The Last Week of Summer...

So I only had about 3 1/2 weeks off between semesters (but it sure beat only having 6 days off like our last break). This last week has been sooooo nice. There was one day I decided I wanted to take Shade to Greenfield Village, so we got some friends to agree to come with us and went there for a day. He really liked it, I really liked it, and they said they liked it too :).



Other than that, we have just been trying to get out and enjoy the nice weather. We went to Belle Isle once and Walled Lake a couple of times, and lately we have been going for walks at night with Kellen when he gets off work.


(This is all from Belle Isle)

I have to admit, this semester will by far be the hardest one so far. Sure, it is going to be the busiest one (17 credits, 4 days a week of wage-free clinicals, tons of stupid/pointless assignments). But I think it will be harder for me because I got to spend so much time with Shade this summer and he is getting to be so much fun! I know I cannot complain, because no matter how well things worked out for me, I chose to go back to school right now. But I can't help but feel jealous of all the stay-at-home mom's in our ward, and of course the Beauchamps (his daycare family)! Man, I am SO sick of school!! That being said, I am excited to start school, because it is my LAST SEMESTER!!!! Hopefully for a long, long, long time!!

Anyway, some of the fun things about Shade:

He showed off for all his grandparents that he knows his ABC's - the letters, pictures and song (although he still confuses the letter 'D' sometimes and skips some of the letters in the song - his favorite part is "w,x,y and z - now I know I AEC's nectime sing with me...").

He picked up "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and now sings it all the time.

He has started using full sentences on his own which I absolutely adore:
"I see a cat/dog/airplane/etc."
"I take a shower."
"I go outside."
"I go swimming."
"Oooh, its hot."
"I play bassetball."
"What is -at (that)?"
"I love mommy/daddy the most."

And some partial sentences:
"I do alabet (the alphabet)."
"I go poo-poo potty."
"Where baby's/momma's/daddy's shoes?"
"I milt." - When he wants milk... :)

He silkies his hair when he drinks his sippy cup... Sometimes he will silky mine, Kellen's or other people's hair when he is tired or for no reason at all...