I have watched as other children snuggle and love their stuffed animals, blankets, etc. I have always thought it was so super cute and sweet. Every time I loaded up the crib with stuffed animals, Owen threw each and everyone overboard. Blankets? They were thrown overboard, too. When I went to go get him from his nap, there was always a scattered mess of blankets and stuffed animals. Before he could sleep, he needed to throw everything out.
Until last week.
One day last week, he emerged from the playroom. victorious, with bear in arm, running and screaming and giggling BEAR! Look what treasure he had found! I am sure he has walked by that bear 300 times and never thought twice about it. But for some reason, that day, this bear was going to be his best friend. From then on, he has needed to know where bear is, has snuggled bear every nap time and every night, and has not thrown bear overboard once.
Here are a few snapshots of Owen and Bear on the playground. (Yes, Bear had to go with him.)
One of his favorite books has been Find the Puppy where he has to search and find the puppy on each page. He has just loved that book so much and is usually screaming, “Oh puppy!” whenever he finds him. So this week, I had to get him Find the Teddy, too. We headed out with our new book and Bear on a little teddy bear picnic with some friends at E Carroll Joyner Park in Wake Forest.
One of my April goals is to make some fun food for Owen. These frozen yogurt dots were delicious! They took about two minutes to make and then 30 minutes to freeze! See more pictures here.
Another fun treat this week? A Locopop! We tried out Joe Van Loco on Creedmoor which is an espresso bar + locopops = awesome! The picture on the right is one of my first instagrams on my new phone!
Yesterday we got to celebrate our friend Ben‘s 2nd birthday at Pullen Park! Of course, Owen was super excited about the Choo Choo the moment we got there! He also really loves the boats!
He was still a little uncertain of the carousel but stayed on a little bit longer this time. Okay, one last shot of my little gardening buddy.
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This is him saying, “Mommy! Chickie, Chickie!” 
He went into the hen house and picked some real eggs with Aunt Wendy – Wow, they are beautiful! 
