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Joseph: "I wonder why they call them cowboys because they don't ride cows."

Samuel is also talking a lot more. When I ask him to, he says "up peaz" and gets a huge goofy grin on his face. He is fascinated with rocks lately and loves to collect them just like Joseph did. His personality shines through often. Samuel still has his temper tantrums, but he is a lot easier to get to bed than Joseph. I sing him some songs and rock him and then lay him down. He usually goes down without fussing too much. Usually. :) Another favorite thing for him right now are french fries. When we drive by In-N-Out, he usually will try and get our attention and then signs eat. Silly boy. He also loves pudding and popcorn. Don't worry...that isn't all he eats. He is a fairly good eater. Put peas, corn, pasta, carrots, rice, and many other yummy foods in front of him and he eats like crazy.

Joseph has also mastered going to the toilet all by himself without his seat!! Yay!!!! He has also gotten very good at procrastinating going pee in the toilet, so on some occasions, well, you can guess what happens. He is also sounding out very basic words and starting to ask what words mean. Some of his new favorite words are distracted and annoying. My little teenager. ;) The other day he asked how to spell rat. We sounded it out and he was able to determine what letters were making the sounds and spelled it. I need to work on it more so he will start to read by himself. Joseph has also discovered a deep interest in rescue heroes.

We watched a Bill Nye on gravity and he and Samuel were laughing a ton when he was throwing things off a building to demonstrate that everything falls. Now Joseph says when we are walking up hill that it is hard because we are fighting gravity and it is easier going down hill because gravity helps us.