I have been thinking a lot about my own little one's and their toddlerhood. I don't think I appreciated it as much as I could have. With graduations and the end of school and the soon not so far off start of new grades, I wish I could have a day or two of babyhood, toddlerdom, and pre-school back. I miss that little hand that wiggles into mine, wants to hold mine, and the small little arms that circle around my neck with the cuddly head soon to follow. Oh how I miss those times. And it seems like maybe I couldn't wait for them to grown up a little bit more so that I didn't have to do everything for them. So, with those thoughts, I have been loving my time with the little one's this last week. Even when they don't cooperate, run away and don't smile. I do love a defiant toddler! I didn't then, but I have a teenager now, so I'd take a toddler again any day! And Ryker definitely kept me going! We walked and walked and occasionally took pictures. He is much more like his dad, very skeptical of this picture taking thing.
I love the look on his face! Such a little kid "I'm checking you out, without you noticing" look.
Ryker wanted to pet the ducks and the squirrel and then the ducks again. Just about anything that moved, he wanted to pet. Luckily, there were some dogs going for a walk that he finally got to pet.
He was very inquisitive as to why the bubbles didn't come out, I had really wanted to tell him about the time I looked into the hose with a bottle of weed-be-gone on it and I got a face full of it, but I figured he was too little. So I just prayed that the bubbler wouldn't start spewing bubbles into his sweet little face!
Love that face!
We had a great game of catch the frog at the end and I fell in love even more with this little guy! He is so exuberant in a game of catch!
I do not always take pictures of little ones crying, it seems almost cruel. But I thought, even this crying face is adorable and I had to do it!
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