A Year and a Day

I realized Linden will pretty much always have a relaxing and fabulous birthday because it falls so close to Memorial Day. Today it is rainy and we all took naps, read a lot of books and ate delicious Mexican food from La Posada. 

Here's the little one during a small reprieve from screaming at my face: 

And here's the big one with the first of his new favorite book series, The Notebook of Doom:

Happy Memorial Day! 

His Squishyness

Happy Happy New Year, Squish! A year ago you bounced into our lives and shook it up good. I love you and the way you have learned to walk and point and say uh-oh even though you totally meant to throw that blue owl off the couch. You climb, you screech, you are you and I can't wait to see more of all your squishyness on our next trip around the sun. I will now fight the urge to wake you up in the middle of the night and behold your cuteness. Here's to what next year will bring!

Love,
Momma

Non-examples in personal hygiene

Should a six year old brush his teeth and eat French fries at the same time? Not recommended. 

Almost

A. Year. Wow. 

Walking, babbling, eating up a storm! Tries to run, falls and gets right back up. Doesn't miss a beat. Cries when I bring him inside, bangs on the glass door to get outside. Loves the grass and the sandbox and the dirt in the potted plants. I just let him dig. Because he also loves the bathtub.