Month 25

Val, it seems that I'm so busy answering your thousand questions all day that I haven't had time to blog about what you're up to this month. Good thing you're now 26 months. How is THAT possible?

Anyhoo, now that you're two (and a month, you like to tell people) you talk a mile a minute, full sentences and more. You run so fast, then stop to admire any and all shiny things that capture your attention. You do this so much that I think I'm about to sprain an ankle trying not to trip over you. You seem to need to do this every. single. time that you leave our living room and cross over the baby gate into the dining room, usually while we're on our way to the bathroom. You'd think I'd learn by now but no, every time, I am surprised that you'd stop there, at the gate.

Your gymnastics class now has 2 little girls who are younger than you. You're the showoff in the class now, doing all kinds of jumping and poses and more jumping, largely on command. I'm so proud of you when those other kids are sort of doing their own thing and you're busy following directions.

You've been at preschool for 2 months now. At first, it sucked, really sucked. You'd cry. A lot. I had all kinds of guilt about it, about seeing tears in your eyes when I went to pick you up. But one day, a little farm came to visit. You petted 1 pig (as you tell it), a goat and saw some chickens. I don't know what about the farm made school better for you but now you don't cry. You do seem to wet your pants at least once a week but I can live with that if you're not crying.

I say this every time and it's true. You just get more and more fun. Let's see what 26 months is like!