Seriously. How did that happen?
Since his second birthday, the biggest change has been the potty training trick. He rarely ever has accidents (though I know I just jinxed it and he'll have one tomorrow now). And if he knows diaper time (nap or bedtime) is too far away, he'll even ask to use the potty for you know what. (Because apparently he still likes doing that in his diaper.)
His big interests are still anything with wheels (trains, Cars, trucks, tractors, airplanes) and dinosaurs. The dinosaur obsession started when we downloaded (the original) Land Before Time onto his iPad. Since then, Aunt Kerry got him a whole set of LBT movies and they play on repeat.
He loves going on bike rides but this year has decided he only wants to wear a helmet if mom is (good thing I got a cute one!).
He can spot a park a mile away and starts shouting, 'PARK! Park please!!' from the backseat as we drive by. (This may have something to do with the 100 parks in 2014 plan we are trying out. My awesome friend Molly posted that she was doing it with her girls and I knew it'd be right up our alley too. SO fun!)
He's super into 'projects' and spent a lot of time painting and coloring this winter.
He knows his way around an iPad better than either of his parents.
His favorite song is Happy.
He LOVES fruit (grapes, strawberries, bananas, etc, etc) but has decided he's not that into veggies. Even peas (which used to be his fave snack) are no longer requested (and barely tolerated). His most requested food is french fries though. Not cool. His second most requested 'food' is a smoothy. He's a big fan. (Me too.)
His favorite movies are Land Before Time, Cars, Airplanes, Frozen & Toy Story. His favorite shows are Thomas, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Paw Patrol. Thankfully though we've been spending as much time outdoors as possible lately and he hasn't watched too much tv this month.
He hasn't had any illness to speak of since his birthday (that I can think of?) (knock on wood) though he did randomly vomit once last month. It was only the third time in his life it had happened (once as a baby and once in the night while he was sleeping) so he was pretty scared and didn't know what was going on but he made sure to say 'excuse me' after he did it. He's seriously the sweetest boy ever (not that I'm biased or anything). ;)
He's turning into a pretty good little friend... most of the time. He has some friends he goes to mom's co-op with on Wednesdays and he talks about them all the time! He can give you directions to all of their houses (which isn't too hard since they are all just a couple blocks away) and will request that you take him there often. He's still a big fan of the neighbor girls and get to hang out with them a lot too. He's still learning how to share but it seems to be less traumatic to have to do it. :)
He's saying more and more hilarious stuff every day........................ And I should probably come up with an example to fill in the blank here with but I guess I'm running low on sleep cause I'm blank. ;)
updated: just the other day, he pulled a chair over to the fridge. When I asked him what he was doing he said, 'cooking.' Me: 'Cooking what?' B: 'Cooking water!' (He was putting his cup up to the water dispenser inside the fridge and helping himself, thus the 'cooking' part.)
Other fun stuff he's been up to since his 2nd bday: his first sled ride and snowman, his first KC weekend, his first LEGOland visit, his second plane ride to Arizona (he was a ring bearer in his Aunt Mal's wedding), his first official Easter egg hunt, his first tractor ride, more hair cuts, his Uncle Travis' wedding, his first Pella visit, and more.
If you follow us on instagram, you can keep up with more of the fun stuff he's into and for everyone else, I have a plan to take some two and a half year old pictures very soon! Maybe. :)
Happy half birthday, B!
