Conor turned 2 and it seems like every day he is showing us that he really is on the verge of learning new things and how to do different things on his own. We ask him to turn off the tv and he grabs the remote and knows which button to push. He can use a mouse with a little success. He definitely knows how to turn on the computer, to get it ready for us to take him to Youtube so he can watch helicopters and airplanes. He attempts to put his shoes on himself and almost has his coat figured out too.
He picks up his books and sits with them telling himself what the story is about. He even pointed out a major plot detail in Goodnight Gorilla that I had completely missed (my little genius!). If the cd player was at his level, I'm sure he would be regularly choosing cds to put in and play. I already know we're going to have arguments about volume in the future. In the car on the way to daycare he calls out the names of songs he wants me to play from his Sesame Street cd. "Cookie" he calls from the back seat, which is my cue to forward to C is for Cookie by Cookie Monster. "Ernie" he says which means he wants to hear the rubber ducky song. And just this morning he said something about trash. I asked him if he wanted the Oscar song and he said, "yeah." The Oscar song is I love Trash. Of course nothing takes precedent over Elmo, and we must listen to Elmo's song twice as many times as all the other songs combined. Sometimes I tell him Elmo needs to take a potty break, and then I sneak in one of my songs.
We love our little two year old! I hope I can find the time to type up some of the other fun things he has been sharing with us.
He picks up his books and sits with them telling himself what the story is about. He even pointed out a major plot detail in Goodnight Gorilla that I had completely missed (my little genius!). If the cd player was at his level, I'm sure he would be regularly choosing cds to put in and play. I already know we're going to have arguments about volume in the future. In the car on the way to daycare he calls out the names of songs he wants me to play from his Sesame Street cd. "Cookie" he calls from the back seat, which is my cue to forward to C is for Cookie by Cookie Monster. "Ernie" he says which means he wants to hear the rubber ducky song. And just this morning he said something about trash. I asked him if he wanted the Oscar song and he said, "yeah." The Oscar song is I love Trash. Of course nothing takes precedent over Elmo, and we must listen to Elmo's song twice as many times as all the other songs combined. Sometimes I tell him Elmo needs to take a potty break, and then I sneak in one of my songs.
We love our little two year old! I hope I can find the time to type up some of the other fun things he has been sharing with us.
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