My Little Helper

By my calculations it has been a while since my last straight up C post. So here we go. He is such a little helper. He wants to do everything and be involved. I just love this stage and I want to remember it because I am sure we'll get to "I don't want to do ______ " sooner than later. 

He has had just a love affair with the vacuum for months. It is his favorite thing. He has his own sized Dyson Ball and when it's time to vacuum we have a mini party. It helps that we vacuum almost every day. We had a Halloween party last week and the two toys all the boys wanted were the vacuum and broom. It was really bizarre because the girls could have cared less about them but there were actual tears involved when a turn was up from 4 different boys. No idea. Though let's be honest, Brave Little Toaster is making way more sense these days. Because who thought as a child that it was weird he was connected to the lamp, toaster and vacuum? I understood the blanket but the appliances? I get it now. He also has a fondness for the appliance cupboard with the crock pots, rice cooker and toaster in it. 

C loves to do anything with us though, he is all grown up in his eyes. He can bake and rake. Vacuum, dust and sweep. He LOVES making pasta and bread--anything with dough really. He is very gentle though. When we made ravioli, he gave each one a soft pat as kind of his seal of approval. Every once and a while a bread loaf comes out a little weird looking but then I know that he just got a little excited and stuck his finger in too far. 

All of sudden he is using his spoon and plates/bowls. Previously he wouldn't let anything be on a plate and he'd just dump it everywhere. I don't actually know what inspired him to keep it on the plate but clean up has been so much easier these past few weeks. He can use a spoon and gets excited when he does but after a while it still slows him down and goes back to his fingers. He will eat and enjoy just about anything except  for scrambled eggs. It's the weirdest thing. He liked scrambled eggs when he was younger but for months now has shown no interest and spits them out. We definitely still introduce them regularly as we have breakfast for dinner every week and while it doesn't involve eggs every time they still come into rotation quite a bit. We once made a breakfast burrito and hid eggs in there and he ate it okay until he noticed the eggs and then that was no good. Ah well if our biggest food issue is scrambled eggs than it's not really a big one is it? 

In this case, he even has his own sized rake but it wasn't as good as the big one I guess.

The talking is so cute. Husband tells me I have too high of standards on talking but that's okay. I don't consider it really talking unless I hear it multiple times and it sort of makes sense to me. I don't have a number of words count for the doctor but I feel he is right on track since he does communicate his wants and needs with me, repeats words and then uses them later as well as uses good listening ears. He is a really really good listener. He loves to bring us things and help and even stopping his negative behavior which at this point is mostly climbing and throwing things.

In the world of toys and books anything that is monkey theme is great or if it has wheels that's good too. Cars, trucks and vacuums are pretty awesome. No really, he pushes the vacuum around the house like it's a big car. What can I say? He loves it. He makes very clear demands for the books he wants by shoving them in our faces and throats which is cute but occasionally painful. For his favorite books he knows how long it takes to read each page and he will turn the page at the right time.

He has the sweetest temperament. I'm not sure if it was ingrained or learned but he doesn't really get mad when people take what he's playing with, he just picks a different toys. He is not a rough houser but still likes to run around with all the boys. He is very gentle with things too. Of course this doesn't mean he doesn't tantrum or get clingy or get loud. He has always had a very loud cry and that has translated into also having a very loud yell.

Anyway that is what's going on with us in the C world. I just don't want to forget this stage and what he was like. And there's so many little things that I wish I could capture perfectly but he hams it up for video cameras and writing it down isn't the same so I just have to watch and remember. He just makes my heart happy. What a guy. My little helper.