Hey That's Rutherford's Job!

R really likes being busy and helpful. If I start doing something that he usually does (e.g., feed the doggies in the morning, sweep the front porch, etc.), he gets all huffy and says "Hey! That's Rutherford's job!"

Bwhahaha. He's getting pretty bossy. Wonder where that comes from.

The Week in Pictures

 R had so much fun at the beach! We went twice. He loved hunting for seashells and stomping on the sandcastles we made.

 Playing in the sand.

 We hit the carousel in Balboa Park pretty frequently, at least once a week. R has a couple of favorite horses and and he's getting really good and holding on tight!

 Music class is back in session. We were pretending to be flowers and bunnies waking up to the sun :)

 Sleeping in. I love it when he sleeps past 7am!

 Rocking his library bib and sporting a smoothie 'stache.

Swim class with Papa Daddy! They were doing some big tosses in the air, R loved it!

The Week in Pictures

 Rutherford and Papa, snuggling in bed... with their tablets :)

Drumline.

 Neddie's friend Kyle and his adorable family visited SD last week, we got to have dinner with them and run around Balboa Park!

 R's pumpkin patch at the Ranch - can't wait for some wee punkins!

Duckface. My son through and through. Look at those lips! He kills me.

Rutherford's Flower Garden, Day 11

So many sprouts!

"Hmmm... let's see!"

Rutherford picks up on everything so quickly - and it's super cute. I find him repeating phrases back to me that I must say frequently, including this one. It usually goes like this:

R: "Mama ask where Rutherford's ball went!"
Me: "OK, where did Rutherford's ball go?"
R: "Hmmm... let's see!"

When he says it, he usually puts one finger on his chin, in a very contemplating manner.

He is adorbs.

Rutherford's Flower Garden, Day 4

Over the weekend we helped R plants some seeds. I had a self-watering planter that was just wasting away so R picked out some seeds (cosmos and marigolds) at the nursery and we gave the planter some new soil and R planted the seeds!

He loooved doing it (he's also planted some pumpkin seeds at the Ranch a few weeks earlier) and he was very good at placing the seeds just right into the little holes we dug. We've been lightly watering them every day and we already have sprouts!

Rutherford was excited and the first thing he asked me was if he could pick them. Haha. I told him we have to wait until the flowers grow big and strong and then we could pick them.

 Right after planting

Our little sprout!

Happy Birthday, Rutherford!

Last weekend we celebrated R's second birthday with a brunch picnic at the park. We had a great time and Rutherford was super excited about his birthday party. We had four little friends over - Kaitlyn, Ryder, Madison and Penelope plus their parents. It turned out to be super hot, even in the morning... but I guess the great thing about two year olds is they don't seem to complain about the weather too much :) R got some awesome loot - I think the pizza-baking set from Aimee and Ryder might be the biggest hit - and we had cake, juice boxes and played with lots of bubbles. A great birthday!

 Playing bubbles with cousin Madison.

 Penelope looked adorable!

 Opening presents with Papa.

 Ryder eyeing the cake. Rutherford managed to scoop up some frosting before I cut it :)

Blowing out the candles :)

And singing Happy Birthday to Rutherford!

We love our son more than anything in the whole world. I thank God every day for sending me my wonderful little boy. Happy Birthday R!