Two and a half years old

WOW doesn't time fly!

Today my lovable, tantrum throwing, funny and clever baby boy is 2.5.

We had a busy day. We went to say happy birthday to Alanah and then went down to the lakes for a play at the park. You love the slippery dip. When we walked down to the water you were calling the sharks "shark come". When we got to the jetty you said "oh no shark..gone". You loved looking at the boats and god excited at the littlest things... I love it when you see something new (like dirt in the water) and you point and shake and say "mum, mum...ohhhhh look mum". after an hour at the park we went to Liverpool to get some fruit and a quick look at Spotlight. You asked for a continental frankfurt at the Deli and walked around the mall munching on it! You are soo independent...you don't want to sit in the stroller and you want to ride the escalator all the time. We stopped off on the way for tickets to the circus and then took some shots with Russell. "idontwantto" is your fav word and after getting some great shots ONLY to discover I was using the settings I set up for outdoors and they were all dark. Getting you to sit down for more photos involved me popping out from behind the camera SCREAMING my lungs out in a game of peek-a-boo (worried the neighbours might call the police).

You have 100 expressions and you are soooo funny when you tell a story as you laugh at yourself and throw your hands around in the air!

After your nap we watched a Wiggles DVD and danced around! Between us we finished off 2 punnets of strawberrys! I was on the phone and you stuck 3 pegs to the heater and turned it on....i was quick to save the melting pegs! For the first time in months you let me put on a non Wiggles DVD next {Max and Milly}! We played some more and Daddy got home after a long day with our Chinese dinner. I love the way you eat veges and you love curry like daddy. You then went out in the garage to play with dad/ All of a sudden it was 8.30 pm and i had lost rack of time. I was folding clothes and tiredness had set in. Nothing could calm you and you threw a 20 minute tantrum. "no nappy" so i walked away, then you screamed "nappy on". You had hit the wall. i managed to calm you with a puppy book and you fell asleep in 1 minute.

thanks for another great day baby boy....you will always be my baby boy!

YOU at 2.5!

• You are obsessed with the Wiggles and adore Jeff.
• idontwantto is one word and you use it alot these days.
• You are so independent and insist on doing most things yourself, including walking down the stairs. when i try to help you always say " no me".
• You hate having your nappy changed. Whn i say you can wear undies you say "NO...idontwantto".
• While the water is boiling for your morning weet - bix you start to eat one dry. You say "mess mum...mess" and I push the crumbs in your bowl and you nod in approval!
• When you wake early (7.30am) you don't snuggle in with me anymore, you want a DVD on, oh I miss the days when we went back to sleep!
• You only hear me speak occasionally.
• you said your name for the first time in July, you refused to say it to me for many months.
• You love jumping on the bed. Since you cant get up you turn the clothes basket upside down and climb up.
• you love your little $20 trike and speed around the tiles on it. i love it when you take your wiggles dolls for a ride and talk to them.
• I love it when you say "mum, the sun is in bed" at night time and then in the morning you say "the sun is up".
• You ask if Dad is home everyday, but when he is home you say "no mum do it".
• You stopped calling a drink a blawah- blawah and started to call it a dink, I was sad to see that cute little quirk go.
  
• If I tell you something is gone or not working you shake your head and say “oh dead”.
• You love diggers and trucks and get excited when we see them on the road.
  
• You love to drink fresh passionfruit from a cup, and you get cranky when I steal some. You love cake and love it when it is someones birthday as it means you will get some CAKE!!!!
• When people talk to you in the shops you are sometimes unfriendly and say "no go".
• What hasn't changed - you still love puppies, your favourite word is still MINE and you love cords, power and anything with a switch. You still always ask to play in the car when we get home.