Storm Chase

Scott and I love to listen to storms so we talking to Parker about it last night. Parker liked to listen for the thunder and watch the lightning. I hope he is not scared of storms and likes them like we do. 

February

 Rare warm day at the beginning of February. He was so excited to get outside and play. 

 Making Valentine Day cards for all the people we love. 

 Checkin out his Cars shirt in the mirror. He pushed the chair into the bathroom from the kitchen. 

 With all his loot from Valentine's Day. 

 Making Valentine's Day cupcakes with Mommy and Daddy. 

Warm enough to play golf outside with Daddy. 

Parker's Pets

Parker loves his pets! Every night they all try to get as close to him as possible. He even uses Rancher as a pillow. I think Zoey would lay on his head if we would let her. But Milly keeps her distance. Parker gets on her nerves a little. But Parker says "that my favorite dog"

Learning New Things

Being a teacher I am always working on stuff with Parker; some of the things he can do are:

Recognize shapes; triangle, circle, star and square. We are working on rhombus, rectangle and heart

Recognize colors; red, yellow, blue and green. Those are the ones he always gets. We talk about plenty other. 

Knows the letter "P".

Can sort things into colors. 

Is great with spatial concepts! Over, under, behind, on top, beside, down, up, little, big etc... 

He knows his address, age, our names and his last name. 

He counts but it is still all over the place! We always get 1,2,3 but that is it so far. 

He attempts to sing his ABCs but it is a crazy version too. 

He is starting to learn to play memory and he is going to be good like his Mommy! We are up to playing with 12 cards and he is pretty good at it. 

Long overdue update!

I started working on Parker's Year Three book and realized I have not wrote down much about what he is doing or taking as many pictures as I used to. That is probably because Parker is on the go! We are very blessed with what a good kid he is. We have hints of the terrible twos but nothing extreme. He can get hard headed about certain things but the tantrums are few and far between. 

He talks all the time! He almost always talks in complete sentences and speaks very clearly. We are so impressed with how many words he can say and the things he picks up on. He has a great since of schedule and where he is going driving down the road. He can tells us where to turn to go places and catches us if we change the plans. He also has a great memory and doesn't forget any promises. 

Eating wise he is still extremely picky and refuses to try any new foods. He lives on the smallest amount of food possible and would live on liquids if I would let him. We are slowly making progress with eating more but zero progress in eating new and different foods. Which is probably while he still weighs 29.5 pounds. 

He still loves cars, trains and trucks but recently discovered Toy Story! We are so thankful for something different to play with. He has a castle that he plays with his "figurines". He also loves puzzles and reading his books. 

There are kinds of funny things he does every day that I wish I could hold onto forever. The way he says words and his personality is awesome. I just wish I could bottle it up and save it forever : ) 

Difference a year makes...

 2009

2010

Nashville and ICE

Christmas

Sorry for the delayed post! We made cookies, opened presents and played with toys. It has been a wonderful time together. We are so thankful for all the family that loves Parker and makes our holidays so special. 

Santa and Rudolph

We went to a local fire department to see how Santa would go.  It went pretty well so we are thinking about going to the mall and taking a "real" one.  I bought Parker a Rudolph since he is in love with movie. He loves both of his Rudolphs and played with them all day. 

Snow Day #3

Parker is making the most of my extra time at home! Watching Rudolph and being lazy. He was also fascinated with his wrapped gifts under the three. He pulled the bow off and claimed "it broke" but then tore a small hole in the paper trying to see what was inside! Sneaky boy! I can' say anything since I use to unwrap my gifts when I was little.