Settlers Park

Joshua loved this park because it has three of his favorite things. Music, climbing, and slides. I think this park will be fun to visit again this summer because it has a cute nautical splash plad. The bathrooms are even clean and don't smell bad at all.  

                      

                         Splash pad

Boise In The Summer: Peppermint Park

This summer our family goal is to visit all the Boise parks. Boise has so many amazing parks and we've only been to a handful of them. Today we went to Peppermint Park and it was so fun! The boys loved it. They were very excited about the slides, school bus, and dinosaur head. I was very excited about the clean, well kept, public bathrooms. 

                      

                        "I can fly!"

Joshua is TWO. What?!

Time flies when you're having fun and now my little boy is two! It's unbelievable how quickly this growing up process is happening to my baby. I feel like I miss something every time I blink. Some mornings I'll wake up, always to him petting my face, handing me my glasses and saying 'All done night night!", and swear he's grown 5 inches over night. Joshua is a little bundle of crazy energy, some days I can hardly keep up with him but I don't know what I would do without him.

About Joshua at 2 years old:

He weighs 24 pounds and 11 ounces and is 33.5 inches tall. His pediatrician said that he is "small but healthy and bright."

He can:
*Count to 10
*Identify the colors green, blue, pink, purple, orange, and yellow

*Form sentences of 3-4 words 

*Put all the shapes on his board puzzle in the right spot

*Go #2 in the potty (We're still working on #1 but we are poop potty trained!)

He loves:
*Going to the park, mostly swinging and going down the slide

*Taking baths

*Reading books (He'll grab a book, give it to me and say, "Read a book to you?}

*Any fruit, mostly bananas and grapes

*Playing with his board puzzles, airplanes, trucks, blocks, and balls

*Playing at the "baby mall", watching the remote control airplane kiosk next to it, and riding the "ellalater" (escalator) 

*His puppy and "geekee" (blankie)

*Going on bike rides 

*Getting horsey rides from daddy and playing tigers with him.

*Playing with his big brother, he calls him T most of the time but has recently started trying to say Tarek. It comes out as Eric

*Watching Mickey Mouse and Curious George 

*Running and jumping and singing everywhere he goes

*Getting his teeth brushed

*Eating any form of noodle and eggs

He dislikes:

*Getting ready for bed

*Sleeping without "the milk" ("The milk" is what he calls nursing)

*When tv time is over

*Not being able to jump down our concrete stairs

*All veggies. (Unless they're sneakily hidden in smoothies) 

*When mommy or daddy have to leave without him

*When I wear my hair down. (He always points at my hair and says "put it up!" when it's down and he gets very upset if I don't put it up)

Here are some pictures of Joshua at 2 years old!

He saw a goose behind me was asking to "Be nice?" to it. His way of
asking to pet things.