Mr. Personality

Here is Owen's report from daycare today:
"Good morning, James. Good morning, Tina. Good morning, Yaya (Laura)." Owen made sure to greet everyone this morning. He painted for a bit, but much preferred getting down and dirty on the playground. He lay down in a puddle on his stomach and blew bubbles. Soon all his friends followed suit."

Messy toddler

For the last few Sundays, we've been taking Owen to the "Messy Toddler Class" at the Children's Museum. For the toddlers, this is awesome - they get to play with dirt, sand, pain, water, goo, shaving cream, and all kinds of other things. For the parents, this is wonderful because their kids get to play with all kinds of messy things and then we don't have to clean it up!

Messy toddler fun from Kevin Skurski on Vimeo.

A Big Month

Wow, another month has gone by. And I've been a slacker on the blog. Here are some photos from the past month...starting with a Duke national championship and Easter. We took a weekend trip with friends to Sun River were Owen got to enjoy a ton of a few of his favorite things - riding in the bike trailer, going through tunnels ("walk tunnel" he says as he walks through them dozens of times in a row), and the park. He does a lot more running and climbing these days and his face often shows it!
He likes to color and help in the yard & garden where he occasionally samples the dirt.
And, he got his very own bike this past weekend and he was excited! It is a balance bike - no pedals, lower to the ground, so his feet can touch the ground and he uses them for moving the bike. So far, we're just going up and down the hall on it. Before he got on it the first time, he looked at us and said, "helmet!" so I went out to the garage and got that for him so he could be a good, safe rider.