Happy July!

The last three evenings Jeff and I have been staying-up late painting our front porch and back steps. It's time consuming, especially with our fancy spindles but well worth the effort. It already looks so much nicer. Walter is still pumped about the fourth of July! For more than a month just about every day he has been saying is today July? He was thrilled when I told him today that it was the last day of June. He's been spending a lot of time outside and has discovered moths. He found a dead one and said "Mama who died that moth?" Today he was also touching a butterfly and said "I'm tickling the butterfly." Lately too he has been coming-up with words for those who can't talk like the dog, Rose E or his toys. To keep him occupied while we where working on painting I brought out some trucks and a train he hasn't played with in a while. Anyway he took one of them with him to Sherwin Williams to buy some paint and forgot it in the van. When he remembered it was in there he said dramatically "Mama the fire truck is in the van and it is saying I'm lonely I miss Walter and Mama." Such a character! When Chevy watches him eat too he'll say "Mama Chevy is saying I want some of Walter's food."
Rose E has been doing lots of singing. The other day she sang parts to "Jesus loves me" and has been keeping herself occupied by singing "Ring around the Rosie" and then falling down. She's also been singing a song she heard on the radio and the alphabet. Today it was funny because Walter said "mama we need to get Rose E her own potty" so I said she is too little she has to be able to tell us when she has to go potty before we start potty training her and then she blurted out "potty." Doesn't miss a beat! She has also been saying Walter's name on a regular basis. The other day Walter was playing with his puzzles on the floor and walked a way for a few minutes and when Chevy walked by she said "Walter?" Her other new expressions have been "see t.v", "down" (as I carry her down the stairs), and "froggy" (we where reading a froggy book today, there are certain words in it that Walter recognizes and says and one of them is froggy so I would let him say that part and before I knew it she was saying it too).