Spring Recap

This spring break, Joe became even more enraptured with Evo. As a little brother, Evo is pretty hard to beat, but as an uncle he is stellar. As can be seen from these zoo pictures, Joe was basically his shadow.

Joe's expression in this one kills me. 

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In March, we were going to visit some friends, and we were driving there on a Friday night. About 90 minutes into the trip, Joe looks around, and with a confused voice says, "I don't see the Lincoln Memorial." Usually the only place that we go on a nighttime roadtrip is to DC, and our big welcome to the city is crossing Memorial Bridge with the Lincoln Memorial lit up in front of us.
So this time we made a big deal about seeing the Lincoln Memorial. It was cold on Monday, but since we were only going to make Toddler Dreams come True, we wouldn't be out long. So proud of the brilliant 2 year old who knows about the Lincoln Memorial, we excitedly get him out of the car and, well. This:

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Joe would be happy if all we did were walk to the park with Jasper. So we did that a lot.

At some point, "Dadie" and "Papa Rob" became too formal. So he started calling them "Dades" and "Popper."

Another highlight was riding the city bus with Dadie to Booeymonger's. Whenever we see a city bus now, Joe brings it up.

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Several times, I caught Joe miming whatever Evo was doing. If Evo was eating cereal from a bowl, Joe held his hands and moved them the same way. I don't think he even realized what he was doing. Especially the time when Evo blew his nose, and Joe looked shocked that he had snot all over his hands.  In this case, Evo ate salad and Joe proclaimed his love for salad as if he and salad were old friends.

Since we got back, he's been working on his ping pong game on Wednesdays, after run club.