Alphabet Video

Here is the video I was talking about in my previous post. Owen refuses to let me record him because then he wouldn't be able to look at the screen at the same time, so this is the only way I could figure out to record it. Just ignore me getting angry/irritated at Brent for taking the video camera. :) I would have just cut it off but I don't know how and I didn't want to take the time to figure it out.

Untitled from Melissa Clark on Vimeo.

Owen update

I haven't blogged about Owen recently so I thought I would do a quick update on some things he liked to currently say and do.

• Owen is officially obsessed with Mickey Mouse. He goes crazy when sees any book, movie, or toy that has to do with Mickey. We check out the Mickey Mouse clubhouse DVDs and he loves them. He loves to go around the house trying to say Misca Mousa ,Nee(for Mickey), Oh Toodles (sounds more like, Oh Too!) and Don for Donald Duck. He also tried very hard to sing the hot dog song. He just ends up saying hot a lot!


• Some of his recent words include: Ull ight (Well alright), slide, side(outside), all done, again(although it sounds pretty much like all done), wet, turtle, and bug. He now tries really hard to say anything you ask him to say.


• He does really well at folding his arms and bowing his head during the meal time prayers, not so well for family prayers.


• He has decided that he is a very picky eater. All he consistently eats is grapes, raisins, yogurt, and strawberries. He went through a stage where he wouldn't even look at bread and then one day he started eating it again. Him not eating anything is about to drive me to the loony bin. This week I started not allowing any snacks between meals and he has done a little bit better, but still not great.


• He loves to go to the library and pretty much run around all the isles. Luckily, it is such a kid friendly library and I can usually get him to at least go over to the children's part and play with the toys.


• He loves slides and putting things down slides.


• He loves cars and likes to line them up on the window seal.


• Owen throws everything and it drives us all crazy. We are working on this.


• He knows all of his letters now except about five of them. I did a video last night and I will post it soon.


• He likes to count, even though all the numbers except for the number 2 sound the same.


• Owen has discovered how to climb out of the pack n play and has done it once in his crib, but it must have really hurt him because he hasn't done it again.

I don't have hardly any pictures of him except during our family trips that I will post later, but here are a few of us swimming this summer and playing in the yard.

Lining up the cars at Brent's sisters house
Playing on our "new" swing set. The neighbor came over one night and asked if we wanted it since they are moving soon. We of course were thrilled.

Being funny with the pails