Family Farm Visit

Look at that mountain view from Skagit Valley...so beautiful. Guillermo enjoyed his visit to see cows, horses, donkeys, lots of pumpkins and especially Grammy and Grandpa Yellow! We are discussing purchasing 1/8 of a steer for winter eating from the cattle farm shown above. Amazing place!

For Grandpa Yellow and Grammy M

This one's for you guys. He spent the morning yelling "BABA!" He uses this term for all of his grandparents...lately, he's been pointing to planes yelling it because we've been telling him about his airplane trip to see Grandma Norma soon. Anyway, had to snip this up a bit because it was too big for Blogger (in other words, the quality is poop).

Play date with our new friend

Today we met with Jeanine and Andy for a play date at Audubon Park. It was 40 degrees...winter is almost here! Here are the boys together (they are 1 week apart) having SUCH a great time. They both went into tizzies when we had to leave. Guillermo came home and went straight to bed! Jeanine and I are both looking for more friends in Spokane and both sort of new here. She came by way of LA (an Angelino!). We are currently planning to meet a LOT this fall and winter!!

Happy 23 months

A little late...but not forgotten :) Guillermo is almost two. All his little buddies are turning two, so we are attending birthday parties. It's fun to see how much they have all grown since the last round! Guillermo is talking up a storm all of a sudden. He still uses mainly one word options, but is starting to put words together. Yesterday on the swing, he said, "Push, swing, high!". He is in love with all things truck related. He likes to spend most of his time in the garage pretending to work or cleaning up the house. It's so funny how he's such a boy, but also really into things that I do too. At preschool today, he got out the mop and broom upon entering the classroom. Once he had cleaned for a bit, he went and got the play shopping cart, put his favorite doll in it, and proceeded to fill it with food from the play kitchen.

The fair

Forgot camera like a loser!! These are from my phone. That llama thought he was hot stuff!

Back to school

Guillermo started co-op preschool last week. This is year two. He is in the toddler class again, and although I was afraid he'd be the oldest and biggest one there, it didn't happen. There are several kiddos within a few months of each other in the 2 range. There are also a few babies (Guillermo loves babies...he calls all kids babies-even 7 year olds!) who are fun to watch and see interacting. This is a picture of snack time. Guillermo found a little friend who ate his fruit for him. I am betting he will sit by her every week now! He is at the far end of the table watching his teacher take a pic from a different angle.

22 months

Another month old yesterday! These last few months seem to have brought a lot of growth and changes for our little guy. He is such a sweetheart one moment and yelling at the top of his lungs about the strangest of things the next. This is what it means to be two, I suppose. I keep telling him that he's two, and he smiles and looks shy about it. Along with the tantrums has come a deep need to be in mommy's arms 24/7. It's so funny because even though he's so mad he can't think straight, and he's calling for daddy to come save him, in the same moment, he climbs into my arms for love and cuddles. I think it must be hard to be two. He seems to have come to a little standstill in his talking for now. He keeps adding words, but isn't really putting them together yet. Not worrisome because we know that once he can put them together, there will be no stopping the stream of talking! I can't wait, and yet, I'm afraid :)

Anyway, the little video below was taken a week or so ago. This is Guillermo's new favorite activity...along with pushing the lawn mower (not when it's running!) around the yard, drinking hot tea like grandma and eating pickles.