"Outside"

Caden and I have been spending a lot of time outside lately. The weather is pretty off and on as far as the rain goes, but there have been some super nice days in between. Caden just says a few words, mostly "uh oh", "hi", and "bye bye"(accompanied by an enthusiastic full arm wave). His newest word lately is "outside", which he says now quite frequently. Out of all the words he could be saying he chooses "outside"! Of course! Why not? The kid loves being outside and would probably live out there if I let him. I have to be careful now how I use the word "outside". I have to make sure I let him know we're going in the stroller or going in the car and not use the "o" word so he isn't mislead. I don't know if it really helps to not use the "o" word because he still puts up a pretty good fight getting into his car seat and stroller.

Speaking of outside...a couple of months ago I learned a very important lesson on not making assumptions! I was at the neighborhood park pushing Caden in the swing. This older man, probably in his 60's, came up to the other swing and started pushing a 5 year old boy. He asked me how old Caden was and we chit chatted a little bit. I thought that the little boy must be his grandson so I asked him if he was. BAD IDEA. The boy was his SON. Ha! I felt like an idiot after that but just kept pushing Caden. He didn't seem to mind so it must happen to him often. The thought had even crossed my mind that I shouldn't assume it's his grandson, but I thought by their interactions they didn't really seem like father and son. Anyway, so this week I was at the same park and I noticed he was there again. I was trying to avoid him, but of course his son comes right up to Caden and starts trying to play with him. After talking to the dad shortly, I was relieved to find that I don't think he remembered me. Whew! I won't make that same mistake again.

On another note, last weekend my bro-in-law, Tyler, took a few family pics for us. We haven't ever really had a good pic of the 3 of us.