Reuter Family

NiNi often asks what words mean. It's fascinating to watch her little wheels turn to figure things out. It's also surprising sometimes the concepts that I assume she understands but really has no clue what I'm talking about. Like the other day Meagan was sleeping in and I said something about being lazy. NiNi asked, "What's lazy?"
Ethan has a jack-in-the-box that plays "Pop Goes the Weasel". Here is the conversation that ensued:

NiNi: "What's a weasel?"
Me: "It's an animal like a rat"
NiNi: "What does pop mean?"
Me: "You know, like he pops his head out of a hole"
NiNi: "Yeah, and then the monkey EATS him!"

I had no idea what she was talking about until I vaguely remembered that the rest of the song has something to do with a monkey chasing a weasel around some sort of table. Hilarious how quick-witted she can be!

Ethan is saying a few words! He says "Ut-oh" on his own and will imitate "hi" and "wow." Sometimes I think his "mamamama" really means "mom" now, as he will look at me intently when he wants something and shout "Ma!" I have also heard a few oral consonants lately "La" and "Da" which is encouraging since most of his sounds come out of his nose.

We had a little birthday get together with my side of the family for all the March birthdays...


Not Ethan's birthday, mind you, but he got an honorary cupcake anyway

Love it when I catch my mom genuinely smiling (and NOT trying to hide her teeth:)

Jumping on the trampoline

This is how I found him when I went in to wake him at 9:45am! Rough night I guess!

Grandma, Grandpa and their brood of grandkids