Owen head butt Daddy

Said Owen. And then he did. Two times. Richard ended up with a black eye. Owen seemed not to have any ill effects. We have no idea where Owen learned the phrase or the act of head butting.

The teachers at day care and Richard and I have noticed some growth in Owen. He's beginning to test boundaries. Like pouring his drink on the floor and laughing about it. I think he's just practicing being 2. The next year will be fun!

Owen and Richard have a new game. They sit by the side of the house where there are lots of river rocks. Owen says "how about this one?" and points to a specific rock. Richard then picks it up, Owen inspects it, then puts it through the fence. Owen points to another rock, says "how about this one?" and the game continues.

We head out to the East coast Friday night- one week in Vermont then one week in Virginia. We are hoping that Owen sleeps for a least a few nights during this trip. We are really excited to see everyone. Owen's been practicing names looking at family pictures, and seems to have them down.

We had a nice Father's day on Sunday. Owen made a cute card and cookies for Richard at school, and we went to brunch and the park.

Oh- and he's now counting to 20. Missing a few in the teens sometimes, but still he's pretty good at it.

Owen pick Zoie's nose

Owen is saying longer sentences now, such as the one above, said this morning to Richard when Owen put his finger in Zoie's nose. Zoie is very tolerant of the attention. Owen has also said "Owen squeeze Daddy's cheeks" and other cute, several word sentences.

Here's a picture of Owen and Laurel in our new ball pit- inspired by Kristi's. They both really love playing in there. Watch out for the ball pit shark!

We went to the Oregon Zoo in Portland during Memorial Day weekend. It's a nice size zoo for seeing in a day, and Owen had a blast. He hasn't been to a zoo since last summer, when he was really only fascinated by rocks. This time, he noticed the animals. He was excited about the elephants- "elephants big!", but wasn't so happy with them when they walked towards us. He liked the giraffes: "giraffes tall!" We watched the penguins being fed, and he thought they were hilarious.

We went to San Diego last weekend for a wedding and to see some friends. I failed to take the camera out of the case, so I have no evidence, but we had a nice trip. Our house in San Diego sold (finally!) and closed last Thursday so we drove by and said our farewells. We couldn't tell if Owen remembered it or not. We also saw lots of old friends. I think Owen remembered people, though he's very shy.

This rainbow was over our house last night. It was a beautiful, pink sunset, and the rainbow arched right over our house. I couldn't get it all in the view, but here's part of it.