The two intrepid explorers press on!

So I know the last post was on Theo and this post is also going to be Theo but I had the pleasure of spending some alone time with him today and well he's just a wonderful little guy.

Couple of things you need to know about Theo.

He is his Grandpa James and his Daddy Neil smushed all together in a fun special way that is all him.

He loves the outdoors.
He loves airplanes.
He loves water.

That pretty much sums him up.  Today we went on a --safari adventure--

Ok, it's redundant since Safari means trip in Swahili but whatever he doesn't know that.

We left our little townhouse and walked down the paver-ed road.  Which is to say a road with pavers on it.  How do you describe a road with pavers on it.  It's not a paved road.  Not really a cobblestone road.  Hmmm.

Anyways.  We crossed the busy street --Gitanga-- and went to our favorite exploring street --Jacaranda Road--

Theo walks all this by the way.  And will walk the entire way down to Ramsi Road and then back again.  He is turning two on Dec 31st.  This boy can outwalk a lot of kids his age.  Reminds me of someone I know.

Anyways, so we're adventuring and that means Theo can say run anytime he wants.

This is how he says to run, "Come on Mommy, RUUUUUUUUUn!!!"  And so we run like for 3 steps.  It's very exhausting.

If there is anything you need spotted give Theo a picture of it and he will SEE it.  A butterfly.  A frog. A lizard. A bird. An airplane.  Those are his specialities.  He's ok at monkeys but they scare him a little so he often just hides.

We got to key destination #1 about 10 minutes into our walk.  The waterfall!!!!

Or a sewer drain that has a drop-off, but hey he gets excited so let's not burst his bubble.

We hang out at the waterfall for 5 minutes or so.  Then we catch sight of a blue dragonfly and chase that around for a while.

Call that? Call that, Mommy? Call that?

That's a dragonfly Theo!

Call that? Call that, Mommy? Call that!?

That's a used toothpaste tube.

Then we continue on our adventure. Finally we get to the quarry. 

Or the side of a road near a construction site.  Theo finds all sorts of rocks, sticks and general rubbish to amuse himself with.  Then he wants to go to Terabithia.

Terabithia, for us, is through some tall grass on the side of the road that someone doesn't mow down for some reason.   It's about the height of a certain almost-2-year-old-boy and therefore extremely daring and exhilarating to walk through.

And on the other side of the grass?  A mowed lawn on the side of the road!!!! It's Terabithia!!! Woooowweeeee!  Oh, that's another great thing about Theo.  He is the one to surprise.  He has great impressed noises.

ooooooooo, mommy!!!  A frog!

Mommy Wooooowww!!!! A flower!!!!

All sorts of fun things here.  Vines. Crazy trees. Big aloe plants.  Lots of surprised and impressed noises from Theo.  And a lot of --Call that? Call that, Mommy? Call that?---

Theo and I had a great time chasing butterflies.  Awh and then he wanted to practice peeing outside.

Don't ask me why, we're not potty training any more but get that boy outside and suddenly he wants to pee in the wind. 

Go figure.

I'm gonna miss when he doesn't want to --play adventure-- with me anymore.  But for the time being I've got one great partner for any adventures I can dream up.