In the crib reciting/singing the words to Twinkle, Twinkle, with hand motions, and without many mistakes! I didn't know he could do that.

Today: rainy day, but not a bad one. Owen was quite self-entertaining for a change. I did not have to bribe him to go to the grocery store, and he had a good time there! Of course, part of the good time was picking up miscellaneous items at his eye level and putting them in the basket. I kept the ones that could be useful and returned the jarred gravy, precooked bacon, generic fruit loops, and sad-looking watermelon.

Owen helped me make soup tonight. He got things out of the fridge for me, pushed chopped veggies off the cutting board into the pot, poured the stock into the pot, stirred, and poured in the noodles. All by himself! If there is a theme running through our day-to-day life right now it is...OWEN DO IT!!! Yikes, we spend a lot of time getting upset when Owen realizes in hindsight that something has just been done that he would have liked to do without help. I don't mind stepping back and letting him try to do things when he asks for the chance, but it does get exasperating when he doesn't think to want to do it until after it's done, and then expects me to rewind life, and do things like put the shoes and socks back on so he can take them off, or let him go all the way back down to the beginning of the stairs and start over because I got impatient and lifted him up the last one. Sometimes I put my foot down, sometimes I don't. The inconsistency probably doesn't help ;)

He such a cutie sweetheart little love bug. We had a fun day and I got so many kisses, and so did baby brother. Owen and I have a favorite name for the baby but Reuel doesn't like it, and doesn't seem like he will be swayed. I don't suppose it's a very nice thing for me to teach Owen that name, but I like it so much it's hard not to use it now and then ;) Reuel had better hurry up and help think of one we both like, or my choice might just stick.