New Words- James Report

James is adding to his vocabulary!
We can now say "ow" which means "cow"
"at" means "hat", I only know this because he pointed at the cat in the hat last night said "at" and tapped his head.
"boc" means block and box, several times we have opened the pantry door and stated "boc, boc, boc" as he pointed at all the boxes.
"oc" means sock (i think)
"k" is drink.
and every else is doggy or duck! He has really got his "D" down!

James has also started eating with a fork and spoon (kind of). He is actually quite successful with the fork, and he has taken to eating all of my strawberries.

Finally, James is also addicted to cheerios, like any good toddler. The other evening, I had a handful of cheerios on the kitchen table for him. However, James knows the cheerios are in the pantry. So, James went to the pantry, squatted down to be eye level with the Cheerios and stared at them. I would tell him I have the cheerios, he would run over and get some from me, then run back to the pantry to again stare at the cheerios. He did this for about five minutes, until we closed the pantry door, which was welcomed with a temper tantrum (which if you have been on the phone with me, you know are quite famous).

Thatis all the new stuff with James. Alex and I are saying all of our words just fine and have managed to kick the cheerios for some years now. Not much to report for us, going to work and watching James!

Mama!

Well, after 18 months, my son finally pointed at me last night and said Maoma! I was very excited, he has being saying lots of things but not this. I had to share.

Other things

In other matters, things are tracking along here in Kansas. Those of you who visited Jenna's blog lately should know that it is more than dirt roads and windmills. Although, the windmills are pretty.

Alex and I celebrated our fourth weddding anniversary on August 9th, we did manage dinner and a movie the following Saturday.

Also, since I have last posted, James got his first black eye. This needs explaining. James was travelling from the living room and into the kitchen, which requires going up a step, and he slipped and hit his face on the edge of the step. Overall, he was over it quite quick, and just a little red mark. However, he went to school next day and was standing on a step and had one foot on and one foot off, and slipped again, hitting his face on the exact same spot, hence a black eye!



Here is a picture of the black eye.



Here is another picture, but I think it is slightly more "thug" like.





Currenltly the little guy is battling a sore throat, no he did not tell us, but his fever and fussiness gave us a clue and the doctor figured it out. He should be better in a few days, the virus just have to run it's course, and then I will get it!

The Pool

I have not posted in a while, so let's get caught up. Here was our visit to the pool a few weeks back.


First thing first, is the pool bag ready?


Let's Go!


Finally at the pool, and we are not happy!


But now mommy is swimming, so it is better!