For the Grandparents

Mick is saying...

-"bye bye" (bah bye)
He learned to say bye a long time ago, but he is using it in a new way. He says this whenever he wants to do something that is not parent approved. He'll turn to you and say bah bye and push you away so he can do something naughty. It hasn't worked for him a single time, but he keeps doing it.

-"Stop Mommy"
I bought some m&ms for Mick at the store the other day and he dropped a few in his car seat. When I ate them he looked at me very seriously and told me "stop mommy".

- "Dada tent"
He loves playing tent with daddy. The game tent consists of Mick saying Bah bye and Jeff puts the covers over his head and creates a tent. Mick jumps on the tent and collapses it. Great fun! He could play this for hours.

Mick's favorite things right now are... (in order)

1. Cars, trucks, tractors, trains, boats, buses
Mick is obsessed. He rarely goes anywhere without a car or truck in his hands. The other day we went to the D.I. to look for toys. I tried to hand him some cool dinosaurs. Not interested. He pulled out every single car and lined them up neatly. Jeff wishes he was as enthusiastic about balls as he is about vehicles:)

2. Blocks
Second to his beloved cars, Mick loves to play blocks and he is really good at building towers.

3. Still LOVES his blanky
4. Tacos
5. Chocolate ( when he says it sounds like chalkie)

There are so many cute and funny things he is saying and doing right now!

Westport, WA trip with Mom and Alies

Camping in Goblin Valley

chalk time

At the Beach with Grandma, Uncle and of course BLANKY!!

Easter egg hunt

Getty Museum and Santa Ana Zoo with Grandpa

We went to the Santa Ana zoo and mick enjoyed walking around the grounds and playing with sticks. We should just go to parks until he starts to care about animals a bit more. But I guess we enjoyed ourselves.

We also went to the Getty museum in LA and it was great. I can't believe it took us so long to decide to finally go. Parking is $10 bucks but entrance is absolutely FREE! I can't believe it. We saw things like Van Gogh's ireses and Monet and other famous artists' paintings as well.

Mud fun

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There is nothing Mick loves more than being outside, especially being outside playing in mud!! At first I tried to keep him relatively clean when he was in the backyard, but after seeing how much fun he had getting all dirty I decided to embrace his "boyness" and now mommy and daddy turn on the spigot and let him go to town. It keeps him busy for a very long time, which I love. Here are some pics of the fun!

Mick loves playing with daddy!