Catching up

I have no idea when this first picture was taken but I remember my dad tying Keller's blanket around him and making him "Super OU Man". Keller ran around dressed like this for a couple hours! It was really funny!

 A few weeks ago, one of Keller's friends, Marlee, had her 2nd birthday party. One of the games at the party was a wall where they could stick their head through. Keller had tons of fun sticking his head through the star fish, over and over and over...

Jed has been working hard in our backyard the past few weeks. He and Dad spent a weekend relandscaping it with new sod, laying a new patio, and all that other stuff you do in yards (Don't ask me, I don't do yardwork!). So, we have been spending lots of time outside these days since it isn't a weed jungle anymore.

I came home from work one day and this was Keller's new favorite game...

No! Not just basketball; standing in the chair and shooting the basketball! My mom has been having back trouble and had to have a procedure done on it, and one of her restrictions was that she couldn't lift Keller for a few weeks. Well, he is too short to get the ball in the hoop himself, and Jed and I usually lift him up to dunk it, but his Nonnie couldn't. Instead, she invented this game.

 Keller thinks it is a wonderful idea. He especially likes pointing to the ball on the ground and demanding "Get it." To which, I do, and we do it over and over and over...

Another new part of playing outside is his sandbox that Nonnie and Papa Todd brought him from Dallas. We decided to put blue sand it and that has been a huge hit! He constantly wants to play in the blue sand and redecorate the yard with it. I try to get him to keep it in the sandbox because that stuff is expensive! But, so far, he isn't interested in what I have to say on that subject.



This part of the yard has not been sodded yet...



One of the great things about it....You can see where it sticks, so getting him clean is a snap! Not sure if all the sand is out of his hair? Not a problem when it's blue! They also make pink sand, so hopefully one of these days...(no I'm not pregnant! just wishful thinking for my future little girl)

 And what day would be complete outside without playing in the new castle?

 His favorite thing is to look through the spyglass and say, "Un T, Fly Away!" He pretends he sees Tanner flying his jet everywhere.

And of course, we have to slide...

 Running through the new grass....

 And Keller loves finding all the sticks that get blown about in the yard due to all this crazy wind we have been having! I've shown him how to throw them and to let Dazy fetch them, but he thinks it is more fun to throw them and fetch them himself!

Keller's vocabulary is expanding more and more everyday. He repeats everything he hears and loves to learn new things. He is especially impressed with his Uncle Tanner right now and two of his favorite phrases are "Un T fly away" and "Un T fly plane!" He says them each about 1,000 times a day! He also says his own version of "To Infinity and Beyond" ..."to n-e- and non"

Toy Story is still his favorite movie at the moment, but Shrek is a close second.