things I say

"she" instead of "he"
"mlunch"
"shredded wheat grows in grampa's garden. Yummy!"
I have croup again. No fun. Well, no fun except for the 2am stroller walks with Daddy to help me breathe. Those are kind of exciting.

I like telling people I love them. I give them biiiiig hugs, with a little "pat pat pat" on the back from my hand. I say "I love you, Daddy. You're a great daddy." Or "I love you, Mommy, I love you a lot."

I get to climb the stairs by myself now. I like to throw my big ball downstairs, and then go roll it back up.
I really like going to the YMCA. Mommy calls it "the Y." I call it "the Hawaii."

Hi Alex!

This morning I put my face right in front of Alex and said "hi Alex!!
I'm your brother! I give you high fives!"

Then I gave him a high five, and he smiled!

big boy

I say "mlunch" instead of lunch.

I make up increasingly confusing things to make people laugh.

Yesterday I said "I'm going to see the tiger. To paint. I'm going to say "Boo!" I'm going to say "AT-TA-CA!"'

I talk about eating a Blue Mommy. Nobody knows where that one came from.

We got a new stroller today. It has a special seat for me, and a special seat for Alex. But after Mommy put it together today, the tire went POP! like a balloon.

I can climb the climbing wall at the playground, and go down the fire pole (although it's still scary).

I'm really excited about big boy underwear, and using the potty . I'm getting better at it all the time.

I keep surprising grown-ups by the way I talk. I use words like "already" and "instead" and "plenty," "yesterday" and "this morning"

vegetables

Daddy came home. I wanted to play with him. Daddy said "I can't wrestle now, Ivan, I'm a little sick."
I said "You sick? You need to eat your vegetables!"
Mommy and Daddy laughed.
I pointed to the kitchen. "No, you eat them! Right now!"