Ages and Stages: 27 Months

Hello love, you are my pride and joy. Life with a two year old can be a wild ride sometimes but the reality is most of the time parenting is a bit easier now. You entertain yourself very well, you haven't been teething for  quite a while and we haven't had any sickness to deal with lately, you eat great most of the time, have been sleeping better than ever (with the exception of the last two nights when you have decided you wanted to wake up and play in the middle of the night- but for my own sanity I'm going to say that was a freak phenomenon and won't happen again), you have been doing really well potty training which means I haven't been a slave to diaper laundry-yay!!, even your tantrums seem to be subsiding. Although I might eat my words with that last one, I've heard some people say tantrums don't get really bad until 3 so we will see!

But my point is, it is certainly easy to enjoy life with such an energetic goofball running around making us laugh all the time with the incredibly smart and hilarious things you say! You love playing with your little friends we are just trying to teach you not to get overly excited and be too rough. You talk all the time and still love to pretend! We have been doing lots of play with your toy food and you really like to play "restaurant" lately. You also love to help me cook and bake so that has been fun!

We have been reading lots of Christmas books lately, and you really love them all but especially our Alvin and the Chipmunks one and one of my childhood favorites, The Biggest Most Beautiful Christmas Tree. Oh and we can't forget "Arthur's Deck the Halls". We have watched a few Charlie Brown specials on tv and there is a new movie coming out so he is quite popular right now so that has been a new favorite. You like to pretend to be snoopy or Linus or Lucy and Daddy and I are various other complimenting characters. You have a little Charlie Brown figure from mcdonalds and Auntie Meg even got you a dancing Snoopy which has been a lot of fun!

You fit into 18 months right now basically. You have started to wear 24 months or 2t but they are usually a little big (some are way too big), but since you are starting to fit into them that's what we've been buying thinking they will fit through the winter that way. But I kind of wonder if you will be in 2t through most of next year. I got out some of your Cheistmas dresses from last year and they still fit you! Ha (not all though). Your hair is getting longer and it is so pretty. There is so much of a difference when it is wet in the bath and then when it is dried all curled up. It's so pretty and I get compliments all the time on it, even when I have been neglecting brushing it lol.

Oh and in case I haven't mentioned it, for the past two or three months we have been doing mommy and me gymnastics classes which you LOVE ! It's been a lot of fun :)

Exciting News: Baby #2!

  

 

Due in early May! More details to follow when I have more time to post!

Recommended: Little People Lift the Flap Books!

I have to admit that I probably wouldn't have been too attracted to this series had it not been for the Holiday themes. The first one I purchased was "Halloween is Here". But boy oh boy does Kylie LOVE these books! And I love the fact that they keep her busy for a good 15 to 20 minutes at a time! A fact that also makes them really great for car rides. We have since purchased quite a few more. I found most of them for about half the price at TJMaxx, but the Easter one I bought for the full $10 at target and the older Farm one I found at a garage sale!