Paint chips from Lowe's

We were shopping for black-out blinds so that Ash won't wake at 5am. Ash is starting to know about color words. He likes saying blue ("booo") and purple ("poopoo") but doesn't quite know which those are, so he holds up any old color and asks: "Boo? Boo?" And when I tell him which color he actually has he tries to say it.

Ash self-aware

Today, a kid asked me what Ash's name was, and Ash got right in his face, banged on his own chest with both fists, and said, "Aaa! Aaa! Aaa! Aaa!"

And he clearly knows that it is himself in the mirror when he tries on my clothes.

Ash and Hannah

They really play together, and they love each other.

Popsicles on the porch

Ash is making all kinds of arguments for why he needs tastes of Zack's popsicle. This was after he had used his own as a drumstick and it fell apart.

At the park before school

Reading with Kyla

Hopscotch on the roof

Park

Monster stroller!

Ash talk

"Guy." (Dai.)
Ash puts the wooden pirate into the hold of the pirate ship: "Bye bye, guy."
"Uuunnh! Wah, wah, wah!"
Me: "Is the guy stuck?"
"Stuck! Stuck!" (tuh! tuh!)
Ash gets him out: "Ah! Guy!"
Me: "You got him out! Was he stuck, and that made you mad?"
"Stuck! Stuck! Wah wah wah! Guy."
He acts it out, putting the guy in and taking him out, making a mad face and then laughing.

New leaves

A week or so ago, there was no green out this window. And I didn't jack up the color---this is without filter.

Kids on spinners

New haircut

Reading