Sleepy Walker

I do all I can each day to wear this kid out. It's not easy either. I was beginning to think he was superhuman and didn't need sleep, until yesterday. After two failed attempts at nap time, he just couldn't take anymore by 5:30 p.m. We got home from one of our many walks each day, and he climbed on my lap to wait for Daddy to get home. He wouldn't let me take his jacket or shoes off because he decided that he was going to take another walk when Daddy got home.

Here are some pictures from the walk that wore him out. Nathan looks forward to seeing certain things on each block. This cat is one of the highlights of this block. Kitty cat walked with us for a few houses. Every time the cat would stop, Nathan would turn around and ask the cat if he was coming.  
Nathan likes to discuss everything we pass on our walks. Here we are discussing a tree that was blowing in the wind. I can't be completely sure, but I think he talks more than anyone else in the world. He never stops.

Sleepy Walker

I do all I can each day to wear this kid out. It's not easy either. I was beginning to think he was superhuman and didn't need sleep, until yesterday. After two failed attempts at nap time, he just couldn't take anymore by 5:30 p.m. We got home from one of our many walks each day, and he climbed on my lap to wait for Daddy to get home. He wouldn't let me take his jacket or shoes off because he decided that he was going to take another walk when Daddy got home.

Here are some pictures from the walk that wore him out. Nathan looks forward to seeing certain things on each block. This cat is one of the highlights of this block. Kitty cat walked with us for a few houses. Every time the cat would stop, Nathan would turn around and ask the cat if he was coming.  
Nathan likes to discuss everything we pass on our walks. Here we are discussing a tree that was blowing in the wind. I can't be completely sure, but I think he talks more than anyone else in the world. He never stops.

The Dirty South Dakota

I am happy to say that it's 7:45 p.m. and Nathan has already crashed for the night. It might have a little something to do with him "working" in the yard from 1-6 p.m. without ever coming inside. He pulled weeds, shoveled dirt, picked flowers (I didn't get a picture, but he picked me the most lovely pile of dandelions), threw dirt on trees, threw dirt on bushes, threw dirt on himself and pretty much everything else in the front yard. By the time 6 p.m. rolled around, there wasn't a clean spot on his body. Nothing beats dirt.

We followed Steve around the yard picking up the weeds he dug up. 
Throwing dirt on trees.
Dumping dirt on bushes.
Helping Steve shovel dirt.
After a couple of hours of throwing dirt into the wind, he finally learned his lesson.
Nathan chugged Gatorade then threw dirt into the wind. Then, the dirt stuck all around his mouth.
Fake smile.
This kid has more toys than Toys R Us, but he chooses to play with Steve's flat wheelbarrow tire. He sits and spins it around and around.
Imagine what our bathtub looked like after his bath.

The Dirty South Dakota

I am happy to say that it's 7:45 p.m. and Nathan has already crashed for the night. It might have a little something to do with him "working" in the yard from 1-6 p.m. without ever coming inside. He pulled weeds, shoveled dirt, picked flowers (I didn't get a picture, but he picked me the most lovely pile of dandelions), threw dirt on trees, threw dirt on bushes, threw dirt on himself and pretty much everything else in the front yard. By the time 6 p.m. rolled around, there wasn't a clean spot on his body. Nothing beats dirt.

We followed Steve around the yard picking up the weeds he dug up. 
Throwing dirt on trees.
Dumping dirt on bushes.
Helping Steve shovel dirt.
After a couple of hours of throwing dirt into the wind, he finally learned his lesson.
Nathan chugged Gatorade then threw dirt into the wind. Then, the dirt stuck all around his mouth.
Fake smile.
This kid has more toys than Toys R Us, but he chooses to play with Steve's flat wheelbarrow tire. He sits and spins it around and around.
Imagine what our bathtub looked like after his bath.

Terrible Two Year Pictures

I've had a couple of people mention to me that they haven't received any pictures of Nathan recently. The reason for that is because Nathan is no fun to take to get his picture taken these days. He doesn't cooperate and gets mad very easily and throws fits. In other words, he's a two year old child. He acted up the whole time, but as soon as I told him we were finished, he stood up and waved bye to the photographer and told her thank you just as politely as possible. 

Terrible Two Year Pictures

I've had a couple of people mention to me that they haven't received any pictures of Nathan recently. The reason for that is because Nathan is no fun to take to get his picture taken these days. He doesn't cooperate and gets mad very easily and throws fits. In other words, he's a two year old child. He acted up the whole time, but as soon as I told him we were finished, he stood up and waved bye to the photographer and told her thank you just as politely as possible. 

Just the Average Day

Since the weather has gotten warmer, neighbors all up and down the blocks that we walk along have been outside. Nathan has every neighbor fooled into thinking he's a sweet little boy. He waves and says, "hi" and tells them about whatever it is that he's thinking about at that moment. He is definitely not shy with the neighbors.

On our walk this afternoon, we just happened to catch up with the mail carrier as she did her route. Nathan thought that once we caught up to her we were all walking together. He stood in front of each house and waited for her to walk up and put the mail in each mailbox. (Our mailboxes are on our front porches.) Each time, as she dropped off the mail at each house, Nathan yelled, "Are you comin'?" Lucky for her, we caught up with her with only about five or six houses left on her route. Then when she got back in her mail truck, Nathan stood on the street corner almost in tears, refusing to tell her bye. He kept saying, "No, not bye. Hi." She laughed and laughed.

We also hit Old MacDonald's Farm today. He always tells the cashier that we're there to pet cows. 
We hung out with the goats for a little while.
Aside from the chickens hatching, Nathan's other fascination this year are the sheep. Today, there was a mama sheep with her babies. Of course, Nathan couldn't keep his hands off the lambs. The mama sheep stood back and watched until she couldn't take anymore. Then she ran over and gave Nathan a mean "baaaaaa!" Nathan thought that was hilarious. I had forgotten all about it until Nathan brought it up several hours later. Except in Nathan's version of the story he says, "Mama sheep, rooooaaaaarrrrrrrrr!" It probably would seem more like a roar if you were looking at her face to face!
A trip to Old MacDonald's Farm isn't complete until we play on the playground for what seems like forever.
Recently, Nathan has been interested in jigsaw puzzles. I've been working the same puzzle with him since March, so now he's finally decided that he can put it together by himself. He can get about 10 pieces together all by himself now.
It's so funny to listen to him as he talks himself through it.