Circus Vargas

For momma and daddy's 39th birthday the whole family including G and G Prichard went to Circus Vargas, a traveling circus in the mall parking lot. Two years ago momma went with Gramp Joe and Grandpa Prichard the week everyone was waiting for Owen to be born. Both kids (and the adults) had a blast. Laney was squealing in delight the whole time and O. loved every act.

Grandpa's birthday

For Grandpa's birthday Owen and I made a card using mini-marshmallows. We went to G and G's for dinner and cake.

Owen at 2

Stats
At his two year old appointment on June 13, Owen was 29 pounds and 37 inches. He is a busy, happy guy.

*Motor skills-kicks, throws, catches, walks up and downstairs,blows bubbles in water
*Language- when you explain something, he often says "that's why." Last week the garbage bag left some liquid on the floor and he said "It's leaking." He often says "My ___ hurts." to describe a body part that's bothering him. He has said nearly all the body parts in this context!
*Cognitive development-What he knows: counts to ten (except 4), the names of letters in his name, how to make an O, most colors (yellow, orange, green, blue, pink-he mixes up black with white and vice versa)
*Potty training (exploration stage)- he has earned 28 stickers on his potty chart and uses pull-ups in place of diapers. He often sits on the potty after meals or first thing in the morning/last thing at night. Next week we are thinking of trying the two day potty training.
*As a big brother-loves to run in and say good morning, when she cries, he says "It's Ok." Once Laney was frightened of the vaccuum cleaner so when it's time to vaccuum he runs over to her and says "Don't hear it, Laney. Don't hear it." When others come near her, he runs to her side and says "That my baby."
Owen enjoys music, yoga, bathtime, and playing garbage trucks. He loves to watch garbage truck movies on youtube and never misses watching the truck come to pick up his garbage on Friday mornings. "Garbage truck pick up my garbage, momma."
He likes a variety of toys including his bike, balls,trucks, instruments (ukelele, piano) and new baby doll.

what he loves: garbage and garbage trucks, getting the mail, keys, cords, tools, fixing things, cooking

He sometimes takes a 90-120 minute nap either around noon or 4 pm but other days goes without naps.
He is a great eater and still loves fruit in any form. He also loves broccoli, eats green beans and peas, carrots and will try almost anything at least once. If it's a no-go, he will simply say, "I don't like it."

Owen we love you at two!

Two Years Old!

*This pic is from the day before his bday, at his friend Victoria's princess party!













Owen hit two on Sunday and hasn't stopped. He is 29 pounds of love and curiousity, wrapped up in a 37 inch body with mischievous eyes and a gleeful smile. Owen loves all things with wheels, garbage trucks and buses topping the list. He has been very aware of and careful around cars for the past several months, always moving out of the way on the cul de sac and noticing cars (or cars similar to those) of loved ones and neighbors while driving out and about. He comments on trucks and if we hear one outside while at home, everything stops and we go running for a view. He has seen several up close, and we decided to celebrate his big day with cake in our newly remodeled garage on Sunday afternoon. A cake-making friend made a garbage truck cake, and daddy made "dirt" and "sand" cake in a couple of toy dump trucks. Several friends and neighbors joined us to share O's special day!

Owen is talking up a storm. He has a vocabulary of probably 80-100 words (or more) and speaks in 3-5 word sentences like "Help me clean this up." and "I eat now." He uses phrases like "over there", "I go again" and several words are spanish only, including "agua", "uvas", and "dos" When you ask him how old he is turning, he says "dos". I am going to make a concerted effort to use at least 80% spanish with him this summer because he is just at the right spot for it, repeating words and phrases all the time to hear how they sound to him. He is always listening, which daddy and I need to remember! Haha! We love you big boy Owen and are excited for a fun summer with you.