Oatmeal banana pancakes

Joshua helped me "cook" this morning for the first time! He loved it and had a blast. He stirred the dry ingredients together for oatmeal banana pancakes. He did a pretty good job of not spilling any of it. BUT...he did taste it a couple of times! :) It was really cute. (The quality isn't that great because I took these with my camera phone. It was all I had available at the moment!)Here's a quick video of him from my camera phone.
I'm working on the sound...sorry!

Eggs

This boy LOVES eggs. And he can put them down! Grandma and Grandpa L. tell us that Jeremy was the same way. He'd eat a plateful and ask for "more." Well, so does Joshua. Although "more" sounds more like "moh." :)

Double the fun

Grandma L. was here for the day to visit. Grandma D. showed up for my scrapbooking crop. Joshua got some serious loving from BOTH grandmas at the same time!! Too cute! He's a lucky little boy to have such loving and wonderful grandmas.

Grandpa L. drove out here to stay for a couple of days. Joshua got to play and hang out quite a bit with him. Lots of grandpa time! He calls both grandpas "Gah." (In person and when he sees their photos.)

Zoe

Zoe lives across the street. She's at least a year older than Joshua (maybe more). She randomly shows up at our door often. We have this new storm screen door now so Joshua can see out. He had his lips on the door trying to give her kisses. It was so funny. As soon as she saw my camera, she started to take off so I missed their "moment."

First Hair "Cut"

BEFORE(above)

Joshua's hair has been a bit shaggy for awhile. In his eyes, over his ears, etc. I wasn't ready for him to have a big boy hair appt. at the barber shop so I trimmed it myself. Just the necessities!! :) Well, it's not the best, and it's a little crooked, but I guess it'll do for now. Until I'm ready for him to grow up and need a real haircut!! :)

AFTER (below)

SMILE!!

Joshua has the biggest, cheesiest grin these days. Here it is!!

County Fair

We took Joshua to the County Fair on Saturday. He had a few firsts and seemed to enjoy it. The weather was awful so we didn't stay very long. It was windy and rainy! Anyway, the first thing Joshua got to do was look at the animals in the petting zoo. He briefly touched a goat but just looked at everything else from a distance.


Then, he rode on a little train. We all thought he'd freak out and try to get out, but he didn't. He LOVED it!! He held on to the steering wheel and let the wind whip through his hair. It was really cute. After the train, we bought some delicious mini donuts-he could've eaten them all (well, so could I...but anyway). He also rode on the merry-go-round. I stood next to him to steady him on the horse. He liked it at first but then tried to get off of it. I ended up holding him for part of it. Joshua tried cotton candy for the first time and didn't like it. Lastly, he won his first carnival game. He had to choose a duck out of the "river" and the bottom of it said what he won. His
prize was a little red fish that he promptly put into the river with the ducks. It was pretty funny. It was cold and windy so we left to go out to dinner. Next year, he should be able to do a lot more.

Joshua and G-man (Grant!!)

Last weekend, my good friend Melanie and her 2 year old, Grant (affectionately known as G-man and the Grantster), came to visit. Melanie and I tried to scrapbook as much as we could while the boys played. They got along great and both learned something from the other. Joshua learned Grant's "happy dance" and Grant learned...something. I forget!! I think Melanie said he started marching like Joshua (well, probably much better since he's older!!). I didn't get very many pictures so I need to wait to get them from Melanie to share some better ones. But here's what I have for now. :)
ster

Hanging out

This was the first time Dianne brought Angelica over during our scrapbooking get togethers. She and Joshua got along really well and had a lot of fun. She "read" a book to him a couple of times and he LOVED it. They chased each other all around the room, laughing out loud. It was really cute.