Parker is TWO!

Two. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone, and what an amazing little guy Parker is.

He can count to 14 from time to time - to 10 often.
He throws out surprisingly complex sentences like handing me a piece of paper and saying

"I no want dis -eey more!" (I don't want this anymore). He's got a surprisingly good grasp of emotional words and tenses. "I gwumpy wite now! I don wike dat!"  and moments later "I all better! I happy!"  He's doing really well with pronouns, he refers to himself as "I" and others as "you" or "him" or "her." He can verbalize when things belong to others: "Dat Maia's twactor?"

He correctly recognizes all sorts of trucks, and calls them out in the car (wook mama! A semi twuuuuuck!!)
He correctly recognizes a stop sign and McDonalds (yay for pre-reading skills!)

He knows the names of the colors, but not how they apply to things.  Most things are green (or, rather gween).

He likes to sleep with his Lightning McQueen matchbox type car, and at least two pacis (Still. Sigh.)  And he can tell you if he has 1, 2 or 3 pacis. He will switch one out of his mouth for another and announce he wants "a new one."  He rolls "MaKween" up and down his pillow.

He's also really funny. He loves to make noise and sounds and laugh. He makes us laugh all the time. He thinks it is VERY funny when he toots, and if he does, he will try again (squinched up face and all!) and laugh!

He is great at sitting down and playing with cars for a while. He really likes to lay down on the floor and watch them roll. He also really loves to play with Maia, and his friends Ezra and Nicholas at school.

And lest we forget: His stats!
Parker is 35" tall (66%), 29.9 lbs (68%), and continues to have a big ol' noggin full of brains. 

Hangin Around

What a helpful big sister!

At school, we get a little dirty.

Hangin' out. Eatin' snacks.

Elton John and his big sister.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day began on Friday with a Mothers' Day Tea with Maia, at daycare.

They set us up with cookies (that the kids made), lemonade and iced tea, then whisked us off to another room where we colored a picture of a teapot together.

After that, we did a variation on a cake walk in another classroom, with all of us standing/walking on shapes, and Miss Maria making sure everyone got the chance to be a winner.  Maia picked out a couple of silly bandz.

On Sunday, the kids brought me down some coffee and handed me this card.

Maia may have had some help with spelling Parker... but she is quite competent in her ability to write her name on her own... and I was surprised to see her writing MOM without help earlier in the week.

(I bet they've been practicing at school!)

 

So what did I get from my two amazing kids (with some help from their fantastic daycare teachers)?

A photo magnet of Maia, a hand painted tile (Maia), a tea bag, a hand painted flower pot (Parker) with a Parkey Posey (ha ha).

The teabag poem is as follows:

I know that you love me

and enjoy being with me, 

but sometimes I'm rowdy

and busy as a bee.

If you get discouraged

take this gift from me. 

Prepare this

and relax with some tea!

It really was a lovely day.  Thanks to Ray for taking care of breakfast and doing a few special things with the kids to give me a little break.

This photo is completely unrelated to this event... but is the result of an "Art Fair" project at school.

This Owl's name is "Garros"