Playing Outside

Ryan and I have started to realize that there are more things Alex understands than we had previously thought. If you tell him we are going outside he practically runs to the stairs, he gets so excited!
When we get outside Alex often spends a good deal of time squatting down on the porch or in the grass playing with every little thing on the ground. He seems to think it necessary to bring mommy anything that he does not like on his fingers or in his mouth (which is where most things go). As glad as I am that things like dead bugs and blades of grass don't actually get swallowed and digested, I am not all that fond of finding them in my open hand, either!