Almost Two!

When DJ and I go out to the store or to eat... or where ever... people have been asking a lot... how old he is. My response is "Almost Two"... So one night DJ was talking about his upcoming birthday party... (he has been to a few and had his own 1st birthday party... but I'm sure he doesn't understand the whole thing very well yet...) But I asked him, "How old are you... something we haven't done with him yet, but he spouts out... "ALMOST TWO!" LOL

My Little Fish...

DJ was slithering around on the carpet while we were watching TV... saying: "swimmin', swimmin'..." I had to get a video of it. HE LOVES SWIMMING! :)

DJ's First Salon Haircut

Don usually cuts DJ's hair at home... but today Don needed to go get a haircut so DJ & I went along... so that DJ could also get a much needed haircut. (See how long it is in the back!)
I didn't know how DJ would be... but he actually did really well! (THANKS to the Tootsie Pops! :)
I LOVE his feet in this picture...
He started getting restless when he finished the tootsie pop, GOOD THING there is a whole bowl full of them...
ALL DONE! BUMMER this is blurry!! :(

Bath Time AGAIN! :)

Can you ever see too many pictures of your kids taking baths...???
I guess there does come a point when the answer to that question is YES!
...but it's been a while and I saw these in my pictures and thought they must go in the blog! ...so here they are! :)
These were taken right after he went swimming in rain water in the lid of his sandbox! :)

DJ is a FISH!

DJ LOVES the water! Last year we took him swimming a few times, but he wasn't walking yet and wasn't quite big enough to do anything. He has always loved baths and water... but now we are starting to see JUST HOW MUCH he loves the water! There was a lady nearby with a soda that DJ kept trying to go get... this is the hesitation for DJ to not jump in the water the 2nd time! LOL
We got DJ a set of arm floaties and a vest... and he runs for the water without us! As soon as he gets in the water... he starts cracking up like someone told him a joke! He will even push us away from us, spin around, and is already learning to move his arms and legs to go places in the water!

The other day, we had a storm... it was raining really hard... once the rain calmed down a bit, I took DJ outside to go for a walk in the puddles. He LOVED it. We had been out a while, so I said we needed to go inside...

DJ had a fit! So I let him go in the backyard to play in the rain some more... the next thing I know... is DJ is 'swimming' in rain water that had collected in the lid of his sand box IN HIS CLOTHES! We keep the lid up-side down with a bag of sand on it so it doesn't blow away when it gets windy!

He went round and round that sand bag saying... "SWIMMIN'"! LOL

The next day... we went to our favorite place at the lake to feed the fishies and duckies... and DJ was so mad at us because we kept saying no to him after he'd say: "Off" (to take his shirt off).. and then "Swimming" & "Pool" (to jump in that duck & fish lake water!) He just did not understand. It quickly became easier to just leave! LOL

"Daddy in Cago!"

DJ is learning to say so many things these days... it is so fun to hear him repeat words and put words together. Some things he says are:

'Ma-Ma-Ma-Melon' (Watermelon)

Fuff-Fuff for Doggie, because that's (ruff-ruff) what a dog says!

Anything in the sippy cup is 'wa-wa'...

'Chocolate Milk' is a very important phrase!

Ever since we went through the drive through car wash... DJ has been concerned that our cars are clean... so he says 'car wash' and 'a-keen' a lot!

Don had to go to Chicago for work for a few days... and DJ kept asking me: "Da-da work?" So I said, "Daddy is in Chicago." The next thing I know... DJ is saying over and over, "Daddy Cago?" I had to take a video of it and sent it to Don! I soo love this stage DJ is in right now! I've loved all the stages I guess... being a mommy is the best!

Girls Camp 2010!

So... this was the first time I had been to Girls Camp since I was a Young Woman in 1992! That was 18 (EIGHTEEN) years ago! I have VERY fond memories from when I went to Girls Camp... and was really excited to share this with my girls this year as their leader!
We did cook-outs over fire... including hot dogs, smores, cakes, cookies, pizzas and banana boats!
Skits! (two of my girls were Stake Youth Camp Leaders!)
More skits!
Even more skits!
Then of course... we learned about First Aid!
We went on hikes... and got side-tracked while doing so...
We went
canoeing!
Some of us went fishing!
Cheesy Leaders! This is the amazing Stake Camp Director..... GREAT JOB SUSAN!!
We had some crazy 'friends' there... holy moly, thank heavens for our enclosed and air-conditioned cabins! (no whining about the A/C... we need that here in The Big Hot Texas!)
I was a level leader for one of the groups... and they had a service project to do to complete their level... and our project was to install a flag pole! Our girls dug a hole in the heat and sun... then we poured concrete...
That night, we were able to hang our Virtue Flag on the pole we installed. Virtue is our newest Young Women Value!

Girls Camp takes a lot of work... and we are so grateful for all the effort that goes into it! We ended the week of camp with a WONDERFUL testimony meeting, where all the girls got to share their testimonies of Jesus Christ and the many other things that make their lives so full of happiness and joy! XOXO Til next year!