24 month update

Age: 24 months

Stats:  Such a BIG boy! When we went to the doctor about two week ago for his fever, their scale said 30 pounds 9 ounces and 35 inches tall.   Our official two year well check isn't until May 11. 

Clothing: 2T tops and bottoms (with a few 24 months pants/shorts too). The pajamas

are still my favorite, especially the shortie pajamas. So darn cute. Size 5 diapers.

Size 7 shoes – a new pair of sneakers, a pair of sandals, and two pairs of “Natives”. (Which I LOVE – and are a step up from the dreaded crocs).

(bath time...sometimes a struggle sometimes he loves it)

Favorite Foods:  strawberry toast, waffles, granola bars, donuts, eggs with cheese, applesauce, strawberries, pineapple, smoothies, turkey, pepperoni, tortillas, guacamole, chicken nuggets, fish sticks, mac and cheese, yogurt, cheese (of any kind), pizza, spaghetti (rotini noodles), peppers, snap peas (crunchy!), ranch dressing, fruit snacks, pirates booty, vanilla wafers, popsicles, and ice cream.

(his first time at Greek Express...wanted mommy's hummus)

 

(fun at El Vaquero!)

Favorite Words: “I do it ALL BY MYSELF” (favorite phrase), “watch chuggington”, “get up”, “I want to go outside”, “play in the garage”, “what’s that noise”, “cover me up”,

“play in the sand”, “daddy rock me”, “mommy hold me,” “I love ME!”. 

Honestly – these are just a sampling of the phrases we hear pretty regularly.

I feel like he’s very talkative for his age (but obviously have nothing to compare it to).

Just love hearing his little voice and the way he describes things!

(loves to go high in the swing!)

 

( playing at Miss Jessi's house)

Favorite Activities: still loves singing (take me out to the ball game, and here comes peter cotton tail), playing in the garage, riding on the truck toy in the garage, swinging, playing in the sand/water table, watching Chuggington, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, or Tickety Tock, eating outside, going for strolls in the neighborhood, riding on the back of mommy’s bike (in his seat with a helmet, of course!), drawing with crayons, using play dough, and trying to press all the buttons on the TV remote.

Least Favorite Activity: Getting out of his pajamas in the morning, and when you tell him “no” – he has a bit of tunnel vision when he wants to do something.  He is hard to distract or redirect from his idea. (You have to admire his determination, but this can also be extremely frustrating).

(playing in mommy's classroom)

 

(strolling in the neighborhood)

 

Favorite Things: Visiting parks, overnights with his grandparents, Auntie Stacy, Ice Cream and Popsicles in the evening, playing in the sandbox, trains, music class with Wee Joy Sing, going to the Zoo, lunch at Wendy’s, riding bikes at school, building roads with lots of bumps on the them and taking his trains and cars over top of them, Legos, I-pad, the book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”, and helping in the kitchen!

(adventures with grandmim and grandpa!)

 

Signature Moves:  loves to try and put on his own shoes in the morning and socks at night, wants to eat outside at every meal, dancing to the hot dog dance, wanting his messes on his high chair to be cleaned up immediately, telling us who he wants to rock him at night (more often mommy than daddy but sometimes he surprises us), trying to climb the tallest ladder at the park (with help from daddy), saying “I’m a big boy” when asking him if he’s a baby, letting you know if you forgot the pillow, socks, or blanket at nighttime, loving nuggets from Wendy’s, saying “make a lap” when it’s time to read books, being very specific about who he wants to do what (i.e. mommy do it, daddy do it etc.), trying to push his own stroller, taking all the food out of his bag when we go to dinner, sitting in a booster seat when available, loves pizza fridays, and points out all diggers, trucks, buses, and cars while driving.

Mom’s Proudest Moment:  Routinely answering all the questions (granted he is the oldest and there are only three kids) in his music class with the correct answer. (i.e. what does the cow say?”

Dad’s Proudest Moment: Doing such a great job on his birthday...greeting and playing with friends and family! His excitement is contagious!

(baking brownies with mim)

Other Milestones:

-Made his first batch of cookies and brownies with Grandmim

-Expert “frog tickler” (AKA using a stick to poke frogs around the pond)

-Can sing all of “take me out to the ball game”

-Counting and identifying numbers

-Recognizes buses at yellow - and everything else too! Haha!

-Climbing, sliding, running, walking, hopping like a pro!

-Identifying pictures of animals, people, etc. when you ask

-Knows his name and how to spell it

-Will tell you that he is going to be “two” – for a LONG time he would say “three”

-Will tell you his favorite tv show is “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”

-Handed out birthday treats at school

-First visit to Greek Express

-First ZooTots class (didn’t go super great…didn’t understand why mama was working and not playing with him)
-Can more or less say the Pledge of Allegiance...so patriotic!
 

(some springtime artwork!)