2.5

Caiden is 2 and a half! What a fun age. It just keeps getting better! Here is what he is up to

-He is starting to prefer eating meals at the table. For a long time he liked eating up at the counter, in his learning tower, but for the last few months he'll state that he wants to eat at the table. We're much more in the habit of doing family meals now, which is great. A good habit to get into. 

-He is going through a sleeping like a teenager phase. He just does NOT want to wake up in the mornings. Great on the weekends, kind of a pain during the week. I'm sure it's a phase he will grow out of (probably on a Saturday morning).

-Caiden is doing really well at school. Every day his teachers tell us that he was the easiest, most well behaved, obedient kid in the class. Every day that surprises us! But I am very glad he is well behaved there.

-We are slowly introducing the potty. He likes to sit on it- and has been asking to do so all the time, especially at daycare, but he doesn't yet understand the concept of actually going while sitting on it. We're working on it.

-Caiden has applied his new ability to identify bad guys in his favorite movies to real life. This embarrassed me in public last week, when we saw a gruff looking man delivering food to daycare. We had just gotten out of the car and were about 20 feet away from the man when Caiden pointed at him and asked "He's a bad one?"

-Kids say the funniest things. It is a riot to hear him talk to himself while he is playing. Here is a conversation he had in the bathtub, which had Dan and I rolling on the floor with laughter. He was playing with a bath toy, a rubber duck I think: "don't drink the water! That's disgusting! Spit it out. Blech!!"

-There are a few times where I get home from my morning crossfit late, and don't get a chance to shower before Dan leaves for work. On those days, I let Caiden watch part of a movie while I take a shower. Even though it doesn't happen often, he's come to associate me taking a shower with him watching TV. There have been a few times, after school maybe, where he has said: "I want to watch a movie. Mom, go take a shower!" Nice try. It's amazing how such a high energy kid can morph into such a couch potato when a TV is around. We limit usage!