Rainy Day Ramblings...

Today is a blah and dreary day. Joel and I have been finding creative ways to entertain ourselves this morning. He played for a long time in my clothes basket while I was doing laundry. He just loved climbing in and out of it and bringing his trucks in with him. Rob recently taught him how to say "D'oh!" like the Homer Simpson character on TV. His face is so funny when he does it, and he cracks himself up! He is asleep right now, wrapped in his big soft blanket sucking his thumb (which is unusual). Yesterday we had a good day. Joel was a holy terror in the morning, tearing things up and making big messes everywhere. He also was tormenting Bailey quite a bit, which does NOT make him popular! After his nap I took him to Big Lots with me and then we walked over the the pet shop. He loves it there! He likes the dogs and the fish, but yesterday he was all about the turtles! He sat on my lap on the floor for a long time talking to the turtles and pointing at them. He was fascinated. I personally don't like turtles, but he was a big fan. The good news is that they also had a snake there and he wanted nothing to do with that! After the pet store we walked over and got an ice cream cone. This was the first time Joel has held his own cone and he did really well. He didn't eat nearly the whole thing. I think he was mostly impressed with the novelty of doing it himself! Last night we went to dinner with Daddy and then he fell asleep with Rob in the chair. That is my favorite time of night....when everyone is relaxing and everything is quiet. More later....