- Every morning when he wakes up, there's very little crying. Instead, he stands up in his crib and very politely says, "MaMa, DaDa, WaWa, Please" --- asking us to bring him "wawa" (anything in a cup - milk or water)
- They sing lots of songs at school, so it is no surprise if he busts out a bold rendition of any of the following songs/poems while playing or riding in the car:
- ABCs
- Rain Rain Go Away
- Old McDonald (with a puppy, cow, or boy on his farm.. or occasionally, a pig)
- Five little monkeys (jumping on the bed)
- Five little ducks
- It's Raining, it's Pouring
- ... and more!
- He's starting to put together phrases and sentences. I was surprised the other day when he heard a sound from another part of the house and looked me, raised his eyebrows, and said, "What was that, mama?" Whoa.
- He loves "Monkey George" (i.e. Curious George) and "Elmo" --- constantly wants to watch one of them on TV when we're at home, and we usually have to tell him that they're night-night so he'll drop it and find something else to do. We aren't necessarily anti-TV in our house, but when you get the Abby's Flying Fairy School theme song stuck in your head for an entire 24 hours, you know it's time to take a TV-break, for everyone's sake.
- He LOVES his daycare and all of his friends & teachers there. He talks about them every day on the way to "school" -- Miss Ash-ey (our favorite teacher, Ashley, pictured below), Mimi (Mila), Ari, Day-Day (Davis), Av-ey (Avery), Mako (Miss Jamaico), Vonka (Miss Veronica), and others. but those are his favorites.
- Lately, he's been wanting to check to make sure everyone's "OK". He'll sit at the dinner or breakfast table and the following conversation ensues.
- Tripp: Mama, ok?
- Mama: I'm ok, Tripp.
- Tripp: Dada, ok?
- Dada: I'm ok.
- Tripp: Tripp ok. ok. <continues eating>
- We've taught him to (sort of) spell his name. Usually, it's T-R-I-P. Who needs that last P anyway?
- He loves trucks of any shape, size, or kind. He points out fire trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks (though I'm pretty sure he thinks they're "toe" trucks, since he usually points to his feet) and pick-up trucks. Also loves a "bool" bus and choo-choo train.
- The airplane fascination is growing by the day. There's this little airport near by (Peachtree Dekalb) that has a playground next to the runway... nothing beats an outing to see the airplanes go "up up up up" and "down."
- ... i'm sure there are more. I'll post them later, because this is as far as my brain is going today!
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| Reading one of many "Llama Llama" books |
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| Music with our favorite teacher (and frequent babysitter), Miss Ashley |
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| Pushing our friend (not sure of this boy's name). Note the marker all over Tripp's shirt, pants, shoes. Pretty typical for him to come home covered in marker, which USUALLY comes out of his clothes. |
Happy Hump Day!
Meg
