365: March 15-21

This has been kind a strange week around here. I've started training for a new job (work from home!), and I've been away most evenings because of that. Liam is on a delayed sleep schedule and is going to bed, waking up, and napping much later than usual. It's going to take a no-nap day to normalize it again, but I love nap time, and have needed the break everyday so far. However, we have been able to spend a lot of time playing outside this week because the weather has been great.

March 15: Unless he heads straight for the slide, Liam always heads straight for some dirt when we go outside. he loves to dig in it and pull up weeds, especially the flowery weeds. He's pronouncing the word "flowers" as "waters" these day.

March 16: Saturday morning, I thought it would be great fun for us to all go to a park together and play. We went to a park we had never been to before, but it had all the essentials. Unfortunately, it was meltdown city for Liam. He complained about everything! So, no fun was had! I do like this picture of his windblown hair, though.

March 17: We went to Trader Joe's for a few items. By some miracle, Liam sat in the buggy without a fight! In this picture, he's holding "chocs" which is his word for chocolate. Will likes their cheap, dark chocolate and he shares a few little bites with Liam occasionally.

March 18: While we were playing outside, I noticed a few dandelions. I decided it was time to try and teach Liam how to blow dandelions. He loved watching them blow away in the wind. He got the blowing motion down, but never really got the holding the dandelion right in front of his mouth and blowing part. He would hold it down near his belly and blow! He enjoyed it all anyway!

March 19: We were outside yet again! Liam was laying down on a bench with his head hanging over the side (toddler planking), so I snapped a couple pictures from below without really knowing what I was capturing in the picture. I like the trees overhead. It was a gorgeous day!

March 20: I had just changed Liam's diaper, and was washing my hands in the bathroom right next to Liam's room. When I went back to his room, he had somehow produced a crayon from somewhere and proceeded to draw all over the back of his changing pad (which is pretty much always on the floor). I had no idea there was a crayon stashed in his room. I think Liam totally had a plan to do this, though!

March 21: As evidenced by the previous photo, Liam has started to branch out when it comes to the surfaces he decides to color on. He has also recently colored on the tile in front of the fireplace a couple of times. He is seriously so fast, and it can happen if I take my eyes off him for just a minute or two. Thankfully, he is eager to help clean up and is starting to understand that he can't color on the tile. When I told him we were going to clean it up, he immediately took off one of his socks and started scrubbing it! That's why he's only sporting one sock in the picture. Then I gave him a wet paper towel and he "keened" it all up. He's a good helper!