Oma and an Alex update

Last week, Alex and Papa headed up to Nebraska to spend a few days with Oma. Mama got some R&R at home. (At least we hope so!) Alex's cousins were also at Oma's house, so he got to play a lot! He sure has fun with them. We even took a trip out to the farm to see the cows. We checked in on the kittens. They are now about 3 weeks old. Alex picked one up and was happy to pet it. He also got Uncle Vern to hold down a chicken so he could pet it. He really wanted to pet the chicken because he was chasing them all over the chicken house before Uncle Vern grabbed one out of the nest.

This week, Alex has started to finger paint. Well, he really is more interested in having the paint all over his fingers and trying to paint Papa's hands rather than the paper. As you'll see in the photos some of the paint doesn't make it to the paper. We also decided to start the official potty training this week. Alex is wearing big boy training pants and Monday went pretty well. Hopefully today will continue with more of the same.

Alex's vocabulary is growing every day. He isn't quite ready to put a noun and a verb together, but he says a lot of words and he knows cars and trucks. He'll even say jeep when a Jeep drives by or Mama if he sees a Prius. (That's what Mama drives) He loves to play with play doh and thanks to all the colors we have, he already knows his colors too! M&Ms are his favorite candy, well I think any chocolate is fine, and he eats yogurt by the gallon, or would if we let him! He loves being outside and has had fun in the pool when it has been warm enough. He does know how to say his name and likes to verify that everyone has the right stuff at the dinner table. So he points to Papa's plate and we say "Papa's plate". Same thing for Mama and Alex. He hasn't picked up yet on me or mine, but will say Alex if he want's to tell you that something belongs to him.

Alex being carried by his cousins

What a neat toy

I like cupcakes

and ice cream

and cars

Riding the six-wheeler

Alex the artist

a little more green

Perfect

My weed trimmer is pretty neat too!