~~3.5 and 21 months~~

I'm overdue for a kiddo update and today seems like a good day for just that! Colin will be 3 1/2 next month and Connor is now 21 months. I just started a journal of funny things they say. These ages are quite hilarious and watching them interact is too cute (and very loud)!

 

Colin, our little shy guy, has really come out of his shell the past few months. He enjoys school now (still loving his "best girls" Peyton and Lively), can play with anyone he meets on the playground/play place, and loves his babysitters. Very different from a year ago ;) He starts after school soccer next week and he seems excited about it! He also told me this week he wants to do karate after watching the kids to their warm up when we're parked in front of the studio. He still wants to be a dentist and school bus driver when he grows up and tells us we can ride in his back seat when he gets his own car :)

 

He is getting good at site reading letters and numbers and learning how to read time. Although he loves his diggers and construction toys/books still, he really loves space right now. He knows the planets, can tell you about gravity/constellations/the space station/etc. We are slowly working on changing his room over to a space room. He sleeps with his star projector every night and carries around his rocket ship (launch pad and all) all around the house. He still isn't too interested in t.v. or movies, but enjoys watching rocket launch videos on YouTube.

 

 

He's pretty independent these days. He wakes up, goes to the potty, and plays in the playroom in the morning until we come up. It's great having real conversations with him and he's such a big helper to me. He loves helping me cook/unload groceries/laundry. He is loving his swing set outside and still loves being outside as much as possible. He definitely has his 3 year old dramatic episodes and time out is still a daily occurrence, but he's so much better at reasoning and it's hilarious to hear him warn Connor to stop his bad behavior :) He's a silly boy and tries to make us laugh all day. Love that kid!
 

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Connor, ohhh Connor. He's definitely a completely different child. Colin is such a good big bro and likes to help/discipline Connor. He's always looking out for him and it's cute watching them play together and try to have real conversations. Little C is very much into playing with any size/shape ball. All day long. He is very happy being outside and kicking his ball around. He is talking so much and a lot of it is understandable finally :) He loves saying--all better, where Colin/cat/ball go, don't like it, need snack, BALL BALL all throughout the day. He loves reading books and singing. He's almost got his ABCs and 1-10 down. My favorite time with him is walking him around his room before bed with his head on my shoulder singing our songs together. I'll be so sad when he's too big to carry around! He constantly is trying to put shoes on us or him to go outside. He eats everything and is always wanting a snack. He likes to say no a lot and has pretty funny meltdowns. He's a frequenter to time out for hitting Colin or screaming/not listening and it seems he actually likes time out...he always takes a ball or train with him.

 

We changed his crib to the toddler rail and he's done so well! He got out the first night at 5am and got back in after a few minutes, but hasn't gotten out since! We're a bit surprised since he is a bit wild. This has been our favorite age with both boys and I'll be sad to see him go to the 'dark side' (turn 2). But we see the sweetness starting to come back in Colin, so there is hope ;) For now we are enjoying his sweet hugging self and love that he has to hold our hand at ALL times!

 

 

We love being parents to these cuties and it's definitely the best thing that God has done in our lives. Watching them become best friends is the best and knowing that we are close to being out of diapers and cribs is pretty awesome :)