The random pile of rocks.

I'm not sure why this is here, but Nate thinks this little oasis of rocks is amazing. He loves playing with his animals and the dinosaurs. Although he calls them dragons instead of dinosaurs. He's pretty funny, the tiger and giraffe are good friends, but nobody likes the triceratops. There are two of them and I guess it's a little dinosaur gang or something. Good fun.

We still haven't had much luck with the house hunt. I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people that design houses must not actually live in one. It's amazing how much someone can screw up the functionality of a house. But, one will eventually come along for us and I cannot wait! It's going to be great when we can get a backyard for Nate and his little brother too. Hopefully we'll be able to visit again before baby dos gets here, but if not maybe we'll have a guest bedroom for people to come visit! 

Orange.

Nate stole the Doritos that were supposed to be for Mitch's lunch. He loves Doritos. They make a huge mess of course. I asked him what happened to his hands and just shook his head and said, "oh, orange mess." Then he asked for a wipe. He actually likes cleaning up messes for now. He colored on the walls a few days ago so I gave him a towel to wipe it off. I'm pretty sure he had just as much fun cleaning it up as he did coloring it.

Pretty picture.

Nate colors all the time, but I guess he finally colored something he liked. He finished and came and showed everyone his "green picture." He woke Mitch up to show him and even made Mufasa look at it. It was too cute. And then he got overly excited and ripped it in two. I guess Mufasa is a pretty harsh critic. 

Memphis fun.

We had a blast in Memphis. Nate got to see the train in Collierville Square, hang out with all his grandparents, aunts, uncles, visit the farmers market and fight with swords. It was a perfect trip. Nate was wonderful on the ride there and back, I don't know why I was surprised..he's a pretty awesome kid. And he's looking much more like a little boy with his grown up hair cut. I seriously miss the curls, but they'll grow back. Hopefully, we'll be able to visit again soon. 

He found himself a Nate-sized tree to play under. And also a nice rock quarry to dig around in. He just sat there and threw rocks around, having himself a good time.

One man band.

We bought Nate a harmonica. He thinks it's great. And he's adorable when he plays it, just runs out of breath quickly. 

Water gun.

So, we bought Nate some little water guns. It didn't take two squirts before Mufasa knew he was not going to enjoy this. Nate loved shooting Mitch and me. And Mitch and I love making Nate shoot one another. 20 minutes later, Nate is having a ball, Mitch and I are quite damp and poor Mufasa is nowhere to be found. We called him and looked in all the closets. Then we found him, hiding under Nate's crib. He was not coming out until he knew for sure the water gun was gone. But that took awhile because Nate discovered how fun it was to squirt himself in the face and in his mouth. Best .99 cents I've spent in a while. :)