Jonas’ Cousin Dylan spent the day with us last week. It was so much fun to watch the two of them playing together (blocks, sandbox, play-doh, etc.). Dylan and I even got a few good games of chess and checkers in while Jonas was napping (he totally schooled me at chess and I totally schooled him at checkers).
We loved visiting with Jonas’ Great Aunt Jean and MeMe last week. I snapped this sweet picture of the three of them in front of our new house right before Jonas went down for his afternoon nap.
Here’s a picture of Jonas in one of his most beloved “car car”s.
We have recently entered the world of play-doh, and it has quickly become one of Jonas’ favorite activities.
Here are a few pictures of backyard fun: Jonas and DaDa playing in the sandbox (a gift from Aunt Tree and Uncle Dave) and Jonas and Petra (or “Good Dog”, as she has been affectionately dubbed) playing ball.
We very much enjoyed our visit with Jonas’ Great Uncle Bobby and Grandma Connie a few weeks ago. Here is a picture taken on our evening walk on the beautiful trail behind our house. Jonas had just picked a feye-eee (a flower) for Great Uncle Bobby that he borrowed back for the picture.
In his eighteenth month, Jonas is: spinning our heads with his language explosion (his newest words include: color, water, tractor, truck, slide, popcorn, sunblock, leaf, and sunshine AND his newest two-word combinations include: see DaDa, more DaDa, my DaDa, play out, play car car, orange juice, kick it, get it, hold it, get down, PePa (Petra) bone, PePa toy, flower MaMa, hold MaMa, and cozy MaMa); repeating anything/everything we say; honing his eating with a fork/spoon and coloring skills; figuring out how to turn the dishwasher on; putting himself to sleep for nap time and bed time (most of the time); telling Petra to come and get down; walking on tippy toes; becoming quite the climber; taking a shine to certain books that he could listen to over and over (his recent favorite is “The Foot Book”); waving to his shadow; and affectionately dubbing his favorite blanket “coz”.
Grandpa Phil and Grandma Jackie spent two wonderful weeks with us at the end of April. During the first week, Tom and Grandpa Phil built a beautiful fence for our backyard while Grandma Jackie and I took Jonas for visits to the library and to the zoo. During the second week, we stayed at a beautiful resort in Orlando, Florida and even got to spend a day at Disneyworld. We had a blast!!!
Here are a few pictures of our time together. For more pictures, click on the “Family Vacation: FL” picture page to the right.
Jonas loves getting into the kitchen cabinets. I looked down while making lunch one afternoon and saw him in the colander. HaHa!!!
