Mason is going to be two in a month! Serious yikes! I see so much more little boy and so much less baby these days. He can be sweet, moody, funny, sad, or just plain laughing his ass off. He is so much fun. There are so many new developments!
At the very beginning of the month, Mason learned to gallop at the Little Gym. At first he would only do it when we asked. Now he does it as a way to get from here to there! When we do floor exercises at the Little Gym, if it's something he doesn't want to do (walk or run), he may gallop (he also may roll around on the floor in protest)!
Also at the Little Gym, he sometimes volunteers himself when Miss Sue asks for someone to help her show the class how to do things. He's come such a long way in that class. He's great at walking on the balance beam, he loves to hang from the bar. He used to hate getting stamps at the end of class (it's like being dirty). He got over it, and now asks for one on his feet, tummy and hands. He can't wait to go home to show me or Will, whichever parent isn't with him at that class.
He said "gow" instead of "dow" for girl this month. The enunciation is slow but progressive. He started saying (and wearing) hoods this month. He used to hate to have them on his head. Now he identifies the hood with "hooooooo!" and wants it on! (He calls hoses "hoooooo", as well.) He is also still making up words and using them for many things. "Muh muh" is for pumpkin, marker, printer, and I'm sure 3 other things I can't remember! He can identify about 20 letters in the alphabet and say most of their sounds. Yay Leapfrog refrigerator toy!
I can't wait for him to start stringing words together. I'm always asking moms with sentence-speaking toddlers when they started speaking phrases. I'm really excited for that development. I want him to be able to tell us more stuff!
He has begun to ask us to join him wherever he's sitting, or play what ever he's playing. He may want us to come over and sit under his slide with him. He will ask "Mama?" or "Lala?" or even "Pippy?" in a sweet quiet voice. Then he will point to the ground next to him. How can we not oblige?!?
He kind of has playmates. I'll call them "playmates", since they're girls aged 8 and 11. Our neighbors' daughters are so great with Mason. He likes to run around the yard with them, kick (or throw) a ball with them. They always crouch down to his level to talk to him. It's very sweet.
Will and Mason have a sweet thing they do. They touch heads, then ears, then chins, then cheeks, then noses. Not always in that order. It's kisses for their other head parts.
He has a couple of toy microphones, and has always sung, "ahhhhhh!" into them. Never words. Last week, Will asked him to sing "hi" and he did. It was fun to hear a word amplified.
He knows a lot of songs. I think his favorite is the bye-bye song from the Little Gym. He doesn't sing many words to songs, here's how he identifies specific songs:
"cha cha cha" is Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes (the sound of the cymbals
"bum bum bum" is The Pretender by the Foo Fighters (the sound of the drum)
"woe woe woe" is Row Row Row Your Boat
"bah bah bah" is the Little Gym bye bye song
"ohhhhhhh!" is a song on the Sesame Street CD by James Taylor
"mana mana" is just that on the Sesame Street CD
"cah!" is Oscar for I Love Trash
"bo bo" is Grover for his Near/Far song
"la la la" is Sing, Sing a Song
And I think we've officially moved on from the "no no" song (Don't Lie by the Black Eyed Peas)! He asks for it once in a while, but not eight times a day! Whew!
Mason is still working on holding his fingers up for 2 through 5. He'll get it! He can hold his thumb up (like Fonzie). Totally unrelated to the Fonz, he says, "Hey!" in a really deep voice. He says it over and over. He got it from us shouting, "Hey" to Basher when she would run off with the neighbor's dog. He makes a funny "Surprise" face that (to me) is more scary than cute.
Maybe the coolest thing we saw this month is that Mason remembers things long-term. We went to mellow mushroom for pizza this week. We hadn't been there in about 6 weeks. He remembered there is a flying pig on the ceiling, and wouldn't stop making pig noises until he saw the pig! We've only been there four or five times, but the pig was important to him and stuck in his head!
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