Mitchell is 28 months!

Mitchell is 28 months old! Although he may not look much older month to month anymore, he certainly is growing more and more mature. He understands so much more, talks so much better and when he chooses to he behaves better too :)

Shorts season should also be called "bandaids on the knees" season. Mitchell is quite the climber. He makes a jungle gym out of just about anything, including our poor living room furniture!

He literally RUNS from me when he sees the camera coming. Ahhh...I knew the day would come :( As I posted earlier, we've enjoyed playing outside A LOT this past month....even in our rain gear!

"Mom, these boots are hard to walk in!"

Mitchell has a new OBSESSION with games (I'm blaming this one on his Aunt Katy). He isn't old enough to understand any of them, but he REALLY enjoys dragging them all out and spreading them all over the house.
This is how our kitchen floor looked this morning. Now picture me trying to clean up the tiny puzzle pieces with a tired, crying Maverick in one hand, yelling at Mitchell to try to make him help me. I literally had to stand up, take a deep breath and force myself to find the humor in the moment. I do that a lot these days! :)

Mitchell's toybox is over flowing with things to entertain him. He is sitting inside the toy box below; he 'caught' himself in his bug catcher.

Bathtime is still one of our favorite times! He refuses to get out until his fingers and toes are wrinkly. :) We really enjoy our bath letters that Gran got us for Christmas and are slowly learning our alphabet and numbers by sight.

He loves anything on wheels, as long as he can operate it independently. I often underestimate his coordination.

We LOVE playing outside with our sidewalk chalk. (Thanks Kari Knoblauch if you're reading this!) We can entertain ourselves for hours in the driveway, and are COVERED in chalk when we're finished, but oh well!

Below he is saying "STOOOOPPPP taking pictures, Mom."