You are talking up a strom now. Putting 2-3 words together, imitating every word we say. New favorite foods are olives, cucumbers, humus, pizza (every cardboard box you see you say "pizza!!"), shrimp, Thai food. Some days you have an amazing palet, other days it's hard to get you to eat anything. You like to play games. Sometimes you purposely put the puzzle piece in the wrong spot and look at me grinning waiting to hear me go "Unnnn. Wrong!" We feed the hippo in the storm drain rocks. When the wind blows you climb up me and squeeze my neck and say "Wind. Cold. Brrr" and we snuggle close. You get anxious when it gets dark (which is starting to happen earlier and earlier each week) and you say "Dark. Dark!" and you want to go to bed right away. Sometimes you'll look for the nearest crib if we are out at a friends house when it gets dark! You like to say "watch!" for things you want to observe (me playing music while I teach; the robot vacuuming the floor; Elmo on the ipad). You discovered the ipad this month and love pbs kids shows. You say "Ipad! Watch! Elmo!" You know my computer and the projector sheet are vital to your Elmo watching. New words this month "Toothpaste (doot paste); toothbrush (doot brush), Helicopter (heti copter); Submarine (tum ba reen). You love getting the mail. One day I left the door to my printer open and you grabbed the whole stack of music and went shrieking by me like a bolt of lighting squealing "Mail!!" as you threw the papers around. We had a play date with Jace and Phoenix one night and I told you since Phoenix really loved the lion toy we should give it to him. But then I said "Oh, but Jace is coming too. We need to give him a toy. What toy should we give Jace?" and you looked at me, bolted over to your toy bin, rummaged through, and pulled out the perfect toy duck that has a pull along string and you said "Jace! Duck!"
But then a few days later we went over to Phoenix's house and there were toys EVERYWHERE. But somehow you zeroed in on the lion toy (you never played with!) and picked it up and walked it over to me and shoved it to me and said "mama". I said "remember when you gave that lion to Phoenix?" and you said "No". Pretty funny. We are on a wait list for a mommy toddler pre school that meets twice a week. We went as a visitor and you had a great time. I think it would be fun for us to do together. I gave you your first big boy hair cut and did a really good job. But you look so much older. You are so friendly and funny. We are going through a little bit of a separation anxiety again at this age. You cry when I have to go to work, but only for a few seconds. You aren't sleeping as well anymore and have been getting up several times a night and end up sleeping with me. We've had a few night terrors this month which are more terrifying for the parents! I think it's just all growing pains. Your little brain in on over drive and you are learning so much stuff at such an incredible rate. We tell you something once and you remember. Before bed, dada pointed to an airplane and told you it was probably going to Maui. Then the next morning when we saw an airplane you said "Airplane! Maui!" and dad and I just looked at each other amazed! You love to color "Paper! Color! Crayon". and sometimes you help me clean up. You sing songs. The other day at the beach you were staring at the ocean and started singing "Hush a baby. Hush a baby" (for hush little baby). And you love Raffi's I like to Ooot Ooot ooot ooples and banoonoos!
