Two.Four Years

 2.4 Years

• Post Christmas is usually quieter. I have been trying harder to have meaningful activities for you. Some of your activities are play dough, tea parties, and barbies. I did this forced perspective photo of you and Millie using legos. It looked like you were sitting in the lego castle. When I showed you the photo, you were cracking up. When Millie is at preschool, I try to bring up one of the bins of toys for you to do up here. You play a lot better when there isn't a lot of options and you can see me the whole time. I also will start the play and then after ten minutes, I can leave you to continue while I work on my list. 
• The big kids and I have been getting into puzzles lately. You have wanted to join, but just can't do the big puzzles yet. Even though the wooden puzzles have always been in the closet, it is like you have discovered for the first time as actual puzzles and not just a mess maker. I love seeing you bend over them, concentrating so hard. 
• You can getting very opinionated. Before, you would rate your food and say "I like it" even when you didn't really like it. Now, you have learned to say, "No, I don't like it". You will say anything that you don't like is spicy. We gave you a lime with your dinner the other night. It was so funny watching you pucker your face and say it's spicy. But since everyone laughed at you, you would do it again and again. So in addition of being opinionated, you also love to get people to laugh. 
• Funny comment: Sam was having a hard time in the van ride home from church, so he had to walk part of the way home. For the next few days after the, you would say, "Sam walk home". 
• You are finally starting to sit still for books. You love Pinkalicious books, Five Little Monkeys, and I Ain't Gonna Paint No More. There will be still times when you ask to cuddle and read books, but once we get settled, you grab the book from me and say that you are going to read the book. I am then stuck there watching you look at pictures. 
• Dress up is THE thing right now. I can't keep your clothes on you. Every time I do get you dress, you just turn around and take it off to get dress in some fancy dress. For a while, you kept raiding Millie's closet. I have now directed you towards the dress up bin. Your favorites are Elsa, Cinderella, and ballerina outfits with toes.