Wandering Browns

Owen is three! Well, he's been three for awhile now, but we're just getting around to writing about it. Such is the fate of a second child. I interviewed him during the week of his birthday and here are his current favorites: Favorite color: Green (He usually says black, or black and pink, but on this particular day, it was green) Favorite food: vegetables and food and lunch and snacks Favorite show: LEGO Ninjago Favorite toy: Poli and Heli and Amber and Roy Favorite movie: Batman (cartoon version) Favorite thing to do with family: play and watch shows (he especially likes to play on the trampoline with dad and Landon after Austin gets home from work) Favorite book: LEGO Ninjago Favorite letter: Q Favorite Number: A Favorite shape: triangle Favorite animal: alligator (guys... he's obsessed with sea turtles. Everything has to be sea turtles. Again, must have been in a weird mood on this particular day) Favorite dinosaur: T-rex Favorite place: Par...

With Landon's birthday coming up, I thought it was about time to give an update on both our boys. Here are some fun facts about Owen right now: - Owen's hair has bleached out this summer in the strong Vietnamese sunlight. It still has more of an auburn glint to it vs. Landon's, but it's pretty blonde. - Asians think Owen is a girl. Without fail, regardless of his hair cut. They say his eyes are too pretty to be a boy. In China, they would just ask me, or point to Landon and use hand signals to ask if they were the same or if Owen was a girl. In Vietnam, they go straight to the diaper and either peek inside or feel for his penis. It would be surprising/shocking/unacceptable in the U.S., but it's just a cultural difference. They mean no harm, they are just curious here! - Owen is having a vocabulary explosion! He labels everything and has started to put words together to make simple sentences and phrases. He still LOVES animals most of all, but is also interested ...

For a few weeks now, I have been wanting to record some of the interesting and cute things that both my boys are doing right now. They are so full of energy, destruction, love, curiosity, and more energy! Without further adieu, here's what Landon has been up to: - Landon LOVES all things science. Dinosaurs, marine biology, electricity, geology, anatomy and physiology, animals, physical science, astronomy- he is really into learning about all of these subjects right now. For our home school preschool, we do "reports" off and on where we learn about a specific subject, or do an experiment, and Landon draws a picture of the subject/experiment, and then he directs me on how to label the picture. I have him give me three facts about what we learned and I write those down too. I recently reintroduced him to The Magic School Bus books and he loves them. - We're still working through sensory issues, but things are much better. Landon is a textbook sensory seeker. He p...