You're Two!

Your hero in the world is your big brother Adam. You copy every single thing that he does. But Adam better watch out if there is a pirate ship or lego you have your eye on. You are five pounds shy of his weight and can take him already. But you two love each other and play together for hours.

You will spend so much time working on getting the small little legos in the right piece. You love putting things together and have so much patience already to get it right.

You just started school at Amerikids and on week three you are already loving it. Adam helped you through the first week and let you sit next to him when you were scared. Your best friend is Henry, you love playing with him and will walk around the playground holding his hand. You love to wash your hands and will sit at the sink for hours if I let you playing in the water. You LOVE the bath. All I have to do is mention the bath and your run right for the bathroom and wait there for us to catch up. Yet you never once cry when it’s time to get out. Even thought Adam insists that you get out first every single bath.

You love to eat and really get a thrill out of mixing your rice with anything, definitely an honorary Pinoy! Your favorite fruits are watermelon and apples and your favorite foods are raisins and eggs. Your favorite treats are…well all of them! Except for icecream. You are not a fan. Maybe it’s too cold? You know exactly where the treat cabinet is and will head over there and point your figure until someone listens to you.

The best part of my day every single day is when I walk through the door after work and you and Adam run up to give me big hugs. You are so excited and immediately grab my finger to lead me somewhere. Sometimes you forget what you were so excited to show me and will just point to anything and smile wide.

You are learning new words every day. Current popular ones are there (said on loop until I in fact take you there), apple, uv you (for love you) and hello.

You LOOOOOVE doggies. You sleep every night clutching Artie, the stuffed Rottweiler.  It makes those early morning wake-ups at 4:30 a.m. almost bearable when you sheepishly walk in hugging Artie. You will say hello to any and every dog that you see and love crawling around the house pretending to be a doggie.

You love songs and will stop what you are doing to listen intently whenever anyone in the house breaks out into song. You love doing the hand motions for Itsy Bitsy Spider and do them pretty well.

I can’t wait to see what this year brings for you and I can’t wait to see more of the wonderful little person you are becoming.

Love you,
Mommy

PS- I hope this year also brings a later wake up time- love mommy

Malcolm got some wonderful presents from all his loving family!

This right here- Magantimes should be bought by every mom everywhere! The boys LOVE it and will both sit and play with it for hours on end. That is a pretty rare toy right there. Yes the occasional fight will break out when a house or rocket ship structure is knocked over but all in all worth every penny!

Randy made one of Malcolm’s favorite meals for his birthday- beef bourguignon and french fries! It’s pretty impressive that Randy can make french fries that the boys like more than the ones from Old MacDonald.

Recipe here- http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beef-bourguignon-recipe.html?soc=rotdsocialtumblr

And Adam and I made a yummy chocolate cake for Malcolm! Recipe here- Ottolenghi Fudge Cake

Malcolm- I hope you keep on living every day to the fullest and taking advantage of all of life’s opportunities! We love you!