At 25 Months you:
* still love pizza and each time we have pizza you think we have a pizza party since there are tons of birthdays at daycare right now and the celebration apparently includes a pizza party.
* repeat everything we are saying. The best sayings this month are "I am so done" (this was when you escaped the pool during swim classes), "it's too hot daddy - I want to go home, too hot outside", will scream "Honey, can you bring/get me xxx" when I call Jer, will call me "guy" when I call Dylan and Daddy "How are you guys" and he responds "How are you guys" to me.
* Knows where his friends Jake and Jacob live. As soon as we pull up to the curb he gets excited and will say "go see Jake".
* Pee-pee-ed and poo poo-ed in his potty but tricked me once by drinking water and spitting it in his potty and than demanding a cookie. Little stinker!
* Wants to go and ride his bike every day but usually only makes it to the corner before he wants to go back home since its too hot (we currently have temperatures of 105- yikes)
* Fights the naps
* wants to do everything himself such as putting dishes in the sink, throwing the banana peel into the trash, helped putting cans in the pantry today, wants to help with unloading the dryer, helps daddy take the trash out and assists watering the plants.
* wants to watch shapes and number over Elmo
* still will walk a tricycle and does not know quite yet how to do the pedaling
* wants to stand up in the shopping card and will jump up and down and laugh
* has tantrums lately when we go to swim lessons
* loves his water table, sandbox and baby swimming pool - anything with water and sand
* loves painting and used big boy markers for the very first time and loved it
* still takes inventory: Mommy, Daddy, Omi, Opi, Lissy, Lisa, ... and will look up to the photos on the fireplace mantel
* brushes his teeth in front of the mirror 75% of the time by himself
* "My soap", "My.... everything" - doesn't like to share right now and needs to be reminded that he needs to share with his friends
* Associates cupcakes with "Happy Birthday" "need candles" - so cute when he says that when he sees cupcakes
* Could live of waffles and milk
* Loves to dip in ketchup and lately discovered ranch dressing
* enjoyed a lot of water melon and grapes this month
* had peanut butter and french toast for the very first time
* went to the Aquarium at Long Beach and loved the fishes and esp. the water play area outside
* After hanging out with Jake and his family kept saying "go see Jake and Julian"
* love stickers and stamps on his hands and can't get enough of them
* got a gold medal at school for the CWS Summer Olympic for his effort in swimming (floating in his life jacket), running, and tricycle riding (being chauffeured in the back of the tricycle). Was all proud wearing his medal that evening at target
* Loves to read big boy stories such as Curious George, German stories, I love you so, etc.
* is demanding pull ups and will tell us sometimes when he has to go pee or poop (unfortunately we do not have potty training assistance at school so he is probably getting confused as to why we put him on the potty and why he is not going on the potty/toilet at school. hopefully we will get him trained after he transitions to the new school in September)
* knows how to rides his scooter (so cute)
* Counts as follows: 1, 2, 5, 7 :)
* knows a lot of shapes, even the hard once like octagon, star, circle, oval, etc.
* doesn't really know his colors too well
* wants to take a sippy cup of water to bed with him
* throws himself from standing position into laying position in the bath tub and splashes water everywhere
* if someone has an ouchie, he automatically has an ouchie too and wants ice cubes. This morning he turned around and kicked me by accident and off he was to the kitchen trying to get me ice for my ouchie.
* started to kiss the monkeys in "8 silly monkeys" who have owies. Too cute and funny
* loves to push everything down his parking garage (sippy cups, Playmobil rocks, little people,trains, any car he can get his hands on, etc.)
* knows Elmo, Nemo, Woody, Buzz, Little People, Handy Manny, Bob the Builder
* thinks that I am talking to Omi every time I am on the phone
* when he looks at a picture he knows and points to Omi, Opi, Lisa, Lissy
* has swimming every Monday at CWS (swim vest) and water play every Wednesday and Friday at CWS (wading pools)
* is starting to become a smarty pants (likes to make fun of us)
* doesn't do time outs too well (will start crying like the world is coming to an end) and will try to get out of the time out spot and will try to charm his way out of time outs
