Funny Boy

The fires are looking much better, and most of my friends and family who were evacuated are able to return to their homes that are still standing (as far as I know). So far about 80 homes were damaged or destroyed in this fire. It was looking like it would have been much more on Thursday night. Thankfully the fog rolled in last night and today was cool and damp with few winds which really helped the fire fighters get more under control.

OK, now moving on to the fun times we have had the past few days! First of all I must tell you that his new favorite thing to say is "no no" while he is doing something that he knows he shouldn't be doing. Yes, he is now mocking us. It's so hard to not laugh sometimes when I need to be stern. The funniest part is that he says it EXACTLY in the same tone and voice that I say it!

He is totally over his crayons (unless he is having fun dropping them by the fist fulls on the ground), and has moved on to markers. This is all fine with us as long as the markers stay on the paper. However, as you can see, he likes to draw on his face, and his hands as well. He will draw on his hands and then look at me and say "owie" so I will kiss it. Somehow he found a purple marker while we had our backs turned and decided to color all over the ottoman. Haven't had a second to clean it yet, let's hope it's easily washable. Now I remember why we decided not to buy white furniture.
He was really enjoying his banana waffles topped with yogurt here as you can see he is licking the plate clean! If you ever wondered what Owen would look like as a Mexican with a brown mustache, look no further. This is the result of a chocolate covered frozen banana. Adam and I were cracking up and just had to take a picture and share!

On Thursday we went swimming for the first time this season and he did really well. The pool was packed with kids, so he had fun watching the slightly older ones jumping in and splashing him. At one point he looked at me and said "pee pee" over and over again...I was hoping other people were not listening in on that one!

Yesterday Owen was given his own garden hose with the water turned ON at Nanna and Pappy's. Pappy was watering the garden after a really hot day. Owen thought this was pretty amazing! He was soaking wet from head to toe, but as happy as could be!