The 2's have officially begun! Ryan's age is no longer counted by months- whoa, this is going to be a big step for me! My baby is growing up! Ryan continues to talk more and more everyday. His happy demeanor, mannerisms and desire to be independent keep us smiling and laughing all the time. 's His favorite thing to say is "what's that?"- at the grocery store, on a walk, at the zoo...anywhere "what's that?". I think it the precursor to the repeating preschool age question "Why?".He is definitely very curious about the world around him. He still absolutely loves all forms of transportation. He loves to point out airplanes, big trucks, tractors, fire trucks and, the Ryan favorite...trains. He has become a train enthusiast- "ding, ding, choo, choo". He knows the difference between a highway overpass vs. a train bridge. He also knows all the books that have trains and will turn to the page(s) and just stare at them. He shouts "train, train" whenever he sees one while we're driving, on tv, or if he hears the train whistle at the zoo (this happens about every 5 minutes at the zoo). Needless to say, riding the train at the zoo is a must. When we visited our friends Anne and Pete in Rhinelander, they took us to the Lumber and Railroad Museum. It was a big hit- however, the restaurant where we ate lunch with the overhead train and tracks was just as exciting!
Here are some highlights this month:- He says "bless you" after we sneeze- he even fake sneezes so we can say "bless you" to him
- After having chip and salsa at Chili's, he opened his mouth wide and screamed- the salsa apparently was a little too spicy for him
- Sets his 3 books up in the bed slats like mama does every night
- At Michael's, he chose to take off his shoes and put them in the cart. After moving them to check out, I guess I never book them back in the bag. When we got home, I asked him where his shoes were. He matter of factly replied "In the cart."
- He was playing with our video camera bag one afternoon. Then it went missing. We were asking him if it was in the den. He said "yes" After looking for a while, Ali and I started looking in his room. He came in and said "No, no, no". We asked if it was in the den closet, he said "Yea". Sure enough, it was in a basket under a baby quilt. He knew!
- At Ali and Steve's wedding, after the first formal picture, he loudly stated "All done!"
- At Maggiano's, the waiter asked which dessert I wanted for him: cookies, ice cream or sorbet. I chose cookies, then he said "Ice cream too!"
- When our friends, Jill and Brett, and their 15 month old son Caden came to visit, Ryan did a pretty good job sharing his toys. One time Caden was playing with his popper that Aunt Jenny gave him. He started to take it away- he said 'Mine". I told him yes it was his, but that he shares his toys. He looked at me, then walked back to Caden, took the popper from him and said 'Thank you" and smiled! I guess he has good manners!
