Week in Review: 4/29-5/5

Nona and Papa wrapped up their Ohio trip and Dad came home from Washington DC!  Owen is in a big tower phase right now.  He would have a whole conversation (both sides) to himself when he wanted to play:  “Let’s build a tower!” “OK” “Dads going to help build a tower” “OK Owen let’s build a tower.”  It was pretty funny to hear.
Papa taught him you have to start with a strong base, so now he always tells me: “Get the red blocks, we need a strong base!”

He loves building them to the point where he can barely reach to put the final block.  Then he hugs the tower and knocks it over.

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After reading curious George and the Pancake Breakfast, you can guess what he wanted to eat. 


Daily Tidbits from the Week:
- One of the funniest things Owen has started doing is talking like a book character.  He will say, “I would like a snack, said Owen”  I guess we read a lot!
- Owen was shocking Nona and Papa with how many words he reads.  He just randomly points to things and says, “That says ____”  I would guess he reads between 50-75 words, maybe more if you add in environmental print like WalMart, Target, Costco, etc.  Granted he’s not sounding them out, but he is recognizing patterns to words for sure! 
-  As you know Owen hates any songs that sound sad or lullaby-ish.  So the other day I was singing Jack Johnson (acoustic guitar music), and he walked in the room and said, “Mommy please stop singing right now.”  I said, “You can’t tell Mommy not to sing.”  and he replied, “Yes please stop.”