Tad has a favorite letter. I bet you can't guess what it is?!
You would be amazed at all the places Tad can find the letter T. During lunch he found 3. Two on his fork (the back says sTainless sTeel) and whatever brand of corndog he was eating had a T on the stick.
He'll say "Can you find a T?" when we're on the computer, until we let him push the T on the keyboard.
His other favorite T words are: Train, Track, Truck, Two, Tad, Tickle, Tease, Turn, Tiger, Thunder, Trailer.
Mom's favorite T words are: Timeout, Talking and Toilet Training (Most of the time.)
Our Two and half year old.....
* Has stopped taking naps (we're lucky if we get one a week, lucky for us, he's a happy kid).
* Is on Pepcid everyday for his acid reflux (without it, he wakes up crying and hurling every night between 12am-1am. I've gotten really good at remembering to give him his medicine so we can all sleep through the night. Before we got his medicine, I have to say, Fred was a really good sport for sitting up with him.)
* Thinks everything and anything is a "Snowmobile Trailer" for his "barrels". His favorite is piling stuff on the recliner with the footrest up. I'm hoping he grows out of his hoarding soon- I hate piles of toys all over, but even if I pick them up, or make him pick them up, they grow back the next day.
* Says "Yuck" if we kiss his cheek, but loves to give kisses and "squeeze your guts out".
* Is one Tough kid- he can almost tackle us, and if he runs full speed at you, there's a good chance you'll lose your balance.
* Picks out his own t-shirt: Elmo or Bob-the-Builder. If you tell him to get dressed, I can guarantee it's going to be one of those 2 shirts, but he'll put it on himself.
* Can be bribed with bananas, chocolate, bread, ice cream, truck books, stickers, McQueen (Cars), Apple Juice, Grandpa's Gummy Bears, and cinnamon toasties.
*LOVES the shower. He'll only strip himself down (even put his clothes in the laundry without being told!) if I tell him he can have a shower. If I say bath, he takes forever to get his clothes off. :}
* Knows his Traffic lights. Red means stop, green means go, yellow means be careful. He is the best backseat driver you could ever find..... as soon as he sees the red light, "It red, that means stop". "Okay buddy, I will when I get up there." :} The other day walking home from church he could completely point the way to our house. Comforting, if he's ever lost within a couple blocks of our house.
* I say talking is my favorite, but the phrases I DO NOT like: *"Would you get me that?" (it's usually 2 feet from him, or he just threw it). *Every time he cries and I ask what hurts it's always "My Eye" (that's a tear, not a pain). *"No, I doesn't need to go potty". *"Yes you did see it" (repeated 5X after he asks if I saw something and I didn't). *"Where's your puppy?" (He's a puppy about 3/4 of the day and refers to himself as "Puppy". Funny, since we don't have a dog. Not funny, because I can't put him out in the yard when he's too hyper.)
* Toilet Training is going well. He completed one chart and we took him to the store right away to get a "yellow" treat (Yellow is his favorite color, it had nothing to do with pee.) Now we're working on a second chart to reinforce "rewards" and this time he'll earn Pizza (that's what he chose) and a treat. I spent 25 minutes in a bathroom stall at the zoo with him because he can't pee if he hears other kids. He did finally go. :} We've moved on to trying to stand and I have to say it is so worth it! I'll take 4 minutes (2 to pee & 2 to clean up the misses) as opposed to the minimum 10 to completely strip him, get him settled and wait.
Our goal for the summer is to work on mastering the rest of the alphabet! I'm excited, I don't know if he is.
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