Life with Joshua: May 2006

Yay, we made it to 10. He broke through the barrier of 1,2,3 and went right on up to 10 yesterday. So, of course, we are making him count things all day long :) He kind of has a wonky way of counting things on a page, but we are getting there.

He is a little singer too, he'll just burst into a song at random times. His favorites are:

Old Macdonald - You ought to hear his mangled version, I love it!
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Rock-a-bye Baby
ABC's
Jingle Bells - We have a book so I think that is why this one stuck with him.
I'm a Little Teapot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Wheels on the Bus - But he really only likes the parts where people and parts of the bus DO things, you know, babies cry wah wah wah, wipers go swish swish swish
and our Hello song we sing at toddler group

This kid seriously makes me laugh out loud at least once a day and usually it's things he says. We were driving along the other day and he was saying "house" every time we passed one so it was over and over and finally he just sighed and said "holy cow!" I busted up laughing so he had to add on, "I said it myself, Holy Cow!" Of course, holy cow then became the phrase of the day.

When he doesn't want something but you are trying to convince him to take it, usually food related, he gets all sad/whiny/forlorn and says "I can't want it!"

There are a ton of others but of course I can't remember right now, I need to just write them down when he says them because they are too easy to forget.

He currently LOVES LOVES LOVES to play with his Lego Duplo blocks. Oh my word! Nana and Papa bought him a box and he hasn't stopped since. He plays with them morning, noon, and night. We build robots, parking garages, and "zappers" (currently the zapper turns mommy and daddy into bunny rabbits - daddy wants to play cowboys and indians and cops and robbers (yikes!) so mommy is trying to hold him off with the bunny zapper for now!)

He is officially 29 months old now which means next month he'll be 2 1/2.....holy cow! :) He loves to be read to every day and we average about 5 books before nap and bedtime. He unfortunately has a good relationship with the morning cartoons as he wakes up at the crack of dawn still. So Go, Diego, Go and Dora the Explorer are a couple of the favorites. I could mention more but I'd be embarrased! His favorite movie is Madagascar or as he says it Mada-ASS-car. He has learned how to ride his tricycle, his cool Radio Flyer trike, another present from Nana and Papa (they rock!) so I bought him a helmet (you KNOW he will need it!) and we are ready to venture out on the road or should I say, the nearby basketball court so he can ride to his heart's content.

But I know you all only stop by to see the pictures, so let me see what I can round up!