Todd the Two Year Old (Month 10)

YEAR 3, MONTH 10
MAY 21, 2017 – JUN 20, 2017

TODD SAID…

• “got frog in throat”
• “happy birthday” (Who? We don’t know)
• “I go go go there” (while looking at pictures of himself at the Everett Children’s Museum)
• “a long, long time ago”
• “nice butt” (he said it to both of us separately)
• “Ee new” (Eli) & “as sigh” (Ashley)

ASKING QUESTIONS

• he exaggerates the up-inflection in his voice at the end of questions
• he said:
  • “what happened there?” (he asks about pictures in books)
  • “are doing washing?”
  • “are doing running?” (to a mannequin at Alberg’s)

EXPRESSING FEELINGS

• he said:
  • “I love this guy called Pillow Bear”
  • “I love you” (he said it back to me)
  • “a little nervous”
  • “I’m frustrated”
  • “I’m so mad”
  • “I sleep, I wake up, I say hi Eli, Ashley, Karin, Jason, grandma, grandpa. I love them”
  • “I do” (he draws out ‘do’ & does a cute up-inflection in his voice); he said that when I asked him if he wanted to hold my hand

INDOOR FUN

• playing lightsabers with Eric
• jumping off the speaker
• blowing bubbles on the deck
• dancing to the Batman movie intro
• watching favorite shows
• the occasional “art class” (i.e., painting)

THE JOY OF SPRINKLERS

• running through sprinklers & playing with a neighbor boy (Wyatt)

MORE WATER

ANIMAL FRIENDS

SHOPPING

• Todd loves to shop!
• “I sleep. I wake up. I go get police car. Dada good guy. I go get red car Wal-mart.” (talking about the car shopping carts)
• we waited for the “black car” (car shopping cart) to be available to ride around in at Fred Meyer
• Todd’s 1st mask…in what becomes a large collection! (5/23)
• he says:
  • “that’s too much pay” (he points to things in the Target catalog)

RIVERFRONT ROCK GYM

WALLA WALLA POINT PARK

APPLE VALLEY GYMNASTICS

• open gym
• Eric tried to break some sort of fall by stucking his foot out, but this ironically caused injury to Todd’s nose (5/22)

WENATCHEE RIVERFRONT RAILWAY

• riding the mini train (5/27, 6/3, 6/18)
• jumping in the dirt pile by the mini train tracks (6/16)

OHME GARDENS

• exploring Ohme Gardens (5/24, 5/29)

ROTARY PARK

HIKING – LAKE CLARA

• part of Lake Clara trail (with Eric, 6/6)
• he said, “careful, Todd” while hiking downhill
• Lake Clara (Todd hiked the full 2.68 mile round trip) (6/11)
• during hikes Todd likes throwing sticks & rocks and he runs and jumps down the trails

HIKING – SQUILCHUCK STATE PARK

• Squilchuck State Park (2.35 mile loop) (6/14)

MOUNTAIN BIKING – SQUILCHUCK STATE PARK

• mountain biking (5/28)

BIKING – LEAVENWORTH

• Eric took Todd biking (6/08)

FIRST BIKE RACE

• Leavenworth Bike ‘N Juice bike race (6/10)
• he did a 2-lap race without help (there was an uphill section!)
• he got to check out fire trucks & gear
• one firefighter agreed to put his gear on for Todd

THE POOL IS OPEN!

• swim at condo pool (5/27, 5/29, 5/31, 6/2, 6/7, 6/18, 6/20)
• he pretty much picked up his water skills where he left off (last Fall)
• when he jumps from the deck he really sinks to the bottom! (I wait for him to surface to ‘catch’ him)
• ‘dolphin’ diving underwater, holding his breath & doing assisted back floats (6/20)
• he says:
  • “I’m so excited pool!”

AVIATION DAY – PANGBORN

• Aviation Day at Pangborn (6/17)
• Todd liked sitting in the cars/trucks & planes

OTHER ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH

• road bike ride with Todd in the trailer (5/21)
• visiting Elisa’s friend, Dwight, at the Apple Capital swim meet (6/4)
• end of year party for Elisa’s work; Todd liked playing downstairs with Sadie & outside on the deck with Emily’s girls (6/6)
• playing at Washington Elementary & Washington Park
• outdoor BBQ where we live

MISC

• he does not like having his hair brushed; he says, “I don’t like it”
• he sits calmly when getting teeth brushed..yay! (Eric asks him if he wants it done ‘hard or soft,’ so he chooses soft!)
• we signed Todd up for 2 day/wk preschool (will start in September) & a 4-day dinosaur camp (in July)

FOOD & DINING OUT

• Pizza – Riverfront Rock Gym (5/21), Lemolo (6/4, 6/18), Saddle Rock Pub & Brewery (6/16)
• Dining out – El Porton (5/23, 6/1), Munchen Haus (6/10)
• he crunched on whole cumin seeds
• Food-related things he said:
  • “I want apple juice with ice cubes in it”

DAY TIME NAPS

• he naps for up to 3 hours starting at ~2 PM

NIGHT TIME SLEEP

• bedtime gets later in summer (i.e., into the 10 PM hour)…so wake up time in the morning is later (into the 7 AM hour); his 9-hour night time sleep continues
• he loves being read to before bed & I lie down next to his crib as he falls asleep (as usual)
• he woke up in the night 10 times this month
  • 4:30 AM (5/21)
  • 2:30 AM (5/23)
  • ~2:45 AM (5/24)
  • 2:30 AM (5/30)
  • 2:30 AM (6/3)
  • 3:40 AM (6/7); it took an hour for him to get back asleep
  • ~4:00 AM (6/10)
  • ~4:00 AM (6/11)
  • ~4:30 AM (6/17)
  • 12:00 AM & 3:50 AM (6/20); it was very hot inside, so hard to sleep
• typically he goes back to sleep quickly after drinking a Goppa

POTTY TALK

• this month he started wearing underwear outside of the house (i.e., not a pull up!)
• he wears diaper only for naps & night time sleep!
• “want diaper off, it have full pee pee in it”
• he took off his own underwear to go pee (5/25)