Happy 31 monthiversary, Liam!

My handsome boy

My two handsome boys!

Happy 2 years and 7 months, Liam! 

You have been busy this month!  That last tooth is slooooowly coming through, causing you to chew on your fingers a lot.  Poor thing.  I swear I should have bought stock in Motrin before having kids!  We try to keep you well medicated to fight off the pain of it all, (and to save those poor little fingers of yours from being gnawed until they are red!) but I think we will all be happy when this whole teething business is done!

You, chewing on your thumb and riding the laundry train with Jude

Your reading is coming along well--you are starting to pick up books on your own to read them out loud with Mommy or Daddy or even to Jude.  We all love to hear you read. 

TACKLE!!

You have been really interested in watching videos and seeing pictures of yourself when you were a baby.  Jude is almost crawling (when you aren't tackling him--haha) and you were at that point around the same age, so it's fun to watch videos of you trying to crawl and you eating in your high chair--just like Jude is doing now!  Your favourite story to hear from when you were younger is your name story.  When you were little, and people would ask you what your name was, you would answer, "Name."  Then as you got a bit older, and people would ask you what your name was, you would answer, "Lame." (that cracks you up!) And then finally, when you were a bit older, and people would ask you what your name was, you would answer, "Liam." I've told you that little story over and over and over in the past couple of weeks and you laugh every time.  You like hearing the "lame" story.  ;)

Hugs for Puppy

You really have been enjoying school this year. You are quick to give me a kiss and hug and dive right into playing with your classmates.  It's been fun to hear your run-down of your day at pick-up time, too.  You're much more vocal about what happened during the day than you ever have been--even if it's to tell me that Miss Helen had to take away a puzzle that you and Cohen were arguing over.  Ahem.  However, these little "naughty" tales are rare and overall you really enjoy going to school.  You always come home with new songs and new stories to share about your friends Callie, Cohen, Audrey and the rest of the gang.

Look!  Puppy is a Canadian!

You know how some people will say that they don't have a musical bone in their bodies?  Well, I think ALL of your bones are musical!  You constantly sing songs. 





Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo PrintingLiam singing and dancing spectacularly to (...or something) Wheels on the Bus (background vocals provided by Baby Jude)
Whether it be the Wheels on the Bus, the ABCs or your favourite, The Farmer in the Dell, if you feel the need to talk, you SING it!  I wish I could write down all of the verses of The Farmer in the Dell that you have created, since that is your "go-to" song of choice. We've heard (sung to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell, of course...):

"Everyone poops and pees, everyone poops and pees, hi ho the derry-o, everyone poops and pees!"

"Jude is a dude, Jude is a dude, hi ho the derry-o, Jude is a dude!"

"It's time to eat some dinner, it's time to eat some dinner, hi ho the derry-o, it's time to eat some dinner!"

"Blue and green and yellow, blue and green and yellow, hi ho the derry-o, blue and green and yellow!"

Everything is sung to this tune.  Everything.  It's enough to drive some people batty.  I'm thisclose sometimes. 

Mommy, not going crazy (yet!)

We had a good talk the other day about how you used to call bulldozers "bullzeedohs" and oatmeal "eatmoil" and you thought it was funny.  What's neat is that it was only a few months ago and it's amazing how fast you are changing.  It's wonderful to actually have conversations with you.  You're such a smart little boy.

You and your Jude

Your memory amazes me.  I know that it must be due to your photographic memory that you are able to read and remember words that you see.  Today, when we were doing some cleaning, I saw the hummingbird feeder under the sink.  I didn't pull it out, but I said, "Oh, we'll have to get out our hummingbird feeder soon!"  You pulled it out and I asked you if you remembered it.  You said, "Yes."  I asked you what it was for and you told me about the little birdies and walked over to the patio door where we had put it last summer.  That was 6 months ago and you remember as if it were yesterday.  Astounding. 

This photo is from Aug 2009--your birthday, actually!  You can see the hummingbird feeder in the background.  We used to get hummingbirds all day long!

We've been planning our garden and last week we planted some seeds in some peat pots to get ready.  You love to go check our plants to see what has popped up.  So far we have some healthy watermelon, canteloupe, tomatoes, and morning glory seedlings.  I think we might have enough fruits and veggies for the whole neighbourhood with the rate they're growing! 

Your watermelon and tomato seedlings

We hope you enjoy your day today.  We are off to get groceries today since you woke up with a bit of a fever so our plans for the gym and a playdate with Drew will have to wait for another day.  Daddy comes home from his race in Brazil tomorrow, so it will be wonderful to have him home again.

My three handsome boys

We love you very much.

Love,

Mommy, Daddy and Baby Jude