Jack @ 23 Months
Jun 20
The terrible twos came on in full force this month. Jack feels compelled to say NO to everything, although since it’s “no ma’am” most of the time it’s not that hard to listen to so far. He says NO to everything except, “do you want to go outside?”, and that is met with shouts of “OUTSIDE!! OUTSIDE!!! SHOES ON!!! SHOES ON!!!”. Jack feels he must announce everything, no matter how minor, so that everyone in the house, and possibly the neighbors, can hear him. We’ve been working on using our “inside voice”. One of his favorite activities outside is swimming (or “finnin” in Jack-speak). He also loves slides, so yesterday I bought him an inflatable pool with a slide, and Jack thought he had died and gone to toddler heaven.
Jack and Emily are lots of fun to watch. They get into these giggle conversations where Jack will sort of “fake” laugh at Emily and that makes her laugh, which makes him really laugh and they go back and forth and everyone gets cracked up!
These days, Jack loves pancakes, climbing, airplanes (Ehpane!) and tummies. What is it with toddlers and tummies? Jack has to look at everyone’s tummy and push on it and poke their belly button. I wonder why it’s so fascinating?
My Jack is fascinated with Dad’s belly button. I think it’s due to the fact it is actually a black hole! He also tried regularly to poke Kayla’s but she usually has a onsie on which just confuses him!