One More Thing

Connor has learned a lot of our patterns, routines, and routes. Depending on which way we turn out of the neighborhood he knows he is probably going to daycare or church. Now, if we get on the highway, he also knows that is the way to church. He also happens to know where every McDonald's on the east side is located, although how he knows that I have no idea!

2.5 year old update

Well, Connor is growing up for sure. I gave him a hair cut last week and he looks like a little boy again...as opposed to the girl people were beginning to think he was. Of course, not that he realizes what is going on, with every snip came a head jerk and his hair is uneven. But, it is cut and it is cooler for the summer.

Also new in the world of Connor is that he has figured out how to throw gigantic temper tantrums. "No" has become his favorite word and he uses it often. Bedtime and nap time are when we hear it most. :)

Attempt #5 at potty training has failed. He is just not interested whatsoever in using the toilet. Yesterday I was letting him run around with nothing on. After about 25 minutes he ran to his dad and told him he had pooped in the kitchen. When we went to check, not only had he peed and pooped all over the kitchen, he had also managed to get out the George Foreman and plug it in. Any of you who have one know that simply plugging it in is enough to get it hot. Luckily he told on himself and we avoided a disaster, but still scary nonetheless.

He also seems to be hitting another growth spurt. At two and a half he has been wearing 18 month sized clothes, but I think we are just about ready to graduate up to 24 month clothes here in the next month or two.

Connor has also been doing swimming lessons this summer. He has been doing great! He loves to be in any and all water (proved by the fact that he found a puddle at our park yesterday and he was soaked within seconds) and he has gotten really good at kicking and doggie paddling at the same time. He doesn't love to go under, but he deals with it pretty well when I dunk him.

He also continues to impress Joe and I with how much he knows. This morning he announced that he is "Connor Cwoakwey" and that I am "Mommy Achel Cwoakwey." He also has been "reading" books to Joe and me that he has memorized. His food intake has gotten better as well! This week he has eaten fish and cauliflower and he will eat almost any kind of fruit nowadays.

Ok, so enough on me going on about how awesome my kid is...for now!

Speaking Sentences

Connor's vocabulary and the things he says are both astounding and entertaining as of late. The other morning he spilled some yogurt on the table and would not eat any more until it was cleaned up. So Joe took a rag and wiped it up. Connor yelled "Mo-om, mo-om! Dado clean o-gurt wi tow-ul." Then this morning there was a little baby on TV and he said "awww, baby cute!"

Joe and I have been enjoying watching him dance around the living room to his favorite songs, sing himself to sleep, and generally terrorize the house. Ok, so we don't love the last part, but it is a part of his 2 year old self.

He is so loving, too. Every day when we leave for work he tells his Dad and the house bye and that "I yuh you." He tells church the same thing. He LOVES going to church. He asks if we are going there every time we get in the car.

Going to Church

Well, we are experiencing the winter blizzard of 2011. 12 inches of snow so far! As I was getting Connor dressed this morning he asked if we were going to church. Of course with the snow blowing and it being a Tuesday, I said no, but he kept saying church over and over again. So, Joe and I have decided to recreate church. We are going to color a Jesus picture, watch a Christian video, and sing church songs. Fun times at the Coakley house!