I am 2 years old!

Happy Birthday to me!

Things I like:

• Talking: People always ask mommy and daddy how old I am because I know a lot of words and can say complete sentences. I usually repeat the last couple words that mommy and daddy say or a word that I haven't heard before.
• Singing songs. My favorite is still Wheels on the Bus, but I also enjoy FuFu Bunny, Twinkle Twinkle, and ABC Dinosaur.
• Reading with mommy or daddy.  I usually like to pick the books that we read. Mommy and daddy are happy that I like to change it up every now and then.
• Trains: I like to play with trains, ride trains and read about trains. Thomas is my favorite.
• Pretend play: I like to "cook." Maybe someday I'll be an Iron Chef.
  
• Talking on the phone. Usually my phone calls are with Uncle Jeff. Lately I've also started calling Po-Po, Uncle Eddie, Grandma and Grandpa. The conversation usually goes something like this: "Hello. This Logan. I'm fine. Bye."
• Looking at pictures and videos of myself. I especially like Facetime-ing with grandma and Uncle Eddie because I get to see myself. What can I say, I'm a good looking guy. =)
• Swimming: I put my face in the water and kick now. I also dive down (with help) to get toys at the bottom of the pool. My teacher calls me the super-smiley canon ball jumper.
• Grandma's iPad and phone: she lets me watch videos!
• Helping: At daycare, I help pass out place mats, bibs and bowls to my friends. At home I like to help mommy and daddy with Mason's diaper changes and feedings and bringing my dishes to the sink.
• Swings and slides at the park
• Amusement park rides: We are regulars at Gilroy Gardens.
• Presents: Now that I know what they are, I love presents.

Things I don't like:

• Getting my haircut: I've never liked it and still don't. It's scary and loud (Daddy uses a Flowbee). Where does my hair go?
• Strangers: I get quiet and shy around people I don't know or see very often. So to all the aunties and uncles reading my blog, don't take it personally if it takes me a while to warm up to you.

To celebrate my 2nd birthday, mommy and daddy threw me a Little Gym party.  Yay! We had a blast running around the gym.  Ms. Kalia, my usual Little Gym teacher, even came and did my birthday party.  And Uncle Eddie made a special appearance all the way from Maryland!

We started out with a warm up where my friends introduced themselves, ran across the mat and slammed into the birthday cake!  It wasn't really a birthday cake (that would've been way to messy).  It was a gym mat shaped like a wedge of cake (or cheese).  After that we explored the different gym equipment while Ms. Kalia and Ms Sarah set up the parachute. I'm not usually a fan of the parachute, so we didn't do any rides on it.  Instead, we lifted the parachute up high and then ran under it. That's when my friends sang Happy Birthday! I was so surprised that I just stood there frozen until the song ended.

After that Ms Kalia and Ms. Sarah turned the parachute into a slide, and we rode a super slide. I rode once with daddy and once with mommy. We had lots of fun on the air track jumping up and down. Ms. Kalia brought out the balls so we could play with them on the air track.  She also busted out the bubbles!  When we got bored with the air track, we'd go explore other parts of the gym and just hang out - literally.

You get pretty hungry running around the gym with your friends. After working up our appetites, we headed to the party room for pizza and ice cream cake! That's right, Mommy got a Thomas the Train themed ice cream cake for my party.  Yum! Yum!


 Thanks to all my friends for helping me celebrate my birthday!  I hope you all had as much fun as I did.

Spring Fling 2012

Last year, CFC's spring fling involved egg hunts and an Easter bunny.  This year CFC celebrated spring by having us plant plants.  I guess planting stuff is a spring thing, but I dunno why we couldn't do both things. Maybe egg hunts and the spring bunny aren't politically correct. Oh well, guess I'll have to wait til Easter for an egg hunt. Wonder if I'll see a bunny too.

Anyway, I came home with two flower plants this evening.  Mommy and I planted them into pots before dinner.  I helped carry the pots outside and scoop dirt into the pot. After we watered them, we brought them into the house.  Daddy found a home for my new plants on our window sill.  Now I can help water them and watch them grow! 

Talk, talk, talk...

Since Mommy's on maternity leave, she's spending a lot of time with Mason. He does a pretty good job of keeping her company.  They've started having daily conversations.  About what I have no idea. Maybe you can tell me what he's saying:



While I'm definitely chattier than Mason now, mommy and daddy say that Mason is chattier than me when I was his age.  I wonder if that means he'll blow through his allotted mobile phone minutes when we're older. You know, cuz he'll be chattin' up all the girls.

Sleeping through the night?

For the past week, Mason's been sleeping about 10 hours at night.  That might sound really great except that it's really two 5 hour stretches, broken by a feeding in the middle of the night.  Technically sleeping 5 hours straight is considered sleeping through the night. The problem is that he goes to bed around 8 or 9 at night, which means he wakes up around 1 or 2 in the morning for that middle of the night feeding. Luckily he goes right back to sleep after those feedings. Poor mommy has been getting up every night to feed him. She's hoping he'll drop that middle of the night feeding before she has to go back to work.

Slippery Fish

My buddy Henry invited us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium today.  It's our first family outing without any extra help. Daddy and mommy were completely on their own with both of us boys.  They weren't quite sure how the day would go, but I knew everything would work out great.

The last time I went to the aquarium was with Henry too. His parents are aquarium members, so they've been several times. This time was really different than the last time because I'm more interactive and can comprehend a lot more.  The highlight of our visit was seeing the giant pacific octopus, which was awake and moving around. Most of the time they're asleep and hiding. They had giant suckers, long arms and floated in the water.

Henry and I ran around the aquarium. We visited the kelp forest and the open sea where we saw leopard sharks, a hammerhead shark, a giant sea turtle, jelly fish and lots of other fish. We also visited the kelp forest touch pool. After I touched the starfish and the kelp, I wanted to touch the filter and dive weights that were also in the touch pool. Mommy and daddy aren't quite sure why the dive weights were in there.

Mason slept through the entire morning, even the car ride there. He made an appearance when we took a break for lunch. Then he got sleepy again and went back to sleep while Henry and I explored the wave crash, rocky shore touch pool and the bat ray touch pool. The wave crash must be what it's like to be behind a waterfall.

Henry had to go home after that cuz he was getting tired. I wasn't tired at all because I took a 20 min nap on the drive to aquarium. So mommy took me to play in the Splash Zone. I saw giant lobsters, a moray eel and penguins. Of course, I found the water play area. I moved the fish and starfish from one water area to another. Good thing mommy and daddy packed an extra set of clothes for me!

Thanks for inviting me to the aquarium, Henry!  I had a great time. Hopefully we can do it again soon.