Memorial Day. We opened “the pool”. We walked to a nice little parade in our neighborhood. We relaxed ALL day. We ate ice cream.  We went for a walk and Samson told us all about his goals. To learn how to swim in the deep end, to be able to do the monkey bars, to ride his bike really far. So sweet.
Julian started saying “dee chu mommy”. He says it all the time and it totally melts my heart. He also follows it up with “welcome”, if I dont reply quickly enough. Today at the playground he squeezed past another boy on the slide and said “moo me guy” and I also heard him say “moo me dog” at a cook out this weekend. I love his brand new polite little attitude. And could he be sitting any more perfectly in that picture? Such a lucky moment where he sat still and posed for a second. Feeling so lucky and grateful in all kinds of ways these days.
Translations: Dee chu mommy = Thank you mommy. Moo me guy = excuse me guy.

 
Samson wants a tank top. Julian and I happened to be wearing sleeveless tops to the park this morning, and Samson asked if we all “had to wear those shirts today”. I told him we didn’t and that I didn’t think he had a shirt like that. He asked if I could buy him one at the store. Funny how observant he can be. Feeling slightly left out because Julian and I “matched” and he didn’t. We had the best morning at the park today. We went to a park that we hadnt been to since last summer. Julian was particularly elated. He seemed to really love this particular playground. It was the perfect size for him and I could let him play freely with out having to hover over him (like I normally do on jungle gyms that are way to big for him). After a few times down the slide, he ran over to me and gave me a hug. I’m pretty sure he meant “Thank you for bringing me here! This is the coolest!”.
Tonight the boys loved watching daddy cut the grass for the first time this year. When I came outside Julian looked at me and said “Daddy – Cut – Grass!”. Im pretty sure this is his first 3 word sentence and he said it perfectly. I was extra amazed that he came up with it on his own, it wasn’t something I said to him that he repeated back to me.  They both watched but Julian waved and waved, each time Daddy passed by, and clapped enthusiastically when he was finished. I think to date, this is this the coolest most super hero like thing Julian has seen him do.

A beautiful day. Sunny and warm when it was supposed to  be rainy. We play outside – a lot. I planted tomatoes and squash. Had lots of conversations with Julian  involving “no, no, no” and “yeah…OH yeah”. Hes repeating everything these days. Including some colorful language I may have used on the way to T ball the other night. Like his brother, when he curses he is spot on. Thankfully they are still little and innocent enough for it to be cute (I think…).