Art Class is Over

Does this paint make my head look funny???

Galen had an art class through Chandler's community services. Today was the last one and it was a painting class!! It was great - we got to go somewhere else to make a mess.

He had more fun with this one than some of the others. He liked orange & yellow the most, but these quickly got changed to something else entirely by the blue. And he's more apt to more the brush around now, almost really painting. And of course he had to sample each color for texture, sweetness, and general palatability.

A Day in a Life

So busy, yet doing nothing. Almost every day it's the same old thing: play, rest while Galen naps, lunch, play, chores while Galen naps, play, dinner, play, and more chores after Galen goes to bed. A simple routine.

He is starting to develop some words. Doggeeee ball, mommeeee, and daddeeeee where the first ones. He's added yooooooogurt, Rocky, and others. I can see the difference in a boy and a girl's verbal development. I don't think it's because the words aren't in his head, I think it's that his head can't yet control the mouth. His verbal rants & rambles contain all sorts of sounds. And there are more every month.

And he tries to tickles. I just gotta laugh whether it tickles or not. I was working in the office when this beautiful young man tries to lure me to the gate. I resisted the urge to let him enter and I captured a scrunchy-face...