Today, marks 104 weeks since the monkey was born, which means his birthday is Sunday! I just can't wrap my head around the idea that I have a two year old. He is so sweet lately and so funny. He is such a little character. I think he has a great mix of both Logan's and my personalities and I love that he is turning into such an awesome little person.
He has been doing AWESOME in all of his activities lately. For the first time ever, he finally sang into the microphone on Monday night. He went and sat right next to Mrs. C. and then sang a series of 5 notes into the microphone 5 times. I was SO proud. The entire room clapped and cheered for him. This is huge for him. Usually he won't even go up and sit next to her, let alone say anything into the microphone. He often yells nooooooo and runs away back to my lap. I was so proud of him on Monday night for finally being brave enough to do it. I am excited to see if he repeats it next Monday at well. He mostly participates in everything at music now, which is so fun to see.. I often hear him singing a variety of songs that we sing in music and now he asks to listen to his cd in the car or on my phone. I love that he has a love for music and learning!
He is also doing awesome in gymnastics! When we first started it was full of tantrums and him trying to run away, but in the last two weeks he has come a long way. I only had to redirect him once last night. He loves bouncing and swinging on all the things, so I think he is really enjoying his gymnastics time. He even sat and did all the stretching last night, complete with his favorite the alligator chomp, where he makes a chomp sound. He thought it was hilarious, so his teacher did it a few extra times =).
Currently, the little monkey is at Mothers' Day Out. He often talks about seeing his friends in his class and asks to see them, I think he is finally enjoying going and playing. This morning we talked about him playing trains, cooking in the kitchen, and doing art while he was there today. He walked right in and saw his friend Julia and wandered off. I took his coat off and slipped out...no tears today. I hope he does well! I signed him up for 2 days in the fall if he doesn't get in to the preschool we have him signed up for. We will see where he ends up going.
He is full of funny sayings lately-the latest when he does something bad, he goes 'Oh bigs" which is what I say to him when he does something he shouldn't ha ha.He also says Oh geez alot, hi to literally everything in the house, good night to everything on the way upstairs. He loves to play trains, cook in his kitchen, and play with chalk. We color with chalk every day.
He is into counting, learning a few letters, and loves to do his shape puzzle. He has started to identify most shapes, but he gets them confused occasionally. He can count to five, but 5-10 get to be a jumbled mess, which is rather cute ha ha. I honestly think he may be colored blind. He doesn't name any colors correctly-everything is either orange/red. He can name blue, but usually it isn't ever the right thing. I plan to talk to his Dr. about this and see what they recommend. He can name several musical instruments just by listening to them and he can name more power tools than I can count ha ha. He certainly has a wide range of knowledge at this age!
Last, but not least, his birthday party was great fun! WE had a great time with all his little friends. I loved doing his Elmo theme; he loves the decorations. So much in fact, that we still have them up until his actual birthday this Sunday. Every morning he comes down and says "the decorations" and points up to them with excitement. Who could take them down when he loves them so much? =).
Finally, here are the pictures:
Until next week =).
