Busy Two-Year-Old, Busy Mama

I am ashamed to say that it has been two months since I have picked up the virtual pen and blogged about the goings-on of Little Man. But I have an excellent, legimate reason.

Two-year-olds are busy little creatures.

And when the two-year-old boy is busy, so is the mom. Add to that uber-active toddler the fact that Husband's work required him to be travelling for most of the summer, and you get one frazzled Mama Bear.

But we're settling into autumn now and things are starting to even out: Husband gets to enjoy the perks of working across the street from where he lives, and Little Man and I are finding a weekly schedule full of classes, playdates and other exciting adventures.

Little Man has really grown up in the past two months. He is way more independent and outgoing than he was when we moved back to the city 6 months ago. He becomes comfortable in new surroundings far more quickly, and--while I would still consider him an introvert around new people and places--has made great strides in his socialibility.

He communicates very well with us--every day we hear new words from him. His favorite words continue to be "uh-oh" and "stuck" but he's added to his vocabulary with words like "siren", "happy", "tractor", outside", along with most of his letters and a few numbers (more on that soon!). We never taught him baby signs, but he made up a few of his own: he signals that he's "all done" bu holding his hands out in front of him, and he signs "train" by pulling a pretend train whistle. When he's asking permission to go somewhere, he points and makes an exaggerated walking motion, which always cracks me up.

He's very empathetic, and gets worried about other little people in his surroundings who cry or get a boo-boo. He's especially interested in babies, and he has a new one to be excited about--Godmother & Godfather welcomed Baby A into the world in late August. She was a month early (surprise!) but she is fantastic. To say Little Man adores her would be an understatement. He especially likes to count her toes.

Oh, and he learned how to open the fridge. That's been fun.

I'm excited to catch up on all the adventure's we've had this summer (Disney World! The zoo!) and to do a better job of staying on top of the adventures to come (a big train ride! Another trip to Disney!)