* Loves pizza parties :)
* Loves to play with playdoo
* Goes to sleep at around 7 p.m. and wakes up at 6 a.m.
* Went potty at least once or twice a day during this month and even went a few times in public places like the urgent care restroom and public restroom at the mall
* Loves riding the cho cho train, loves the rides outside of stores
* Likes to swim with his floaties
* Was afraid of the petting zoo at the Ventura County Fair
* Doesn't like having his hands dirty (f.ex. finger paints, food) -> wants a wipe to clean it up immediately
* Wants to ride in the basket of the shopping cart and no longer sit in the shopping cart seat
* Sings happy birthday each and pretends to blow out the candle with his finger when he sees a cupcake
* Loved making playdoo pizzas
* Refuses to wear a diaper - wants to wear pullups or big boy undies
* Started to become opinionated about what to wear (f.ex. t-shirts, shoes)
* talks in full sentences and gives clear instructions
* can count to 10
* started asking "one more time" for everything
* ensures that everyone is coming along "mommy come?" "daddy come"
* loved Home Depot (not sure why but he wanted to go there)
* wants to feed JuJu all the time
* started trying to put his shoes on on his own
* takes his shoes and socks off, puts the socks inside his shoes and places them right next to mommy's shoes at the entrance
* puts mommies shoes on and walks around the house while dragging my purse around
* loves money, stickers, temporary tattooes, and of course cookies
* gets really obsessed with one person (f.ex. if you show him a photo of Sarah, he will ask for Sarah all day)
* sits on a big boy swing and wants to go "higher"
*
Dylan @ 27 Months
* claimed one morning "A dinosaur bite me"
* Knows a few letters of of his ABC's
* wants to put himself in a time out (asked daddy "time out?" when he was misbehaving")
* transformed his pretzel bite into a finger puppet
* did really well with the transitioning from CW to WHPS
* went potty on the first day at WHPS (peepee and poopoo)
* tells us that he has to go poopoo (which usually is peepee)
* tells us "drive faster mommy"
* will scream "Horsey" each day when we pass PF Chang on the way home from school (and sure enough there is the stone horse in front of PF Chang)
* talks in sentence with 5 words
* didn't want to take off his backpack on Friday. he was so proud of wearing it
* refused to participate in soccer all but 5 min. today (tantrums, whining, argh)
* told me not to pick him up because "im too heavy mom" - oh sweetie, no you are not you are just too heavy when mom has a bad back but not too heavy
* figured out how to pedale a tricycle (wow, all of a sudden from one day to the next)
* if you tell him jump in my lap for reading, he will literally jump on you (ouch)
* wants to read his abc book each nigh
* big hit right now: playdoo, play kitchen, coloring and stickers
* wants his art to be displayed and put it up mom
* wants his back rubbed and wants mommy to sing guten abend gute nacht to him
* when he talked to Omi on the phone today asked "omi, where's opi?"
* does not want to do horseback riding at Pierce. Mrs Vicki also told us that he is afraid of petting the farm animals but that he wants to see them
* if Jer and I are not eating at the same time than Dylan, he always wants to share his food with us and breaks off pieces and wants us to eat it
* Can be found walking around in mom's shoes
* Piggy or nemo have to come along whereever Dylan goes (piggy usually gets fed by Dylan and kissed when I ask Dylan for a kiss). Dylan than offers me piggy to kiss
* requests icy for his ouwies
* says cheese for pictures and grins from one ear to the other that you cant see his eyes anymore :)
