Super Powers? Super Shutterspeed? You Decide!

Best Car Ad I've Seen in a Loooong Time

I Promised You a Ro's Garden

RoRo picked the flowers for our planters-- his two favorite colors, purple petunias and orange zinnias! (I picked the coeleus, and the hens-&-chicks plant was already there.) It was hard to get him to give up that zinnia to put in the planter!
While we were digging, we saw lots of earthworms, some ants, and even a frog. Ro chased it around the patio yelling, "Ribbit, frog! Ribbit! Eat bugs, frog!" but he wouldn't touch it. "Oh, dirt!" he said when I told him to pet it.

Dino Attack!

Our Talkabout Walkabout

RoRo and I took a walk in the evening and saw all kinds of wonderful things!

Multitasking

Whatcha talking about?

It seems like only a week or two ago, RoRo was just starting to put a couple of words together every now and then, making sentences like, "Card out," "Mama sit!" "Bird fly," "Daddy juice," and one of my favorites, "Mama help!"
Now he's putting together all kinds of strange phrases, like "Daddy shoes work car-car," "Mama juice RoRo hand," "Watch Heffalump Roo Mama see-it?" "Sit Mama popcorn juice," "Molly run uh-oh dirt!" "See-it duck quack-quack?" and the funniest so far, "Mama hand wash-it oh no!"
He sometimes will talk about things he's done or seen that day-- for instance "Saw baby" or "Saw boat" or "Yeah! Saw horse! Yeah!" or "RoRo slide, yeah."
He also understands and uses the phrase "Not for Baby!" when we're talking about something that is off-limits, like scissors or a hot oven. But yesterday we were playing ball outside, and he was racing me to see who would pick it up first. I got there before him, and he yelled, "Ball-ball NO! NOT for Mama!"
He also has some funny exclamations, now-- "Ho-tay!" is "Okay!" "Yeah-see!" is "Yes, sir!" and a few, like "But-chee-ba! But-chee-ba!" are a complete mystery.

Parking A Lot

Twice this week, RoRo's daddy and I have taken him to one of several parks here in town after supper. He LOVES to slide, especially on the really tall spiral one that makes him go "roundy round!" Unfortunately, at one of these parks we ran into a child who couldn't behave himself, and who didn't have an adult watching over him. This little boy jumped out at RoRo and said "Boo!" RoRo just blinked at him, then blew him a raspberry! What a little trooper! Here are some pictures taken on various park and backyard expeditions over the last few months.

The Great Outdoors (or "Eww, I've Got Nature on Me!")

RoRo loves being outside. He loves to play ball, slide at the playground, throw rocks, and say "Haloo, birds! Haloo, birds, fly!" But he doesn't like dirt. Any time he gets anything on his hand, he says "Mama, dirt-- wash!" and wipes his hand on my jeans!