Recently, Landis has been counting everything. Today, he told me he was going to give me three kisses. He held up his thumb, pointer finger and middle finger to show me, and counted the kisses out on his fingers.

He touched his middle finger, counted "one" and gave me a kiss.

He touched his pointer finger, counted "two" and gave me another kiss.

Then, he touched his thumb and said, "See, this finger is for a little kiss." After giving me one last little kiss, he ran off happily to play with his trains.

Reading Goggles

Landis was given a tool set by his Ludwig grandparents for his second birthday. He loves to pretend to build and fix all sorts of things, and also finds other creative uses for the toys. For example, these safety goggles have become Landis' official reading goggles. Several times each day he runs out of his room to find me with his goggles in place and a book in his hands!

Awwww....

Landis finished his lunch and ran over to my seat. He gave me a kiss, snuggled in my lap and said, "You always get me sandwiches. You are a good Monni."

What at sweet boy he is!

Big boy bed

Landis got a new big boy bed! He loves it. He picked out his own sheets - Thomas the Tank Engine, of course! He loves to snuggle his Monni or Daddy in his new bed and get lots and lots of books read to him before bedtime. When Aaron Scott was here last weekend, they tried to have a sleepover in the big boy bed but they were both too excited to sleep!

I can't believe how fast my little boy is growing up. He gets bigger and more independent every day. It is so much fun to watch him grow and change!

shapes

Landis has been very interested in learning his shapes recently. He also loves to eat a slice of peanut butter toast with his breakfast. Combining these two interests, I've come up with Landis' new favorite breakfast food - shape toast! Every morning, Landis requests that I cut his toast into a new shape. Triangles are the current favorite, but squares, rectangles, semi-circles, and this morning's choice, circles, are also options. Instead of dawdling as he sometimes used to, Landis happily chomps his shape toast up. It's made breakfast really fun!

Bookworm

Landis and I got into a long discussion this evening about how libraries work. He's been to the library but hadn't ever really discussed how the library operates. We talked about it for a while, and Landis got more and more excited about the prospect of a never-ending supply of books. He looked up at me and said, "Wow!! That is SO COOL!"

We met our friends Natalie and Anna at the library last week for storytime. As I pulled into the parking lot, Landis told me, "Monni, I love the library. You know why? It has books and Anna!!"

Silly Landis Quote of the Day

"I don't have a guitar at my house. That is sad. If I had a guitar at my house, that would be happy. You see how that works, Monni?"

Happy (belated) birthday, Josh!!

Josh turned 13! He is now officially Landis' favorite teenage uncle (Paul turned 20 just a few days before Josh's birthday.)

We love you, Josh!!

Happy (belated) birthday, Paul!!

Happy birthday, Paul! You are strange, but we love you - even when you are wearing a smelly camouflage suit!

Converation with Landis

Landis: I heared a sound. You heared that sound, Monni?

Me: No, I didn't hear it.

Landis: It was a pop. Pop! Pop!

Me: Oh.

Landis: What was it?

Me: I don't know. I didn't hear it.

Landis: What was it?

Me: I don't know.

Landis: (much louder) WHAT WAS IT?

Me: I still don't know, Landis. It doesn't matter how loud you ask, or how many times. I didn't hear it, so I don't know what made the sound.

Landis: Please can you know?

Me: I'm sorry, Landis, I just don't know what it was.

Landis: I think it was a balloon popping. I heared it loud in my ear.



I thought it was so cute that he thought I would be able to tell him about the mysterious noise if he just said please. I still have no idea what he heard. There aren't any balloons in the house right now to get popped, so it can't be that. He was standing near the window when he heard it, so maybe the neighbor kids were playing with their paintball gun or something...