Yummy!

"That's right, ladies. . .I'm Yummy!"

As Tyler told me tonight, "Zander has been taking his cute pills lately." They have been working! Almost everything he does is cute. (Except for the tantrums, the fighting with his sister, and the throwing of food at the dinner table.) The other day he put on Zoey's new apron and chef hat (Yes, it is almost always his idea) and wore it around for a while.

Zander and Zoey used daddy as a riding horse the other morning.

We spent New Year's Eve at Roz, Kevin, and Hazel's house. It was fun to hang out and play games. Zoey absolutely adored Hazel's new kitten Molly. (Nobody get any cute ideas. . .we are not ready for a pet.)

One of the things I have been meaning to do on the blog lately is document some of the words that Zander has been saying. Fourtunately, he said all my favorites on the video clip below. But here is a list of words he can say at 17 months:

Melmo = Elmo (my favorite)
Gocks = socks
Hat
truck
People: dada, mama, nana, poppa, Bob
Food: cracker, nana (banana)
all done
bye bye
hi
Animal noises: moo, baa, neigh,quack-quack (another favorite of mine), he can also howl like a coyote and growl like a bear/lion