Dig My New Shades?

Logan Sings

Logan usually will not "perform" for the camera, but I caught him this time...

Toddler Takes

"They're my boots!"



Toddler Twister

Believe It or Not

Logan stayed home with James on Saturday morning when I took the older kids to piano lessons. When we arrived back at home after the lessons, James had a story to tell.

You know how Logan calls apple cider "apple spider"'? Well, I gave him some applesauce to eat and went upstairs to do something.

He started shrieking, "Daddy! Come here! There's a spider on my appleboss!"

I went downstairs, thinking that he was just making something up to get my attention, but when I looked at his applesauce bowl, sure enough! There was a large spider perched on the rim!

There is such a thing as an apple spider!

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Yesterday, Logan informed me, "I did see a shark! It was swimming in a swimming pool! It was taking a bath!"

"Where did you see the shark?" I asked.

"I did see the shark at the creek! It was swimming in a swimming pool! A lion did swallow it! He did eat it all up!"

And later...

"I did see a catfish! It was on the grass! A dog ATE the catfish!"

Logan-Speak

Clearing out my sidebar to make room for yet more two-year old hilarity...

I am not a person. We are not people. I am Logan. (10/29/08)

In reference to the Ergo Carrier: It hold ups me. (10/29/08)

In response to my teasing: Mommy is just crazy! (10/14/08)

I want some apple spider. (10/11/08)

I want to go at the store and buy some money. (10/11/08)

Melissa attempts to sing to Logan to entertain him in the van on the cross-country trip. During all but two songs, Logan repeatedly shouts: That is not a song! (9/24/08)

Melissa to Logan: What did the clown's hair look like? Was it curly?
Logan, looking at the curly-headed member of our family: Uh huh. Evan is a clown. (9/20/08)

I am the baby van. You are the mommy van. (9/19/08)

I am not cute! I am sweet. (9/16/08)

Logan, stuck between the chair and the table: Woe is me. Woe is me. Woe is me. (9/11/08)

I am not a train. I am an SUV! (9/10/08)

Evan to Logan: Here is your Pooh Bear.
Logan: No! It's a bear!
Evan: Oh! here's your bear.
Logan: No! It's a Pooh Bear!!
Repeat 5 times. (9/8/08)

The electronic phonics toy: Press a button!
Logan: NO! (9/9/08 )

Logan, lying on the floor: I am a dead spider. (9/4/08)

James to Logan: Eat your soup
Logan: I'm too busy. (9/2/08)

Most recent quotes in sidebar...

Wordless Wednesday

Logan-Speak

My collection of memorable quotes from Logan for June, July & August:

* 8/31/08 - "I want sugar, though." (sugar = yogurt)

* 8/31/08 - Logan: "Kids! Be Quiet! Daddy is Sleeping!"..."I am going to go get them in trouble."

* 8/29/08 - "I want not a bite."

* 8/27/08 - Doctor to Logan: "Say 'Ah' really big." Logan, in tiny voice: "Ah really big."

* 8/27/08 - "There's a bird! It poops, huh?"

* 8/17/08 - "Don't smile at my face."

* 7/19/08 - James: "We are crossing the Pawpaw River." Logan: "It's a doggie river."

* 7/16/08 - Logan singing: "Have a birthday to me!"

* 7/12/08 - Logan, with wide eyes and in a whisper: "The secret is coming."

* 7/12/08 - Logan: "I have an owie."
Melissa: "How did you get an owie?"
Logan: "A butterfly bite"
James: "Hurry! Get the butterfly venom antidote!"
Sophie: "Logan, butterflies don't bite!"

* 7/7/08 - Melissa to Logan: "Logan, if you finish your vegetables, you may have some strawberries." Logan: "I am a daddy robin! I am bouncing like a daddy robin!"

* 7/2/08 - Melissa to Logan: "Copycat!" Logan: "Copykitty!"

* 6/23/08 - Evan: "Logan, do you want some jicama?" Logan: "No. Trash!"

* 6/21/08 - "Appleboss" = applesauce; "Ephelant" = Elephant ; "Strawbeddies" = Strawberries; "Ef-uh-dee" = SUV

* 6/19/08 - Logan: "Penguin, please!" Melissa: "Sophie can you translate?" Sophie: "He calls mango 'penguin'." (Now we eat Black Bean Penguin Salsa.)

* 6/8/08 - Out of the blue: "Jackie's foot broke off." (My sister recently fractured her foot.) We assured Logan that her whole foot did not break off!

* 6/6/08 - "Helicopter cut grass... People live on airplane. Say 'Bye people!'"

See Sidebar for Logan's latest!

Bedtime Story

Logan's hands-down favorite book is The Bear Under the Stairs. Even when we are not reading the book, he likes to quote it: "William was scared of grizzly bears...He slammed the door quick! Wham. Bang. Thump..."What's that awful smell?!" Logan enjoys the expressions on the bear's face and pointing out what he is doing on each page. The book brings to life a little boy's worst fear, but my little boy reacts to it with delight rather than fear.

Busy Boy

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Stir-Crazy!

Playing "I got your nose!" with Michelle who rode with us to the conference...







Are you hungry?!




Shoulda had a V-8!




Guess my toes will have to do.

