Kasper and Lois: 15 months and 7 years

Kasper -

You are 15 months old today - and Lois is 7 years old! You two are best friends so you had fun celebrating together.



You are a fun little boy. You continue to be curious and constantly on the move. Lately, you are big in to looking for cars. You like to say "car", watch them drive by or find a toy car and repeat the word a million times. You are also big into saying "ball". Observe:


What else are you saying? You say up, mama, car, ball, banana.


You know what a dog says and what a monkey says.


You know the signs for milk, eat, all done, more. You communicate most effectively with signs. It's so fun.

You can point to your head, eyes, nose, ears and belly button.

You seem to understand more Spanish words still but the English words are catching up. In the mornings you have a couple puffs before we leave for school. Since I want you to sit and eat them but don't want to put you in your high chair, I say "sit on your bottom" and you sit right down to get your snack. It's what we say in the tub so you hear it a lot. You also understand brushing your teeth. After breakfast I ask if you want to brush your teeth so you make a beeline for the bathroom where you have your own little toothbrush you suck on for a couple minutes. You still have only TWO teeth.

Since it's been so nice here this Spring, we spend a lot of time outside and you LOVE it. You love going to the park, going for nightly wagon rides, taking the dog out after work, playing on the deck:

It doesn't matter as long as you're outside. Your most heinous tantrums happen when it's time to come inside.

You are obsessed with any long-handled tool. Brooms, shovels, etc.



You eat basically what we eat and at this exact moment you're a pretty good eater! You try real hard to use a fork and spoon but you're not quite there yet. I got this video of you practicing last week.


You like tuna sandwiches, pizza, yogurt and bananas best.

You are no longer nursing. You nursed for the last time on my birthday - March 4. I'm sorry to tell you it was all my choice but you handled it well. A couple weeks after you weaned we used up the last of my frozen milk so you are a full time whole milk drinker! You drink about 16-18 ozs of milk a day. You still drink from a bottle before bed but it's on my list to get you off that.

You take 2 naps at daycare but only 1 at home. Your daycare naps are about 1 hour and 1.5 hours. At home the nap is usually over 2 hours. I think you get 2 naps unti you go to the toddler room this summer.

You put yourself to sleep and sleep all night and have for awhile. It's so nice. Of course it's 9 pm on a Sunday and Papa is in your room trying to get you to sleep. I don't know what is going on tonight.

You wear 12-18 month or 12 month clothes. You go to the Dr in a couple weeks and I'm anxious to see how much you've grown.

We went on a spontaneous bike ride today with Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Steph. Of course you loved it and it was your first time in Bowlus! Where? Exactly.



(We had just taken you out of the swing)


We went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for lunch and you helped walk the dog. You figured she would enjoy that for her birthday.



I wanted to get a cute photo of the birthday kids. You got a kangaroo kick to the chest.






That's the best I got.

Happy birthday Lois and Happy 15 months Kasper!

I love you both,
Mama