Thanksgiving day marks E’s half birthday this year, making him officially two and a half. Guys, two is a lot of fun. One year olds are the cutest, but two is full of surprises so far.
We all know that E has been into cooking a lot lately, and that’s definitely still a thing. But his love of art has also been growing, and it’s making his craft loving Mama very happy. He’s been less into painting lately, and all about the “projects.” Give him a glue stick, and this kid is super happy. We’ve been cutting and pasting all over the place, and it’s amazing to realize that we can actually complete a real art project together, as opposed to when he used to just smear the paint over the paper and I’d peel up tape to reveal a more finished look. (We still utilize this for the baby though! He is all about the paint!). I’m always impressed at not only his ability, but the attention span he has, and the joy he gets out of doing these projects with me.
Speaking of growing ability, we have a set of blocks that a friend gave us to use as something to look at during tummy time when he was only a few months old. Suddenly he wants to build towers (ahem, “castles” as he calls them now) and can put together the blocks by himself. We may stop mid build to pretend vacuum them up, but the building is so much fun to watch. I can already see him putting together lego sets and building all kinds of things as he gets older.
Besides physical ability, it also amazes me every day how quickly E will pick up language and understanding. His latest word is “someday” which I am at fault for. We were tossing a ball back and forth (which that alone is a good example of how fun 2 is – I’m teaching him how to catch a ball!) and I told him that the baby couldn’t play yet because he was too little, but someday he could teach him how to catch a ball too. He instantly picked up on that word, probably because it was new to him. He repeated it a bunch that night, and now it’s been popping up in conversation. He’s also been catching on a bit more to routines and where people are, and what happens next. So Tom was left cracking up the other morning when getting the kids ready for daycare and E started talking and said “Mama working. E go daycare. Mama coming get E… someday…”
