We've been pretty busy in our house this month. Max has been growing and learning and we have just been busy with work and trying to keep up with a very curious 2 year old. A little updating...I was informed in August that they were going to move Max up to the 2 year old room on September 1. My first reaction? Tears. I don't know why it upset me so much, but it was just another step towards my baby growing up and becoming more independent. Plus, I grew very close with his teachers and didn't want to say good-bye to them. The move went well for all involved. Max handled it like a champ and has been improving with his behavior ever since (we were having quite a bit of trouble with biting). Since moving into that room, he has become quite the chatter box. His vocabulary is growing larger with every day and he is so curious about his surroundings and what is going on. I love that about him. So, he uses a regular cup when he sits down for meals. Only has a sippy cup to carry around with him or have in the car. He really likes to drink out of a straw and is getting better about not tipping the cup towards him. He eats what we eat, for the most part and does really well with a regular size spoon. He has started to use the potty. He won't tell us when he needs to go, but we will sit him on there and sometimes it just happens to be the right time. We try to catch him before he goes #2 (we can tell when he gets really quiet and starts scratching his neck) and we have had one successful poop on the potty! Probably too much information, but it makes me feel good that he is not freaked out about going potty on the big potty. I think it also helps that about half of his class goes on the potty at school. OH...he is borderline obsessed with washing his hands. It is quite impressive to tell him to wash his hands and watch him climb up on the stool, turn on the water, get soap, rinse and dry his hands. He is such a little man! You have to be careful with the soap though or else he will just start squeezing it and before you know it, we have a bathroom covered in foam! He has taken a liking to a little stuffed cat that he has dubbed 'Kitty Cat' and will not go to bed without it. It is really cute to see him attached to something, but so far, he plays with it and sleeps with. He has not yet demanded that we take it anywhere, so here's hoping it doesn't turn into an obsession. He continually tests his boundaries with Mommy and Daddy. He loves playing in the dirt, anything to do with trucks or constructions sites, can't get enough of the Cars movie or Wall-E, and is so energetic that it makes me tired just watching him.
Halloween was a lot of fun! I had seen a picture online a few months ago of a Wall-E costume some parents had made for their son out of a box and found materials in their home. Knowing how much Max loves Wall-E, I decided that I would be making his costume this year and that's what he would be. Well, a few weeks before Halloween, I went on a field trip with Max's class and his teacher asked me how his costume was coming...I hadn't even started. Then, at his birthday party, several people asked what he was going to be for Halloween. My response, "Possibly whatever costume is left at Target on Sunday night!" Well, I got to cutting and putting together the body on Sunday and around 1:00 on Monday morning, I was crawling into bed. His costume turned out cute. Didn't have the wheels on there, but I didn't want to make the box too heavy for him. My original plan for the eyes was to carve them from styrofoam, paint them and attach them to his bike helmet, which I was planning on covering with foil. Well, Sunday night, I decided that would take too long, so I put my sewing skills to use, cut up an old t-shirt, printed out a large picture of Wall-E, traced the eyes on some grey fabric and attached them to a little stocking cap I made with the t-shirt. It turned out really cute, I think. I had to bribe Max with Skittles to keep his box on when we went trick-or-treating with his daycare. He was so cut though. Would only take one piece of candy from each person. Even if they held out more than one piece for him, he would only take one. He loves tootsie rolls, skittles and smarties! That night, he put his costume back on and went around the block in the neighborhood. He had lots of fun and really enjoyed seeing all of the other kids in costume. We went home to help Daddy hand out candy and every time I would put the bowl down for trick-or-treaters to get some candy, there would be Max's little hand from the other side trying to grab some too! He was very aware of the candy bowl and figured out how to get up and get it. We had to move it out of sight quick.
Needless to say, we are having a great time growing together as a family and I'm looking forward to the holidays and being able to visit our family and friends in Texas this December. Here are some pictures...
