Words Griffin Can Say*

uh oh/ car/ truck/ stuck/ me/ mama/ dada/ flower/ bird/ grandma/ bee/ milk/ up/ help/ down/ spoon/ berry/ hi/ there/ woof/ meow/ kitty/ this/ that/ moon/ fan/ cheese/ melon/ more/ bye/ bus/ boohbah/ bread/ bubble/ lawnmower/ ball/ fork/ hot/ baby

*mostly intelligible

I love how this list reflects on his world and his understanding of it.

Bubbles

Two days, two boys, two summer treats

Backyard Boys

Bullies

Harrison had a run-in with some 6-year old bullies on the playground yesterday when he was with Grandma. He wanted to hang out and was following them around trying to engage them in play, and they started calling him "Poopyhead" "Toilethead" and "Diaperbaby."

[I had to suppress my smirk and laughter a bit when he was recounting these insults.]

He reported the verbal abuse to Grandma and she chastised the boys in her teacherly way, but I wonder if she should have let him fight his own battle on this one. What's the protocol here?

Poor Buddy. I want to squirrel him away and protect him from the nasty bits of the world, including mean 6-year olds.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Between our wee family and my parents, we've all been strawberry picking at the field down the road from my parents' house 5 times. Five! Harrison's been on all of these excursions. For a 3 week picking season, I'd say that's pretty darn impressive!

Here's Griffin on our last run on Saturday, with three strawberries lined up to be eaten:

John, Paul, George, and Ringo

The Fab Four are growing up! Here they are this evening, only 9 days old, running out of room, and almost ready to leave the nest:

They think the camera is their mama, here to feed them...
...and here are Mama and Papa with a grub and a worm, waiting for the photoshoot to end: