WATERMELON FESTIVAL AND OCD

We hopped in the van and drove to Richmond Sunday for the Watermelon Festival. They block off a mile of Cary Street and have vendors, the shops are open, bands, a kidzone and LOTS OF WATERMELON! We had fun but it. was. hot! Check out this cool guy in his wagon!

Watermelon...yummy!


Here he is watching some boys play buckets as drums.



On the two hour trip there, Richter watched his first movie. We put Happy Feet in and he loved it. He was laughing out loud!! That will make our beach trip nice next month. Watching movies instead of Dora and Thomas over and over and over...
I do believe I might be responsible for my son having a tiny bit of OCD. I tend have a little myself. Richter is very much into lining things up these days. The first two times it happened I didn't think to take pictures. First, I found my fingernail polishes lined up on the shelf of the cabinet in the bathroom. Then, DH found him in our room lining my shoes up across the foot of the bed. If you notice...he puts the shoes in pairs.


He has certain trucks that are the same kind (like Little Tikes or Tonkas) and he groups them together also. I was watching him the other night and he had 3 of his Little Tikes trucks lined up with other cars and trucks. He pulled a 4th one out of the toy basket and there was no room to put it by the others. I was thinking that would drive me crazy and I would have to move the other cars to make room. Richter did exactly that. (see why I say I think I passed it along??)
In this one the balls are all together.
I know I have said this a million times but it is so amazing to watch his little mind at work. This morning he told me he wanted to wear his helicopter shirt and pulled it out of the drawer. Really...19 months old??