Flynn Family: A day in the life....

....of a two year old boy.

Since I am not doing the monthly post anymore I feel like I am missing out on capturing new milestones and quirks that he has.

Since our last post his new favorite things:

Really there aren't a lot of new favorites. He hasn't strayed from his moving objects. But he has added in Legos, of course Legos that are made into cop cars, dump trucks, etc.

He loves puzzles and is doing mostly 3+ puzzles now. He actually loves most of the learning activities and toys I have for him.

He recently got into his first fight. Let me preface this story by saying that we have a very laid back child. If someone takes a toy from him, he will usually just move on to something else. With that said, we were at a playdate with some neighbors that I met through our neighborhood Facebook page. The little boy he was playing with is just days older than Ethan. He is also quite a bit rougher than what Ethan is used to being around. The boy kept taking his toy, and taking his toy. After about an hour of this Ethan had had enough. He put both arms around the boy and threw him to the ground. I was flabbergasted. I didn't know what to do or say. And let's face it, I was a little proud he stood up for himself. Of course, I did get on to him for it and I will have to teach him that is not the way we do that. We still aren't sure where he learned to do this.

Most days are filled with playdates, learning activities, or running errands. And some days he decides to have lunch on the patio by himself. He just got up, took his plate outside and shut the door behind him.

Who would believe this face would be a fighter?

My favorite thing these days is him telling me that he loves me. And the way he I will look up and he has been staring at me waiting for me to look with the sweet smile and look of adoration on his face.

That he calls the bride and groom on his puzzle game MamaDada.

The way he says "uh, mom mom"

The way he gets in my face when we are laying bed and smiles at me when he thinks I am sleeping

His joke telling, Bite, No bite and then laughs so hard.

That he is learning to sing the ooohs and aaahs of songs.
He just recently started saying "Oh man" when drops something. Less baby talk like "uh oh" and more little boy.
They way he calls hexagons, hecgon.
His awesome donkey call.

His hint of a country accent.
His love of himself in the mirror. He and Robert have frequent gun shows in the mirror in our bathroom.

Something we don't care for too much are his tantrums. And the whining. Geez Louise that is frustrating and trying. Our patience has definitely been tested lately. There was the span of about two weeks recently that I thought would never end. Screaming and crying about everything. It has finally disapated back to normal toddler, at least for now.