Catching Up.

We've had a nice week. Last Saturday, Brian and I took JJ to a ceramic painting place to make a Father's Day present for Brian and one for my dad. In case you were thinking of ever doing that activity with a 21-month-old very active and opinionated toddler, DON'T DO IT!!! All the pottery items were at his level and he kept trying to carry them around, so we were chasing him around so that he wouldn't break everything in the store! He also started yelling at some other girls that came in to paint their own items, yelling to them that all the items in the store were his! He threw a few huge tantrums before finally sitting and "helping" to paint. My dad's mug actually turned out not too bad and JJ enjoyed painted the mug and then his shirt : ( Father's Day was a relaxed day, but for some reason JJ just wanted me all day, so I don't think Brian felt very "fatherly."

My parents came into town on Wednesday and we've had a nice time with them. JJ loves to play trains with grandpa and read books with grandma. His "mine" phase is a little tiresome though. He's always telling us that the chair, couch, cars, trains, pretty much every single thing in the world is "his"! Yesterday my mom was leaning against a chair with her feet on the carpet and JJ started pushing on her feet and yelling at her, "mine, mine, mine." I'm still not sure why she wasn't allowed to have her feet on the carpet!

Favorite new word - "okay." He actually uses it appropriately and it's really cute the way he says it.

Totally random - JJ's new favorite TV show is Shaun the Sheep. It's a really quirky British claymation show that I found on Netflix streaming. There's no talking, but he loves it. If you have Netflix and kids, you should check it out : )