Sammy's been channeling his favorite Sesame Street smash hit "Outdoors" by Jason Mraz featuring Elmo lately. The mornings have been pretty chilly, but the afternoons in Gainesville have been quite wonderful. So after waking from his naps, we've been heading outdoors to do a bit of lawn mowing, playing in the rockin' turtle and leaving our favorite hippo in the planter...no, I think we like him better off the grilling patio.
Our forays into the backyard have also prompted the use of a new word in Sammy's vocabulary: gee. It means "please." He'll walk over to what he wants, be it swinging in the swing, climbing the ladder or climbing, yes climbing, the slide, turn to us, and say "gee" to get one of us to come over and help him. It's a far cry, quite literally, from the aptly-named pterodactyl scream that used to pierce the air whenever he wanted something. Oh, how nice it is to have a sweet-tempered child.
