We officially have a two year old now. As fast as I thought the first 12 months of Conner's life flew by, this past year seemed to be ten times faster. We've had a blast with family this past weekend. The day after his party we took full advantage of the best fall weather and hit up the pumpkin patch, pet some farm animals (Conner loved the sheep!) and went on a hayrack ride followed up with some Moomers ice cream. Talk about an awesome Sunday with the fam.
Since today is Conner's birthday, Joe and I both took the day off to spend with Conner. The weather's been drizzly and cool so we decided to spend the morning at the Great Lakes Children's Museum. It was awesome! Conner loved playing with the different exhibits and we really only played with three different activities while we were there. Which means there's still more to play with and discover the next time we visit. And there's more.. I realized they have a year membership that you can get so I'm thinking we will definitely need to jump on board so we can hang out there throughout the winter and rainy summer days.
After that we hit up our favorite burger joint for lunch (Slabtown), skipped naptime, and opened birthday gifts. (We're paying for the skipped nap now..)
TODDLER LIFE - 24 MONTHS
Toddler Talks
Conner's speech keeps growing and growing. He said his cousin's name for the first time (Ben) which is actually the first real name he's said if we don't count words like "Mom", "Daddy" etc. He's also starting to form more and more short sentences. What's even better is that he identifies more and more things and makes connection between different objects. When he sees anything baby related, he always calls it out as "baby". Conversations are starting to grow!
Toddler Play
Conner is still in love with his Tonka dump truck. Basically anything that has wheels has his love and attention. This month he has really become obsessed with Mickey Mouse. We only have Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Netflix so we watch that every night before we start the bedtime routine. The same episode. Every night. He doesn't get tired of it but the two adults in this house do. Netflix, please get more Clubhouse episodes on your list!
He's also continues to love letting the chickens out to range and feeding them. Of course the minute the chickens are out, he makes sure they get exercise by chasing them all over the backyard. It amazes me that those birds aren't scared of him. Other than that, we've been taking more adventure hikes through our woods. Conner has grown to love hiking and exploring the woods.
Toddler Eats
We have successful days and not-so-successful days when it comes to eating. Protein is still the hardest to get him to eat except for when it comes to hotdogs. I've never seen a toddler love hotdogs as much as he does. He's kind of a picky eater. I've learned that he doesn't like it when different foods are mixed together like casseroles for example. He does okay as long as the food items are kept separate.
He still loves his broccoli (steamed or raw), baby carrots, apples, avocado, yogurt, oatmeal and fruit smoothies. Oh and basically anything with chocolate. He's figured out that chocolate is pretty tasty for a little boy with a sweet tooth.
Toddler Sleep
Conner continues to be an awesome sleeper. He's starting to sleep in a little later on the weekends instead of getting up between 5:30 and 6:30am. There have even been days that he's slept in past 9am. He does great at going to bed on his own. Joe always has the most success with putting him to bed at night.
24 Month Photo Dump:
Toddler Talks
Conner's speech keeps growing and growing. He said his cousin's name for the first time (Ben) which is actually the first real name he's said if we don't count words like "Mom", "Daddy" etc. He's also starting to form more and more short sentences. What's even better is that he identifies more and more things and makes connection between different objects. When he sees anything baby related, he always calls it out as "baby". Conversations are starting to grow!
Toddler Play
Conner is still in love with his Tonka dump truck. Basically anything that has wheels has his love and attention. This month he has really become obsessed with Mickey Mouse. We only have Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Netflix so we watch that every night before we start the bedtime routine. The same episode. Every night. He doesn't get tired of it but the two adults in this house do. Netflix, please get more Clubhouse episodes on your list!
He's also continues to love letting the chickens out to range and feeding them. Of course the minute the chickens are out, he makes sure they get exercise by chasing them all over the backyard. It amazes me that those birds aren't scared of him. Other than that, we've been taking more adventure hikes through our woods. Conner has grown to love hiking and exploring the woods.
Toddler Eats
We have successful days and not-so-successful days when it comes to eating. Protein is still the hardest to get him to eat except for when it comes to hotdogs. I've never seen a toddler love hotdogs as much as he does. He's kind of a picky eater. I've learned that he doesn't like it when different foods are mixed together like casseroles for example. He does okay as long as the food items are kept separate.
He still loves his broccoli (steamed or raw), baby carrots, apples, avocado, yogurt, oatmeal and fruit smoothies. Oh and basically anything with chocolate. He's figured out that chocolate is pretty tasty for a little boy with a sweet tooth.
Toddler Sleep
Conner continues to be an awesome sleeper. He's starting to sleep in a little later on the weekends instead of getting up between 5:30 and 6:30am. There have even been days that he's slept in past 9am. He does great at going to bed on his own. Joe always has the most success with putting him to bed at night.
24 Month Photo Dump:
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