His Two Loves

I should probably start with a disclaimer that my wee man's first love is chocolate! When I ask him what he wants for his birthday...a chocolate egg!

When my wee man woke up this morning I nipped into bed beside him and asked what we were going to do today? His answer "I want to go to the library." I'll be honest that is a proud mummy moment for me. It's great his love of books. He shows genuine excitement when he gets to the library and we sit and read through several books together. I'm not that bad at reading a good story I might add and try with voices and all.

On the way home we get an additional request "I want to play outside". It's funny but there are certain requests I actually feel bad in denying. So we nipped to the park on the way home.

 

It's mornings like these I want to really member and treasure. A perfect balance of educational fun. It puts the tiring and stressful days into perspective. It's the reasons why I only want to work part time so I can share these early days with my son. Taking part in his growing and learning is really important to me. It all happens so fast and there is no slowing it down.  

  

The age of comprehension

Here we are edging closer to the big number 3 and what a year it has been for my wee man. We have seen lots of changes with potty training, moving to a big bed, increased in number of words and speaking in two languages. The closer we get to the 3 the more subtle the changes and the more difficult to explain. It's like he absorbed all this stuff that I did not even realize was happening. Experienced mums will probably know what I am talking about. I guess it is probably written down in a child development handbook somewhere.

It's no longer about how many words he is using but how he is using them. We have proper conversations now with lots of what and how questions, thankfully I am still waiting on the why. He initiates the conversations as well and he is not just answering in a response. His imagination of course has also gone wild and he takes his toys on the most amazing adventures. It amuses me how difficult I find it at times to enter this imaginative world and it can sometimes feel tiring and hard work for me yet so simple and fun for him. He is starting to figure out friendships and wanting to play with others and not just beside them. His interest in new toys has grown such as puzzles and simple games and he is slowly trying to figure out his numbers and his letters.

With this his understanding of situations is better and that seems to make the tantrums a bit less as you can actually try to explain things to him now. Waiting is not as stressful as before. Of course you still can't always win a debate with an almost 3 year old and I am still trying to choose my battles wisely. I'll say 3 and he will say 4, I say yes and he says no.

The other day he explained it all quite perfectly himself. "Sono un bambino." "Sono un bambino molto bravo."

Project 365 Days 12 - 18

Day 12: Building blocks

Day 13: All the fingers, All the fingers, Where are you?

Day 14: Who is going to win?

Day 15: Daddy cuddles

Day 16: Catch the blueberry. There is a blueberry somewhere!

Day 17: Give a little whistle

Day 18: Romping with daddy

Can you tell we had daddy with us all week? He usually travels for work during the week and it's been great having him home. Can you tell I have switched my dial to Manual and TV? Not the best quality pictures but I'm working on it!

The Bike ride

We took the balance bike out for a spin. First time for the New Year. Just to our usual local park mind you but the first time where he spent the whole morning on the bike happy to "whizz" about the whole park. That meant going up some relatively steep hills and rather slowly making our way back down them again. With some things my wee man is not exactly the dare devil! At least though we both got some pretty good exercise and lots of fresh air.

 

Project 365 Days 5-11

Day 5: Potato peeler. Here is the wee man helping Nonna with lunch. The last day of our holiday and a good reflection on what our holiday was all about. 

Day 6: Always wanting his scissors to do some cutting.

Day 7: TV face

Day 8: Puzzle fun. We are slowly getting better at this activity and enjoying a lot more than usual.

Day 9: Slinky fun. My wee man loves getting a magazine to do the stickers and of course playing with the tat or should that be toys that come with it. This one has been a particular favourite.

Day 10: Homemade pizza!
Day 11: Sweet addiction. The wee man discovered the Italian sweet mandorlato and he loves it just as much as his mummy.

The Local

After a holiday away it's always nice to keep things simple and head to our local park. The wee man's new fascination is playing "tennis" granted it is with a ping pong set at the minute. We can't head to our local now without a break for tea and cake and they always have a supply of chalk for him to get into.