Trip to Myrtle Beach

This past weekend we took a trip down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to help Great-Grandma Leah move out of her home (she's now comfortably living in an assisted living place). While down in SC we spent a morning on the beach. Odin loved it!
He went swimming with Daddie and really liked the waves! Odin's favorite part of the trip was spending time with Grandma Fern's dog, Charlie. We are pretty sure Charlie felt the opposite, but he was a good sport and even let Odin take him for walks.
We had a little extra work to do in SC besides helping to move...Daddie replaced a starter on Great-Grandma Leah's Jeep. Odin was a very good helper and was very interested in what was going on under the Jeep.

Hair Cut

Yesterday we gave Odin his first hair cut. We wanted to wait, but his bangs were getting in his eyes and we could tell it was really bothering him.

Odin loves "bathing" in our kitchen sink. We took the opportunity to get his hair wet and...
... a few quick cuts with the scizzors... ...and he still has more hair than dadie, even after the haircut...

Summer Camp

Last week was the final week of Forestry Summer Camp. Daddie (Odin has now decided Dadda should be Daddie) was gone for three weeks (coming home on the weekends). It was really hard on both Momma and Odin. Odin missed him so badly that one night he fell asleep holding a picture of him. Without fail, every morning Odin woke up and asked Momma where Daddie was.


Momma and Odin drove out to camp to visit and spend one night in the woods. Odin loved hanging out with the students and helping Daddie teach.
Odin was a quick study of the different statistical sampling techniques and soon was helping out.
"OK, class, did you understand that?"

Cute Pics

Just some cute pics of Odin...

Odin loves everything dadda...including his hard hat!

Odin's friend, Maya, has a really cool swing set and Odin dug the car swing.

Odin also digs Maya!

Dadda has been teaching Odin the basics of being a handyman. Odin's a quick study...although he's placing a nail in the drill he thinks it is a drill bit :-)

Visit with Grady

This past weekend one of Odin's favorite playmates came to visit, Grady. Odin and Grady played for four days, setting aside just enough time to sleep and sleep as little as possible! One of their favorite activies was playing in the sink while we cooked.

Odin also helped mom get ready for our visitors by vacuuming.

NC Fairgrounds and Tractors

Yesterday we meet up with Jamie, AJ and Susan to check out a festival at the NC Fairgrounds.

Odin and Jamie enjyoing a big tractor.

Odin, Jamie and AJ enjoying the tractor!

and, just a cute picture of Odin helping mom water her plants.

Odin's stats

We took Odin to the doctor this week. At 20.5 months Odin weights 25 pounds 10 ounces and is 87 cm tall. Over the past two months he grew seven cm and gained one pound. We were quite amazed with the growth spurt!

His potty training is coming along. A couple of times he's gone in his potty without us even knowing he was doing it! But, most of the time we have to ask him if he needs to go potty. He likes washing his hands so much that usually we use washing his hands as a carrot to get him to go potty and it works! He's very good at making it happen:-)

Yesterday Momma did a little vacuuming and Odin asked if he could help. So she handed him the vacuum and away he went! Child labor...no problem! This morning he ran to the closet where we keep the vacuum and asked if we could vacuum some more. We envision a very clean house for the next few weeks.