I’m very good about brushing my teeth every night before bed and I never fight it. I follow my routine and do a very good job of brushing my teeth. The only thing is that I don’t always stay still. I’m often on my feet walking around and trying to play with my toys. But somehow, I still get my teeth clean. Mission accomplished.
Nowadays I’m walking all over the place. You rarely see me crawl anymore. I stand up and walk even to move only a couple of steps. Toddling around gives me a new perspective of my surroundings so I can rediscover things. It is just fun to walk all over the house now. Even if I have no specific purpose, I go to check out different areas and rooms.
Even though I am getting really good at walking, I still love being carried around by Mommy and Daddy. Not only is it faster and safer over longer distances, but we can chat a lot more and it just feels nice to be carried. And I can be helpful too by helping with keys and switches and stuff.
Because I love books, Mommy brought me to the library today. I had a great time looking at the wide selection of kids’s books that they had. But I also enjoyed the new and open space. It compelled me to start toddling around and hiding instead of reading books. I’d like to say that I followed proper library etiquette and was quiet, but I got too excited and was a bit too vocal. Maybe next time I’ll sit quietly and just read.
Sometimes when I eat it may seem like my tummy is a bottomless pit and that I am never satisfied and never not hungry. But that is not true. Even I get full. Well, maybe not full, but just finished eating for the time being.
I still love cars, trucks, buses, trains, and all the like. It is just my thing! Whenever I see a bus I wave goodbye to it. When I hear it pass I wave goodbye. And apparently when I make the sound of a horn in my vehicle book and pretend that it is a bus, I wave as well.
When I’m at school, I don’t get a snack until 3 in the afternoon, but my weekend schedule is slightly different and I’m allowed a light morning snack. I had my snack before I started my fun at the park.
While snacking I did some airplane spotting with Mommy. We live near a pretty busy airport so there is no shortage of planes flying by. I’m really good at hearing their engines and spotting them in the sky.
I’m not very subtle when I’m not happy. I make sure everyone knows from my expression, body movement, and speech, that I’m not happy.
“I see you, Daddy!”
“Look at me, Daddy!”
“Let’s watch TV, Daddy!”
There is a proper way to do everything, including eating. I’m trying to use a fork and spoon more and more when I eat. I must say I’m getting better at it. But there is also a proper place for tableware. Daddy tried to turn my plate around but I had to show him the proper direction.
I’m loving being on my feet at the park! There is so much to do, explore, and try!
Now that I can walk, it is my turn to take other things around for a walk, like my stroller.
Even though I can walk nearly everywhere and can even manage the rough uneven terrain of the park, there are some parts that are hard for me to traverse. I don’t like how the tall grass tickles my legs. It makes me a bit itchy.
Even though I can walk a lot, even I get tired and drained of energy. Walking around on two legs is no easy task.
When I’m short on energy, I need a helping hand, a rest, and a snack.
Okay, one last stroll before we go.
Oops! Did you see that? I guess a spill here and there are all part of growing up. So is getting back up onto your feet.
Before when I was little, there wasn’t much that I could do at the park. All I could do was sit in the swing and be pushed back and forth. I loved it, but now there are so many other things for me to do. So I often want to get out of the swing and onto my feet. Don’t get me wrong, I still love swinging, but it is no longer the only thing for me at the park.
Head down, butt up, hand on cars or trucks or tractors. Yep, I’m all set.
Every so often I use my chair to watch TV, but that doesn’t mean I stay still or stop paying attention to other things. Even when watching my kids’ shows, I still hear buses passing by and I just have to wave goodbye.
Even when at home and only traveling short distances I still prefer to walk than to crawl. It is how my main means of getting around nowadays. But the funny thing is that I have sticky and oddly shaped feet so when I walk it kind of makes suction cup sounds, like I’m an octopus or something. Weird.
On our walk today one of our teachers found some acorns and showed them to all of us. She did not get the reaction she wanted. Most of us were not very impressed. We were more interested in the cats and birds that we saw in the park. She tried to see if we were more interested back at school, but still not much of a reaction.
More often than not when I play with my trucks I’m lying on my tummy. That’s just how I roll!