I had to share this picture!

(Thanks to my mom for taking it and sharing it!) :)

Chuck E Cheese

Andrew went to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese for a little boy that he goes to daycare with (the little boy in the first picture). He had so much fun! He was the youngest kid there (besides little babies) and he thought he could run around with the big kids. Just thought I'd post some pictures from it for everyone!

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That's Not My Dinosaur!

Apparently Andrew got such a great reception the first time he read the book to us he decided to get even more dramatic last night! :) Anyway... here you go!

A few Andrew cute things...

Andrew's way of saying "excuse me" -- "'scuse, please!" :)

How Andrew said bye to me this morning after I said, "bye, bye, precious!" -- "bye, 'cious!"

Who all has to get goodnight hugs and kisses when Andrew doesn't want to go to bed -- Pooh Bear, Blue, Buddy (his stuffed dog), Elmo... and Andrew of course!

Songs Andrew loves to sing at the moment:

The Wheels on the Bus (he joins in on hand motions and sounds and "all through TOWN!" -- and we skip a few verses we don't like)
Old MacDonald Had a Farm ("E-I-E-I-OOO!!!" -- oh, and he will "meow" for the cat)
Itsy, Bitsy Spider (hand motions again... and "itsy, itsy")
Jesus Loves Me
B-I-N-G-O
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
ABC Song
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
You Are My Sunshine (we sing You Are My Andrew)
If You're Happy and You Know It

I'm sure we'll be adding more! :)

Pictures coming tomorrow, I promise!

Reading is FUN!

Andrew LOVES to read. Last night he read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to me. On the last page, he pointed to every animal and said, "What-dat? Bear!", "What-dat? Howse!", "What-dat? Duck!", etc. -- which is sort of my routine after I read the last page of the book to him. It was so cute! Then, this morning, we were reading That's Not My Dragon!. The book says, "That's not my dragon! It's ears are too tufty!", etc., etc. and the last page says "THAT's my dragon! It's wings are so scaly!" This morning after I read him the book, Andrew wanted to read it again. This is Andrew's version: "No! BlahBlahBlah", "No! BlahBlahBlah" (random babbling). Last page -- "Ooooh! BlahBlahBlah" Same inflection as Mama reads! It was sooo cute, and I was impressed that he took the "That's not my dragon!" and turned it to "No!", easier toddler-ese for the same concept. :) I love that I have a little boy who loves to read! (And, yes, I'll have to get a picture! I can't believe it is already August!)