A Horse, a Dino Encyclopedia, and a Sous Chef

This past weekend we went to Braxton's birthday party and Luke got to ride a horse!! "Ga-maw" Bettie is gonna be so proud of her little grandson!

As soon as he saw the horses, Luke was super excited! He kept tugging at my leg as we stood in line saying "I wan go see horsey!". One by one as his friends took their turns, he'd say "I wan go see Owen Turner on da horsey"... then "I wan go see Lauren on da horsey"...

Finally, I was Luke's turn!!!

I picked him up to put him on the miniature horse and his tiny little fists grasped my shirt so tightly as he started furiously shaking his head and saying "don't want to!!". It was amazing how quickly he went from total excitement and anticipation... to complete fear when it was his turn.



So, rather than taking a ride, we settled for petting the little miniature horse.



Luke then started gesturing over to the BIG horse, saying "I wan go see DAT horsey!". So, we decided to see if Luke would take a ride with dad sitting on the BIG horsey. After another round of "no, don't want to!", I just handed Luke up to dad and he plopped him down on the saddle. As soon as Luke's little hiney hit the leather, he got the biggest smile on his face and yelled "I'M RIDIN THE HORSEY!!!"

It was sooooo cute and hilarious!



This weekend we also got a quick visit from Ms. Lolly and Mr. Eric!! They brought Luke an awesome Dinosaur Encyclopedia and he's totally into it.

It's like he's watching an IMAX movie as he "ooooooh's" and "aaaaaaah's" over all the dinos.

My final anecdote of the evening just a shout out to my little helper! He doesn't want to be left out of ANY action, so as we're making dinner, he goes into the bathroom, grabs his stool, and gets a better view of exactly what's going on. I like to think of him as my little sous chef. Or my little cheese eater.



He just munched away on cheese and grapes while mom and dad prepared tacos and quesadillas!



Two is such a fun age so far!! That's right... so far! :)