Thursday: 34 months

Isaac is ...um...34 months today!

Sleeping - he has been sleeping in many mornings lately, until 7:45 or 8.  He takes a nap probably 2/3 of the time.  He's fighting a little cold, so that might be part of why he's sleeping so much.  When he doesn't nap I can tell at the very end of the day.

Playing - he still loves Duplos and "baby marbles".  His screen time of choice has been Wall-E for the last week.  We just loop it over and over in the hour that he's allowed.  It's actually a pretty good movie for him...it has robots and really isn't that scary.  He also still really likes puzzles, especially when I let him play them on the Ipad.  He likes taking pictures with the camera.


Learning - I've heard him say the numbers 1-10 in order (and they're all there now).  The alphabet gets up through P and then usually starts over with H.  We just started working on his (and our) full names, although if he got lost I'm not sure anyone could understand him.  Speaking of speaking, he often puts an extra -es on the plural of things.  So giraffes are giraffe-es.  It's cute.


Listening - we've been working on listening to his parents, although really he does a pretty good job most days.  So he listens when I ask him not to run through puddles on the way into church, knowing that he usually will get to run through them afterwards.

Pretend - He's still great at pretending, with traps being the latest and greatest thing.  Everything gets trapped and he unlocks several traps every day.

Eating - he's a pretty good eater, although he has his own ideas sometimes about what he's willing to eat.  Lately he's wanted to drink his yogurt, so it now goes in a cup.  Whatever makes it go down.

Praying - when asked what he wants to pray for, he usually thanks God for Jesus, thunder and lightning, and anything he can see.

Potty training - ugg.  October was less than successful after a great September.  We only had a handful of days without accidents.  That being said, the end of October has been getting better again and if there are accidents it's usually only one per day.  He will often run to the toilet to poop, but can't quite get there for pee.  We've been wearing pull-ups more often because I keep my temper better.  But he can pull up his underwear better, which is a definite bonus.

Family - he is a great big brother.  He will often get a pacifier or rattle for Joshua "in case he cries."  I can ask him to watch Joshua for short amounts of time and know that he will.  (This has the added benefit of keeping Isaac in one spot.)  Isaac loves Grandma and Other Grandma.  I think that Grandma is Pat and Other Grandma is Cheryl, but it seems to change sometimes.  It's rather confusing.

In other news, we visited Ben's Grandma today and had a great time.