He Loves Two Things: Bananas & the Outdoors

A couple of quick things. First, Wendy called while I was on the way home tonight to tell me that our Little Guy was sitting in his high chair eating his dinner when he looked over at the bananas, pointed, and said, "na-na." Brilliant.

Second, my son's love for the outdoors never ceases to amaze me. I'm so thankful that he wants to be outside playing rather than sitting in front of the TV. When I got home this evening he was playing with his mommy in the den and I said, "Come here and give daddy some hugs." No response. I knelt down, opened my arms, and said again, "Come give daddy hugs." He looked at me briefly then turned back to his toys. Finally I said, "You wanna go outside and look at the moon?" He immediately stood up, walked over to me, arms outstretched.

I bundled him up in his coat and the two of us went out to the driveway to look up at the moon. He opened up his mouth wide and pointed. I showed him the stars and he pointed at those. Then he saw our dog Samson sticking his nose under the gate, so we had to go over and pet the dog. Then, after a few minutes I made the mistake of taking him back inside. He cried and cried because he couldn't play outside anymore. I can't wait until it gets a little warmer so we can keep him out longer.