Wordless Wednesday

Rest Stop Recreation

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My Favorite Shot!
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Kiss!

Yours and "Mines"

I guess, according to toddler logic, if "yours" has an "s" on the end, so should "mine". Logan turns two years old next week, and he has been saying (or shrieking) "mines" a lot more about things.

On the way home from an evening soccer practice this week, James and the kids stopped in a store to buy some cleats for Evan (who now has bigger feet than me and is wearing Men's size 8). Upon arriving home, the kids had to tell me about Logan's antics. He picked up the "foot measuring thing" and rocked it in his arms. James told him to put it down, and Logan bent over it and started asking it, "Are you tired, man?"


The pitter patter of little feet...


toddling over to the window...


to talk to his reflection!

Yesterday, Logan talked on the phone with James. He looked around, thinking of things to say. His eyes fell on Sophie, and he told his daddy, "Sophie is a monster." Sophie, of course, started giggling as only she can, and Logan informed James, "Sophie is being naughty."

An oft-repeated phrase in Logan's repertoire is "What happened?!" He asks us that question whenever we do or say things that he just doesn't understand. For instance, this morning I dropped a plate on the floor and he asked, "What happened?!" until I explained in words that I had dropped a plate.

Recently, Evan cut his finger badly, and while we were getting ready to go to the ER for stitches, Logan gave Evan hugs, kisses, pats on the head, and toys to comfort him. He asked him, "Do you need a kiss? Do you need some Tylenol?"

This afternoon, I took Logan to a pediatric orthotist who adjusted Logan's shoe inserts. Logan played with a wall maze, pushing red balls (which he called "red fireworks") around the paths, and pushing and twisting buttons and knobs. He told me several times, "This is a computer loading!"

Logan seemingly eats very little, but eats more when he is distracted. We often let him play with cars or draw at the table, because more food actually ends up in his mouth.



This evening, after Sophie had eaten, she fed Logan bites while she drew for him on a white board. Logan calls our van "the blue van", but since Sophie had a green marker, he ordered her, "Draw a green 'blue van'!"

More fun Logan-speak can be found in the sidebar!

Apparently my cello case is quite comfortable...

Logan - Speak

5/29/08 - Logan, commenting on his shorts: "Camo shorts. Clouds on it."

5/29/08 - Logan, talking to me about his cousin Josi: "I love her. She has hair. She eats food. She sleeps."

5/23/08 - "Daddy fly up in the air." (James was not able to oblige, but he and Logan did jump together. Logan was able to get his feet off the floor.)

Logan, when Sophie paused in her piano playing: "PRACTICE!!"

While banging on his scooter with a block: "Fix the van."

Me: "The sausage is yummy."
Logan: "Chloclate is yummy."

Logan: "Monster coming"
The family: "Oh no! Scary!"
Logan: giggle, giggle

Logan' comment when enjoying a bite he was eating: "This tastes gross." (He must have older siblings!)

Logan, to Evan practicing piano: "COUNT!"

James: "Can you say 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'?"
Logan: "Okay. Docious."

Logan catching sight of mountains as we were driving: "Mountains. Wow! Blue."

While looking out a window: "Mama doesn't eat grass."

My Toddler Can Read My Mind (and Other Thoughts)

Yesterday evening, Logan sat facing me when Sophie walked by. I looked at her, admiring her new casual dress that I bought for $6.80 at Kohl's (Score!) Logan wasn't looking at Sophie, but at my face. He said, "You like Sophie's dress." How did he know what I was thinking?!

I'm blogging right now, because I'm toast. Since we are on a summer break from schoolwork, I have started exercising again. I have been doing a fifteen minute T-Tapp workout, but this morning, I did the forty minute T-Tapp Total Workout. At first it felt great to be the "good kind" of sore, but now exhaustion has set in along with the soreness. I'm off to a good start, though, and I know from past experience that this exercise will get me in shape and more energetic! I thought I'd have to go through the instructional video about the exercises first to re-learn the workout, but I guess it is like riding a bike: my muscles remember what to do.

If you could look inside my refrigerator and freezer now, you would see another sign that we are on summer break. The organization and shining clean are beautiful to behold. Yeah, my kids think I'm a little strange too. Don't get me wrong, I did clean out my refrigerator during the school year, but not to this extent.

It is nice to get more cleaning and organization done, but I'm not getting as much done as I had hoped. I still have a toddler and a lot of distracting interruptions. But really, I'd rather have my toddler and the interruptions of my family than have a perfectly organized house!

James recently gave me an occasion to laugh my head off. While at the CO Railroad Museum, he walked out of the men's bathroom to come suddenly face-to-face with upon a woman in a burqa. He was so startled that he jumped, and then embarrassed by his reaction, he nervously said, "Hi." I think the burqa somewhat defeated the woman's desire not to be noticed. James certainly noticed her more than any other woman around!

This is an unusual post for me without pictures, but new pictures are up at Colorado Kids.

Pictures from Our Late Morning Walk **Updated**

Evan took this picture. The squirrel smiled for him!



Copper Mallow by Evan



Yellow-headed Blackbird








Evan took this one of Logan. Of course, Logan smiled for him!



Dandelion and Bee by Evan

Black-crowned Night Heron

A better shot by Evan!