Thursday Thirteen #10

I try to not talk so much about him here, but in honor of the Monkey's 2nd birthday on Saturday, I give you 13 things about my boy:

1. Sometimes he gets real quiet and stands real still, and just when you're thinking he's filling his pants he HOPS! and gives you a giant grin and says, "Mama, I a FROG!" Granted, when he hops his feet barely leave the ground, but it's still cute.
2. He is in love with dinosaurs. He calls most of them "DINOSAUR" except for the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the Parasauralophus, which he calls "Carol!" after his daycare provider.
3. When he wakes up in the middle of the night he often starts with "Daddy! I awake!" This is great for two reasons; one, it's just cute; and two, he's not yelling for me.
4. He's starting to use more complex sentences, a recent example is "I go to Grandpa's house to color! With Jo!"
5. He is a sweet sweet boy, full of kisses and hugs.
6. When driving we have to be on constant lookout for busses, and be prepared to shout "BUS!" at every one of them.
7. He *always* needs a hat. *Always* Sometimes two.
8. He loves firetrucks, which he calls "Fire Fighter Trucks." Police cars, garbage trucks, delivery trucks, tow trucks, ambulances, lawn maintenance trucks, pickups with ladder racks, and mailtrucks are also "Fire Fighter Trucks!"
9. He loves other kids. He isn't shy at all and is always ready to jump in with anyone who's playing.
   
10. He is SO DRAMATIC when he wakes up. "Eyes, mama, eyes! Bright eyes!" His blonde hair is all fluffly like an dandelion and he's so horribly put out by the light. "Off!" "Sweetie, that's the SUN, mama can't turn it off!" "Off! Off! Eyyyyyeees"
11. He will wash his hands and brush his teeth for 20 minutes, easy. Probably longer if we'd let him
12. He loves books. He likes to be read to, but he LOVES to look at them by himself. He likes to bring us our books and point out the "CCCs" Good thing too since his parents both love books.
13. He loves to count the steps into the house, and 75% of the time he GETS IT RIGHT. There are 14 steps, sometimes he skips 7 (always 7). He is very very reliable at counting things up to 6. He's not even 2 until Saturday!

I just love that kid so much.

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