Two Year Update & Birthday Re-cap

Nate's Big 2nd Birthday!

We had a relatively low-key birthday since we just arrived home from Seattle the evening before. During the day he opened a few presents and we relaxed and unpacked. We then went to a Lowell Spinners game again this year. I think this is Jack's 3rd time there. Nate really enjoyed the clapping and singing. His favorite though was the frisbee-catching dog. (Honestly, that might have been everyone's favorite - it was not a cleanly played or compelling game!). We then headed home and sang and had some cake. Chocolate cake before bedtime not the brightest move on our part as Nate had some real trouble getting to sleep. Of course we are also still on Pacific time so that also impacts things:)








2 Year Update!
Nate is talking a lot more - he has many words- I would guess about 40? He will often try to repeat things if you ask him. It often isn't intelligible out of context but he gets the idea. He hasn't put words together in a sentence yet though (he does sign things together - "more cookie please" etc).

Nate is still a super climber - we call him our little "monkey man."

Nate is not at all good at stopping things when we tell him to. He clearly understands but obeying is NOT his strong point.

He may have inherited dads inclination to electronic things. He is quite good at turning on the tv/dvd player and can use an iPad/iPhone to get to an app he wants. Scary and embarrassing.

He is still napping 1x a day - from about 1 until about 2:30-3ish. He is an early riser at 6-7ish. There is a pretty big range.

He loves to eat: waffles, turkey burgers, fries (especially with ketchup), cookies, pretzels, grapes, corn on the cob and pasta. He eats a variety of food but still has his allergies so many things are cooked special and it is hard to take him out. We have his 2 year check-up this week and I will discuss with his pedi next steps.

He LOVES trains of all sorts. He can look at pictures or videos of them pretty much all day.

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Birthday boy!

Nate is two!!

Blog is on hiatus for this:

We are enjoying our 10 day trip to Seattle!

Monkey Man

Birthday Party, recent events

Jack had a fabulous birthday party with 8 friends the Saturday before his actual birthday. It was a lego/firefighter theme. The pinata (see Nate) was a big hit (hahaha, lame joke I know). Everything went well, despite having to be inside due to the weather.







Jack also had his last "real" day at his preschool yesterday. He will be there for 2 weeks over the summer for camp, but the classmates/teachers won't be the same.

For those that don't know, he will be attending a new school in the fall that is PreK (last year of preschool) to grade 8. Jack seemed a bit sentimental both to me and his teacher at school. He asked his current teacher if he could take the picture he normally puts on the door when he is in class home, so he can bring it to his new school. He seems excited about the change, but he also understands his preschool friends aren't going with him. Luckily he seems to trust our judgment (hopefully with good reason!). He has a jam-packed July and busy August so he won't have much time to dwell on the past.

Summer is officially here and the boys and I made our first (of many I hope) visit to our local swimming area. It is a closed off (mildly chlorinated) area of a reservoir. There is also a large sandy beach, changing rooms and a nice play area. The boys had a fabulous time and were (generally) good at listening to me. There are lifeguards around, but it is a busy place so it is stressful for me to keep an eye on both them. Hopefully I can get pictures from there sometime soon. I really feel like a local now, I ran into 4 families I knew!

Can't believe he is FOUR!

Fenway!!