Talking Tanner

It seems like Tanner is picking up a few words a day lately, so I thought it might be fun to write them down and see how fast he really is learning! So, here are the words of Tanner:

Honk

Ball

Balloon

Me

Mom

Dad

Ian

Howie

Morgan

More
Uh-oh

Shoe

Fish

Woof Woof

Neigh

Night Night

Door

Light

Poo :)

Ow

Apple

Yucky

Hat

This
Bubble

Meow

Nan Nan (nanny)

Darci

Mac

Eggs
Book

Hi
Bye Bye

Whoa
Yay

I think he may have a few more, but that is all I can think of at the moment. It just seems like he is doubling his word count every couple of days! I love this stage of babyhood!

Fun at the Beach

We did a lot of fun things while we were in California, but I think our day on the beach was my favorite. There is just something so nice and relaxing about the sun and the sand- it's good for the soul :)

  We made a few discoveries on the beach, Morgan discovered that she is quite magical. Who knew you could throw sand at the waves and make them roll back toward the ocean?

 Ian discovered the water is really, REALLY cold, and that he does not like to tempt it into touching him.

And, we discovered that while it may be good for the soul, the sun is not as good for the skin :( Morgan definitely got the worst of it, but as long as we kept applying "aloe-raw-ma" every couple of hours she was alright. 

More to come on California later!

Forest Park

About 5 blocks from our house is the sneakiest, coolest little park. Not very many people know about it, but we love to go down to Forest Park. Every time we go I catch myself walking around thinking how cool it is to have a place like this right in the middle of town.

We always find lots of creatures and today was no different. This guy was a highlight- he was one HUGE beetle! The kids thought he was so super cool- that is until he flew and once they saw that guy could move with any sort of speed they were outta there :)

We found a GIGANTIC turtle too. (He might not look so big but he was at least the size of a pizza box) Apparently its giant critter day at good ol' Forest Park.

But the kids' favorite was not the big things, but the small. Morgan and Ian spent a decent amount of time trying to catch some teensy fish. And, all those fish have them 3/4 of the way convinced that we should let our turtle, Bernardo Antonio, come live in the pond and feast his face off on those fish. That is a huge success in my book!