I can hardly believe that you are 2.5 years old! On your next birthday, you'll be 3-- no longer a toddler, but a preschooler! Where, where, where does the time go? I still see glimpses of the baby you used to be, but mostly, there's a little boy who's taken his spot now. Here's a look into who you are today, halfway through your twos:
- You talk. A lot. You put together longer and longer sentences every day.
- You've started to ask questions lately. You ask things like, "Where you go, Mommy?" when I walk out of a room, and "Where is Daddy?" after Daddy leaves for work in the morning.
- You have your typical two-year-old asserting independence moments. We often hear, "Me do it by self", and "My turn."
- Your favorite toys right now include: Matchbox cars, trains, Mickey Mouse figurines, and any type of car you can ride in. You also love dump trucks, bull dozers, and any type of construction equipment.
- Now that it's warm, you love to play outside in the water. I simply give you a couple of bowls filled with water and some small cups and you're occupied for a long while.
- You love going to the "yibary" (library) to pick out new books. You like me to read them to you, but you also love to "read" them alone.
- You know most of your basic shapes, including square, circle, diamond, heart, star, and triangle.
- You know most of your basic colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, black, pink, and silver.
- You recognize several letters of the alphabet, partly thanks to Mommy working with you and partly thanks to the awesome Leap Frog alphabet toy we have on the fridge.
- You're starting to get the hang of counting (you've got 1, 2, 3, 4 down pat...), but we're still working on 5-10.
- You amaze us with your abilitiy to discern between types of cars! If you see a car with a Volkswagon symbol on the back, you will say, "Like Ya-yarn's car" (your aunt, Lauren, drives a VW van). If you see a Lexus symbol on any type of car, you immediately say, "Like Nan's car!" You even corrected me the other day. I pointed out a silver SUV and told you it looked like Mommy's car (which is a silver Highlander). You noted the Lexus symbol on the back of the SUV and said, "No, like Nan's car." I stand corrected!
- You're becoming your own little person with thoughts and opinions. The other day, I walked out of the bedroom after getting dressed, and you looked me over and said, "Like your shirt, Mommy." It made my day! Later that night, we ordered a pizza for dinner and I picked a piece of sausage off of your plate. You scolded me, saying, "No eat my pizza, Mommy. Your pizza on your plate." I couldn't help but laugh.
- Speaking of pizza, it remains your favorite food. You're still a fairly selective eater. Currently, you're favoring turkey lunch meat, bananas, yogurt, fish sticks, chicken breast, hot dogs, pancakes, eggs, and anything sweet. You certainly have your mama's sweet tooth. You also recently started drinking cranberry juice, which I found surprising. I was drinking some at the table several weeks ago, and you insisted on trying it. It has since become your favorite juice drink.
- You know you're going to have a "baby yister", who lives in Mommy's belly. You like to "pet" my belly and we talk about all of the things you're going to do with baby sister once she gets here.
- Nap time continues to be a source of confusion (for me). You're still tired in the middle of the day, and if you skip a nap, you're very grumpy. But when do you DO nap (and most days, you still do), you aren't tired until way past when I'd like you to go to bed. So, you're likely just in a transitional phase right now, and we're rolling with it.
- You've started watching shows on my Kindle Fire, and it's amazing to me how quickly you've picked up on technology. You easily select the show you want to watch "all by self".
- Speaking of shows, your favorite thing to watch on my Kindle is "Peppa Pig", an odd little show about a British pig family. Due to your love of this show, you've taken to calling me "Mummay", in your very best British pig accent. Makes me laugh every single time.
I love you, little buddy.
Watching Peppa Pig on the Kindle
With Daddy before going to your cousins' baseball game
Being silly with cousin Will
A family shot
Love,
Mommy
1 comments:
Peppa Pig is a favorite show at our house too. Most people have never heard of it, so when Ava talks about it they just look confused, but she doesn't care, she still loves it.
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