He has an obsession with Puff the Magic Dragon. A few weeks ago, I asked him why he hadn't told me he needed a diaper change - his answer was a very emphatic "Because Puff the magic dragon lives by the sea!" He knows all the words to the song, frequently talks to puff on the phone, and his default answer to most questions is puff, or puff the magic dragon.
He can't wait for Joanna to get bigger and play with him! Last week I had his tent set up in the living room to play in. He brought some toys in there and then called out "Come on Joanna, come here!" He was not happy when I explained she couldn't crawl in there yet.
He also has an obsession with taking pictures, or playing with electronics in general. He will walk up to random strangers that take out a camera or phone and start talking to them. We got him a toddler camera for Christmas that he loves. He has filled up the card (about 600 pictures) a couple of times already.
He is learning his colors and shapes currently. And I think he will be an early reader. He points to the words in books as he "reads" them.
We started asking him what he would like to pray for at bedtime. The very first time was heartwarming because he said mommy and Joanna, but then he said the table. Recently his favorites have been "mommy's pump" and the hutch, but he does also list any person we may have seen that day too.
We have been cracking down on hitting lately, with an immediate time out if he hits either one of us (which he would do if we weren't allowing something he wanted). So now he'll tell us he's just patting us, not hitting. However, when it comes time to go to bed and he doesn't want to go, he'll purposefully hit one of us (very slowly and lightly - you can see the gears cranking in his brain) to get a time-out to delay bed. The last time he did it Scott just brought him straight to bed but then didn't stay with him at all (he'll usually stand in the doorway for a minute or two), saying he had to take care of mommy because Orrin hit me. :) He hasn't tried it since then.
He loves to help me in the kitchen. Lately he has been all about making muffins. And he of course still loves to help Scott with whatever he is doing, especially scooping dog poop.
He is perfectly capable of being potty trained at this point but is choosing not to. Occasionally he will go a whole day using the potty, but then want diapers the next day. I have chosen not to battle him yet, even though I would love to not be buying diapers. I know it will go so much easier if he would just choose to go diaper free by himself. I just need to figure out how to make him think that I want him to be in diapers forever. He is stubborn and at the age that reverse psychology really works on him. :)
Some favorite words:
Jonada = Joanna
Sock = Scott (he named his stuffed bear Sock, probably meant Scott, but Sock is a pretty cute name so we're sticking with it)
Chicken = Kitchen (and chicken)
Checkup = Ketchup
Tickle = Pickle
Pockible = Popsicle
Cramra = Camera
Favorite Books: Green Eggs and Ham, Mrs. Wow Never Wanted a Cow, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, God Made You Special, his Children's Bible, any of the Busytown books
In his dragon towel after bath time.
Every once in awhile I'll let him have the last sips of my coffee (he asks every day).
Likes playing in the snow but we haven't had much of it yet this year!
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