Still editing the photographs from Italy so, here are some tales from the land of Saxon.
posing for her mother
Warning: Proud Parent Statements are forthcoming!
Saxon is almost two (well, technically, she’s 21.5 months) and has become quite the talker. She adds words to her vocabulary every day and is starting to combine them into sentences that make sense, most of the time. For example, this morning she was walking down the hall, combing her hair and I asked, “What’s up Saxon?” Reply: “Combing the back of my hair, Daddy.”
Last night, she was examining a Kansas State Wildcat mug - the clear kind that has liquid-filled walls and “stuff” (basketballs, #1’s, wildcats) floating around in it. She first tried to drink from the mug, then turned it sideways and upside down. Repeat process then ask, “Where did the water go?”
Saxon loves playing in the car. Anybody’s car. Let her get in yours and you’ll be amazed how many buttons she can push. When it started getting warm this year, I noticed the A/C in my car making a strange noise, a deep, throaty rumbling when the fan blows. A couple of weeks later, I was working in the yard and Saxon was hanging out in my car. I walked up just in time to see her trying insert a nickel into the A/C vent…and there were a lot less pennies in the change inventory. If anyone has a clue how to extract pennies from a GMC Yukon’s A/C system, give me a shout out.
Saxon can count to five in Spanish and to six in English - and on a good day, to ten in English, but most of the days those sevens, eights and nines get mixed around.
Saxon loves to have us read books to her. She’s really enjoying the Big Sister book her Aunt Christy sent. Saxon also walks around pointing at Carey and saying, “Mommy’s Tummy. Mommy’s Tummy,” after which she will come over and give the tummy a kiss and say, “baby…baby sister.”
