Almost 2
So technically the little man doesn't hit the "BIG" 2 until Wednesday, but today was his birthday party. I figure since we spent the day pretending he's two (he insists his birthday is today since - hey we had cake and presents) I'd just do a little update now. While Logan took his typical 2 hour mid-day nap, Bruce and I cleaned up the house, decorated and got the party food together. When Logan came down the hall from his nap he saw the Thomas the Tank Engine streamers and misc Thomas (or Tommy as he says) decorations. His eyes got big and he said "Ohhh, Tommy stuff! Wow!"Me - Do you remember *why* we have all this Tommy stuff today?
Logan - It my birthday party! YAY!! I get presents, have friends play, see Papa and Gramma and Uncle Scott. Have Tommy cake! Happy Birthday Logan! (insert more clapping and cheering here from the birthday boy.)
And the afternoon went on much like that. When his friends arrived - we had just three other kids over and a grand total of 7 adults - he led the little parade out to the back yard and ran them to the far corner so they could all gawk at the giant, real-life, backhoe working in our neighbors yard to dig a new pool. The four kids had a blast running, laughing, pretending, squashing themselves into the sand box and the Little Tykes house all at one time and generally ignoring the adults. They loved the arts and crafts we did: making sand art with colored sand in old cleaned out baby food jars and then decorating poster board train cut outs with glitter, pom-poms, googley eyes and shiny things. They got hand stamps - actually I just used the Crayola Stampers markers - and Thomas temporary tattooes. Those stupid markers wasted a good 20 minutes of our day and produced what looked like 4 little bikers aged 2 thru 5. . . plus a lot of stamps on the adults. Yes, I have a whole lot of photos. ;) Logan adored the whole 'gift' getting thing and stopped after each was opened to play with it for a spell. I can tell Christmas is going to take hours and hours this year!
His most favorite part, however, may have been blowing out his candle and having everyone sing Happy Birthday to him. At first he stared at them all in total shock, then it dawned on him WHAT they were singing and that it was for him. He got this HUGE smile on his face and he just glowed at each one. When the song was over he cheered, clapped and asked that they all sing again. He also asked them all to sing to him as they left. ha!
This is a typical snapshot of a day in the life of Logan. He's an incredible jabbering nut (or "little goofy nut" as he recently decided to bestow upon himself.) His mouth starts running when he wakes up in the morning and it doesn't stop until he's too tired to keep the lips forming words. Seriously, each night when we put him to bed at about 7:45 he talks to himself, his toys, and/or his fish tank music thingy for at least a half hour. He sings. He recounts his day. He says his prayers. He makes up stories. It amazes me still to hear that little voice. We have regular old conversations with him and we're reminded regularly that he his memory is already a little steel box.
He can spell his name if you ask him to. He can now write the letters L and O at will - we're working on G. He is obsessed with his books. He's got a few favorites and now has them memorized start to finish. He'll grab one of those as he tells you "Go away. I read myself." He climbs up in a chair or gets comfy on the floor, opens his book and tells himself the story. . . the right lines to each page. Of course, he still loves to be read to. He'll pick out a book (spending time sitting or kneeling in front of his book shelves, finger to his chin and saying "Hmmm, let's see. Which one...") Then climbs into the designated (by him) lap for a good cuddle and story. Since he's into the whole "tell it myself" thing lately we try to read with our fingers pointing to each word we say. If a word reoccurs throughout the book we'll point it out the first few times and then the next time ask him what it says ...usually he gets it. He has a few words he can pick out of text nearly anywhere now the first time it appears.
He's working hard on jumping. He has two speeds of motion - stand still and fast. He can now actually pedal his bike very slowly and very short distances. He adores anything that takes us outside. He begs to go swimming in Gram's pool daily. He loves to sing and dance. He absolutely loves "arts and crafts" and will spend an inordinate amount of time sitting with things to glue on something else, crayons, markers, paint, etc. He's become the official greeter of our town I think. He's very proud to say he lives here if nothing else - we made it a point to tell him that the police are here to help him if he can't find Mommy, Daddy or his grandparents & Uncle. (we several weeks later remembered to show him exactly how to tell who is a police officer - duh!) He knows that if he gets lost or scared he can go to the police and tell them his name and where he lives.
We practice this a lot lately -
Us - What do you tell the police if you're lost or scared?
L - I nee help. No find mommy and daddy and gramma and papa and uncle scott and sydney and tasha (the last two being his grandparents dog and our dog.)
Us - What's your name?
L - Logan Pot (he's got this thing about making Potts singular)
Us - Right, very good. And where do you live?
L - United Stay, Tom River
Us - Right and which state?
L - State
Us - yes, which State? New...
L - Jersey. I live New Jersey, United Stay Tom River.
Its a work in progress. ;)
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