room table, or right up at the window.  Owen was giving Logan a hug and he actually asked me to take their picture.

Easter

We had a quiet Easter with just Grandma and Grandpa this year.  My favorite part: dyeing Easter eggs!  I haven't done this in years, and Owen was old enough to do it mostly on his own.  I love the Paas decorating kits.  They're still just the same as when I was a kid (Vinegar smell! Cardboard punch-out circles that don't actually hold the eggs in place!), but with some improvements (Glitter!)

Owen and Logan were surprised to wake up and find their Easter baskets filled with...well, not much Easter candy.  But Owen did get Hot-Head & Sharp Sai Expert Raphael, his favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and this turned out to be the highlight of the Easter baskets.  Now he keeps saying how much he loves the Easter Bunny.  Yeah, thanks Easter Bunny.

Baby + Mama?

Owen noticed these snails out in front of our house one morning.

Logan's Birthday

Sniff, sniff.  My baby isn't a baby anymore, and the first birthday makes it official.  Perfect weather, family, and friends made Logan's "little man" birthday party a perfect way to celebrate our sweet little boy.

A Little Man theme = lots of mustaches and bow ties

Our little slice of Emerald Glen Park

Logan's reaction to everyone singing "Happy Birthday"

...but no worries, his very first cupcake solved that pretty quickly

The little kids were hanging out at the cupcake table for quite awhile waiting for their sugar rush

See, Logan made his own little-man mustache

Yummmm, cookies from Denica's

On the Move

Just a few weeks on his feet and this baby is unstoppable. At Uncle Dustin's and Auntie Victoria's, Logan was all over the place. (Check out that gravity-defying bedhead.  It was so cute I couldn't bring myself to comb it down.)

Stubborn

Here's an idea of how this went down:

Owen: "Mommy, will you help me put on my socks?"
Me: "You know how to put them on by yourself."
Owen: "Noooooo, I need you to heeeeelp me!"

This continued for a minute until Owen finally put on his socks by himself.  Or actually, just one sock.  On both feet.  And then he hopped down the hall with this one sock on both feet.  Just to prove that he really needed help.

Which he didn't.

Blooms

I LOVE this tree in front of our house.  Every year before the leaves sprout, it becomes covered with fluffy pink flowers.  Last year I missed out on the blossoms because the tree bloomed when Logan was a newborn and I was a shut-in (and trying to do the whole "nap when the baby naps" thing during the day).  In the morning the sun shines through the branches and illuminates the paper-thin petals with its golden glow.