Keegan-isms

In the effort of not forgetting things that happen in my day to day life, this post is dedicated to the cutest little 2-year-old I know.

*Yesterday, while we were eating dinner before we left to spend our FHE at the zoo (I love that they are open until 9 pm for the rest of the summer), Keegan decided that apparently I had been bad, and that I needed a time out, so he put me in time out. He told me that I needed to go sit on the red couch and with the help of his dad they set the timer on the microwave for 2 minutes and Keegan told me that I wasn't allowed to move until the microwave beeped. Then, with a little encouragement from AJ he also told me to "Be Good, Momma" and "No hurt Baby Camden". Once the timer went off, I was allowed to come back to the table and then a few minutes later, Keegan put Camden's panda bear in time out and then decided that he needed to sit on the couch with him, because they had hurt Baby Camden. I guess things are sinking in more than I thought, and apparently my consistency is paying off, even if it's not necessarily in the way that I had thought it would.

*Before we left for the zoo, AJ gave Keegan a lollipop (they are his favorite treat as of late) and told him that he could have it after we were done with the zoo, but that he had to be good while we were there. Keegan had a death grip on that poor little lollipop the whole two hours we walked around the zoo and kept telling us that "after zoo, eat my lollipop" just to make sure that we hadn't forgotten the deal that we had made with him. Well, sure enough, the second he got through the zoo exit, Keegan stopped, looked at AJ and me and said "eat my lollipop" with the biggest grin on his face that a little boy could have. He took AJ's promise literally and as soon as we left the zoo, he hate his lollipop. Our ride home was littered with the soundtrack of an exhausted little boy eating his blue lollipop and saying "nummy nummy nummy". Cutest thing ever!!

*I love that to Keegan the best part of an ice cream cone is the cone itself. He couldn't care less about the creamy, yummy deliciousness that is ice cream and will literally eat the cone from both ends (we usually get waffle cones). Needless to say, he's a huge mess because of the dripping ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, but whatever makes him happy works for me.

*Keegan has turned into a little parrot...seriously, I love the things that come out of his mouth. although it has made me more cautious of the things that I say and the words that I use. I really need to just carry around a tape recorder with me all day long just so I can catch the things that he says. I no longer have the radio on in the car because the running commentary come from the back seat is far more entertaining. He points out the library, the fire trucks, the ambulances, the trash trucks, the back hoes, and what ever else might be outside his window as we drive around on our errands. It amazes me, too, that we can drive on a certain street and he instantly knows where we are going (especially if we are going to Grandma and Grandpa's house).

*I love that Keegan is AJ's shadow...anything that AJ does, Keegan can do as well. That's why he is currently sporting a scrape on his chin from trying to stand up on his skate board (just like Daddy) and why I have pictures of Keegan digging in our garden with his shirt off (because that's what Daddy does). It's great. So for now, he's a surfboard rider, a skateboard rider, a baseball player, and a race car driver who goes "super fast". Just ask him, he'll tell you all about it.

*Keegan has recently learned to count to ten, although he seems to have something against the number 7 so he likes to leave it out. Listening to the way he says "one, two, three, etc." can put a smile on my face no matter what kind of mood I might have been in before.

*Everyone (and everything) is referred to as "these guys" and "those guys" and they are all usually considered "funny". Apparently the world is here to entertain my little 2-year-old.

There are a million and one other things that he does and says each and every day...these are just the things that seem to stand out the most and that make me smile. I really don't think that I could love this little guy any more than I do right now.

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow.."

In our case it's with snow peas and green beans and tomatoes and corn and squash and zucchini and avocados and lots of other yummy stuff (at least we hope it will, provided that everything grows as we want it too). With lots of love, water, "worm tea" and an insane amount of luck, we are hoping to have a great harvest this year.

Plus, we have a secret weapon...the cutest little "farmer" (and to be honest, the whitest one) that San Diego has ever seen. We can't possibly fail, right?

Progress is being made...

In just a few short weeks, we've gone from this:


to this:


Progress is such a beautiful thing sometimes. There are still some things left to do, like getting shower doors put in and picking out a counter top and sinks and sink faucets and the color on the wall is going to be changing, and then all of the little touch up things that need to be taken care of, but I *almost* have my bathroom back...and after a year and a half that is a beautiful thing.