I can't believe my little Maxi is a month away from turning 2! I have already sent out his party evite and am looking to make it a Thomas the Train birthday party. He has started to talk more saying Bottle, Girl, Water, Bath, Ball, Car, daisy, agua, baby although he doesn't pronounce it too well. But it is slowly starting to come together which is nice. We believe his terrible two's have started over the last week because he has become very defiant and is defintely trying to test his boundaries. At first I thought it was because of me and being gone at work all the time but now I'm realizing it is just the terrible two's. He has been falling down a lot lately and always has a scratch or a bruise to show for it. We had our family pictures in upstate CT which turned out great. The drive was a bit of a pain because it was past the kids bedtime on our way home and they were both a bit testy but overall it was a great experience.
Max has started to help out around the house. If I ask him to get me a diaper for Jake he is able to go into his room and open the cabinet and bring me one. He also is able to throw away his own diaper or put something in the garbage if I ask him to. If I ask him to tidy up his toys he sometimes does it. One night we were doing naked time in Jake's room when Max pointed to his privates and ran into his bathroom, sat on his potty and peed. I couldn't believe it and I was so proud I rewarded him with a piece of chocolate. Of course he hasn't done it since ha!
Max is incredibly intelligent and just needs to watch us do something and is able to replicate it. Not sure that is always such a good thing since he now knows how to turn on the fireplace and open locks. But I have to give him credit for picking it up so fast. He is able to look at cards and pick out what I ask him. He adores his little brother and always brings over a toy for him to play with.
He has had a terrible rash on his butt which is slowly clearing up. He is still sleeping like a champion and is becoming such a big boy. We just decorated the basement with stickers and he especially LOVES the cars. I have been working on the house a bit since he has messed it up quite a bit. Things are slowly starting to look better. Tonight we made our very own pizza at home and it turned out so delicious. Max also helps out when I bake cookies and cupcakes and loves to eat the dough. He plays with playdo a lot lately and still loves books and his trains and cars. He watches Thomas every day.
Halloween was so much fun with the kids. Max was Yoda and Jake a cow. They both looked adorable. We went to the community party at the clubhouse followed by trick or treating around the community with all the other kids. It was a blast. The Croppers joined us along with Delia who cooked us dinner and watched Jake when we went door to door with Max. He carried his own bucket and picked out his own candy. The older he gets the more fun we have. It really is something special watching your children grow.
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