So Sweet

It is so much fun to watch Oliver grow up and develop. His current stage has got to be one of my favorites thus far, he is learning to talk and takes such notice of everything around him. Today we we were at a nearby park, we were the only ones there and Oliver was enjoying just running around and climbing on the equipment. Then, a little bit before we left a teenage girl showed up with her six or seven year old brother who was clearly mentally handicapped. The boy was excited to be at the park but somewhat trepidatious as well. His sister took him to the top of the slide and was trying to coax him down but he was too nervous. Oliver, seeing what was going on immediately left what he was doing and ran to the bottom of the slide. As soon as he got there he looked up at the little boy, held his arms out and yelled "Catch! Catch!" He wanted to help the boy so that he wouldn't be scared.

That moment of sweetness pretty much made up for this morning when he came to me to tell me "brush down gogee hole" ('gogee' by the way is Oliver's word for water). I had no idea what he meant until I discovered that he had climbed onto the bathroom counter taken the stopper out of the drain and stuffed my toothbrush down far enough that I could not retrieve it.