We have a preschool screening meeting next week. That is exciting, at least for mommy and daddy or maybe just daddy. Colin doesn't understand it yet and mommy prefers Colin doesn't grow anymore. Regardless, school this coming fall. We are working on potty training a bit more now by reminding him to try and go fairly frequently. Why do that when he has the convenience of a diaper??? He is excited about the watermark still being on his diaper when he checks but not enough to work at keeping the diaper dry. As soon as warm weather hits we'll be doing some naked time potty training. We'll see how that goes.
Easter was a big hit. This was the first holiday he seemed to understand what was going to happen. He talked about the Easter Bunny and egg hunting beforehand and for a few days after.
Colin's playtime has developed quite a bit. We can listen in to him roleplaying with his trains. There was a noisy 20 minute play session the other day. When asked about what was going on his summary was "Percy said good morning to Thomas". That was 20 minutes of play. This video is a pretty good sample of train time.
The terrible two's are not a good description of Colin's second year. There was really nothing terrible in the first half of the year. Now that we are past the 2.5 mark there are a few things developing. He is getting lippy. "No daddy, NO NO NO!", "I don't want to!". Tantrums are also getting to be an issue. If the wrong person comes to his 'rescue' then he goes from crying in pain to screaming bloody murder "NO NO NO, MOMMY DO IT, NO DADDY put me down!". So that's fun. He is also beginning to try out the idea of 'one parent says no, let's ask the other one'.
He is even more curious about things now. We have real discussions about things. We've talked about airplanes, snails, babies and a few other things. It's really interesting to watch. He will go through his memory of things he's experienced and voice those and then ask intelligent follow up questions to develop a sequence of ideas. He's retaining most, if not all, of the information. He'll report about it later on, sometimes days later. Besides his curiosity, he is doing very well with recognizing and spelling names of family. He asks how to 'smell' a lot of words too. Such a curious kid
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