It is hard to believe Zander is already 2 years old! He is such as sweet little boy and sometimes seems so grown up! He has had a lot of accomplishments over his last year:
He began walking in June, and is now progressing to running. He also loves to climb, does really well on playground equipment and can go up and down a few steps holding the railing or likes to go up and down holding someone's hand. He is not yet jumping, but is working on it!
Zander talks a lot! and really well. He knows way too many words to count and surprises us a lot with the words he knows (ostrich, octagon....crazy stuff!). He also generally puts two words together and sometimes says longer phrases (shut the door, mama). He will also pick up a book and will sometimes "read" to himself and sometimes talks while he is playing!
Zander loves going to daycare and likes to talk about his friends. (not sure if I should mention his biting phase! oh well, they love him anyway!) He also really loves the 2 babies at day care and always says "two babies, two babies" He has been with most of the same kids (2 have left and there has been the addition of the babies) and it is fun to see them grow up together. Most of them are around his age now (within 6-9 months of each other) so they are now spending more time during the day having "school" as well as craft time. He loves to show off his projects he made for us!
Zander is very smart and is doing well with "school." He can put together a 9 piece puzzle (really easy for him to get all the pieces in). He stacks blocks to make towers. He likes to draw. He counts to 15 by himself and can usually go to 20 (but with a lot of "aahhh teens" in there). He still loves the number 8 and it is the only one he can identify consistently. He is starting to sing the ABC song and will say repeat all of the letters with help. He is becoming more consistent with colors, but is pretty good with blue, purple and orange. He knows a lot of his shapes (circle, square, triangle, moon, star, heart, octagon).
He loves Mickey Mouse and Elmo, but also likes Thomas, Daniel Tiger, and Curious George. He LOVES trains, cars, dump trucks, tractors, airplanes, garbage trucks, etc., etc., etc. He also really likes his car seat and talks about it all the time (not really sure about this one....he's kind of strange sometimes!). He also likes to play with balls (not so great at catching yet!) and likes to watch basketball and sometimes hockey with Zeb. He also went through a phase where he talked a lot about the sun and the moon!
He really is a wonderful little boy and we love watching him grow up!!
