Owen's Monkey Business

We had fall break all week, so I got to be a stay at home mom and catch up on playdates, fun with O. and household chores plus get a jumpstart on the holiday to-do list! Here is a run-down of our week: Monday: playdate with Tia Alice and cousin Oqwe. The boys had a blast and enjoyed eating lunch together at O's little table. I brought out the second chair and all week since he's left he keeps pointing to the chair and saying "Otwe". It's so cute! After O's nap Tuesday afternoon I took him with me to HomeGoods. I'd been wanting to get there for a month or so just to see and finally I decided to just take him along. He did great! Tuesday: O. and I were up and ready early (by 8:45) to head over and pick up Hannah and Liam so we could all head to Yucaipa, (about 100 miles southeast) to visit Carmen, Jesse, and Camilla Rose. We had such a fun visit. O. ate so much chicken, potatoes and fruit at lunch I could hardly believe it. Wednesday: Up and ready by 9:15 ...

Owen turned 17 months last week. He is a little over 25 pounds and wears 12-18 month size clothes, size 4 diapers, and size 5 shoes. He still loves cleaning and playing with balls. He has been enjoying his baby doll and now likes to pretend to feed her a bottle. knows lots of words and says several of them. The day he turned 17 months he started using "mama" to refer to me instead of dada. Just a few days later he really started calling Grandma and Grandpa by their names too. He drinks from a cup without a lid and continues to feed himself as he has since about 10-11 months old. He loves fruit. New favorites include pineapple, oranges, and the old standbys are still popular. He likes flour tortillas and calls them "tias". He will drink a cup of milk but is not a huge milk drinker. He mostly drinks water, though he's had a juice box or two each month. Momma is 30 weeks along now and starting to nest. She is itching to decorate the house for the holiday...

Warning: This is another picture heavy post! I just have to grab the time I have to post so I end up lumping lots of pix together! Owen is now 16 1/2 months old and so much fun! Today is Halloween and we have been enjoying lots of Halloween-y activities! For mommy and daddy's birthday two weeks ago we went to Lombardi Ranch pumpkin patch. During this past week we carved a small jack-o-lantern at home, Owen had a costume photo shoot with two friends because all three dressed as puppies this year, and we made edible playdough into pumpkins for his parent-tot class party. Today we spent the morning cleaning house (as you probably have already figured out, Owen LOVES sweeping up, vaccuuming, emptying garbage, helping to make the bed, put away shoes, and other chores. We shook out all the rugs, with him chanting "shake,shake,shake". We listened to music and played with colorful scarves, and Owen and daddy had a fun trip to the neighborhood park while mommy did some organizi...

In October we also attended the B'nai Mitzvah of my cousins Ben and Sam. B'nai Mitzvah is the plural of bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah (in this case one of each!) It was a beautiful weekend full of family, food, and fun celebration as Ben and Sam became adults in the Jewish faith. The readings were from the story of Noah's Ark, and the whole celebration had a rainbow theme. Friday evening was a service with beautiful music and kiddush potluck dinner at the temple. Saturday morning we went to the ceremony, and later that afternoon everyone celebrated at a local Boy Scout camp with conversation and lots of games for the young people, followed by a delicious BBQ, evening bonfire, glow party, and of course s'mores. Sunday morning there was a farewell breakfast at a local Panera. So much love and planning went into the weekend, and we were so pleased to share in the celebration.