Park, Phrases, and Mice

Due to some construction that is going on by my building, we have a few mice in my office right now. Yesterday I discovered that one had been in my desk drawer and had eaten some of my food. When I got home I told Deacon that I had a mouse eat some food in my drawer. He went into our kitchen and started to open the drawers and look for the mouse. It took it little bit of convincing before he understood that it was the in the drawer at my work. I’m sure he has no clue what work is... It was funny watching him try to find the mouse in our kitchen drawers.

On Wednesdays Deacon stays at the daycare all day instead of going to Grandma’s house. I try to take him to the park on our way home on these days because there is one right by the daycare. He even asks to go to the park every Wednesday now when I pick him up. He really enjoys the swing, the slides, and watching for trains to drive by. This past week he saw a kid hanging from the bar above the slide. He thought it was so cool and tried to do it himself, which he did successfully. He also saw a little boy do a cartwheel on the grass and attempted to do that, too, which was pretty cute to watch.

 Deacon has also been picking up a little phrase each week it seems like. One week when I asked him to pick out his clothes in the morning, he started saying “how about… this one.” I guess I must say “how about” when I am helping him choose his clothes. This past week he keeps saying “that’s better” for everything. It’s fun to see what words and phrases he picks up on.