Blessings

Tonight we went and had dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's. CJ always loves going over there and playing with new toys and his uncles. After dinner right before we left, Grandpa gave the boys blessings for starting school. This time we did them in the living room downstairs where all the toys were so that CJ could just play. Daddy went first and CJ played very quietly and was a very very good boy. After Daddy was done he climbed up on the couch next to me and put his hands on my head and told me to close my eyes. He stood there for a min. and then said "amen!"
I thought it was one of the cutest things he has done. I had no idea he was paying so much attention. They really do learn new things every single day.

Idaho

We are in Idaho on vacation! Yay, I know it isn't the most exotic destination but we have been having fun here. We are here with Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle D, and Grandma and Grandpa Great. Today we went to a county fair. We got to see some kids show their cows, CJ really liked watching all of the animals and loved seeing a whole bunch of new things. In the evening we were waiting for the kids rodeo to start and CJ watched all the little kids play with ropes and rope the cow (a plastic cow head in a bale of hay). He even went over and played with a rope for a little bit. He was having fun and he thought he was so good at moving the rope around :) Then we went to the kids rodeo, where they have kids under the age of 8 doing different things. CJ's favorite thing was watching them ride the sheep. I was amazed at how rough the sheep were. There wasn't a kid that stayed on for 8 seconds. Most fell off the first second or so. We are finally back to the hotel and going to bed after a long fun day.

A little funny :)

So I was in the car with CJ the other day and we were waiting for Daddy to pump the gas, and I was asking him all kinds of questions to keep him from crying and not being happy. So I asked him what his favorite color was. He thought and thought and didn't answer me. So I asked him if he knew what favorite means, and he told me yes he did, but I still told him " it is what you like the best". So I asked him again "What color do you like the best?" and he thought and thought and thought and then answered ... "five". I thought it was funny. He was trying to really think hard about the question but he wasn't thinking colors he was thinking numbers. :)

Rosies!

CJ loves to play ring around the rosies and we think it is really funny the way he falls down, because he jumps into the air and lands right on his bum. It looks like it hurts but he will do it over and over again. So we had to get a video of him doing it. Enjoy!

Bedtime Beakthrough

Last week we started trying to get CJ to sleep in his big boy bed. It has been a really hard challenge getting him to stay in bed. Finally we came up with a reward system. Every time he stayed in bed for however long we said then he would get a glow in the dark star to hang above his head. It started out with one min. and he has been doing really well and got up to three min. Then last night he finally got really tired and laid in bed quietly and he stayed in bed for 15 min. and went to sleep by himself! Mommy and Daddy were so proud of him that we went to the toy store today and let him pick a prize out for being such a big boy. The toy that we finally ended up with is a firetruck. It makes noises and lights up. It even sings a song. CJ loves it and we played with it all night tonight. We are so proud of our big boy, he keeps getting bigger and bigger every day and it is fun to see the new things that he learns how to do.

Thanksgiving Point Farm

The other day we went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. CJ loved it! He got to see a lot of animals up close. He loved feeding all of the goats and sheep with Grandpa. He even had a few say hi over the fence. The only animals he didn't like were the birds. We started looking at them and CJ was very tentative but then a big turkey made a loud noise right by him and that was the end. We also got to see some horses and cows. CJ also liked feeding the ducks. One of his favorite parts was riding the pony's. He got to do it a lot because he went with a group of adults that gave him their tickets. After the farm we went over to Cabella's and got to each lunch with Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle D. It was a really fun adventure!

Eating popcorn like grandpa :)

Knock Knock

The other day CJ told me his first knock knock joke. It really wasn't funny but I thought it was fun that he knew the pattern of the joke and it was just cute.

CJ: Knock Knock
Mom: Who's there?
CJ: Medicine
Mom: Medicine who?
CJ: Medicine Mommy!

He thought that he was really funny and laughed for a long time. I hope you liked his joke! :)