Nothing exciting happened this week, it snowed, it's icy, and cold again. The boys and I are going a little stir crazy, but the biggest news is that it is Rowan's birthday week. So this Ten on Tuesday is going to be Rowan's top ten favorite things. In no particular order, just things that Rowan loves at two!!
1. Obviously number one would have to be woof woofs, all things dogs, except actual living dogs. Actual living dogs are terrifying to him, but that's ok. He loves to pretend to be a dog, read about dogs, sleep with dogs. So cute, I'm sure after our blow out dog party this weekend he will surely move on to a new love.
2. Trains- Rowan mainly enjoys trains on his clothing, more than playing with trains, but will occasionally play with the train table or his little Thomas trains. Probably his favorite way to play trains is to be a caboose to Zane's engine. They run around the house as a little train after Zane say's "come on Ro, get on the train!"
3. Mickey Mouse- On a whim I bought a big Mickey for Christmas because it was only ten dollars. Rowan fell in love, even though he rarely gets to choose the cartoons we watch, since Mickey Mouse is obviously too babyish for big brother. Occasionally he does get to watch a little Mickey and loves it. Big Mickey is a staple in his bed and a favorite thing to be played with during the day.
4. Cooking- Pretend cooking and real cooking. He loves to make food for us in the little red kitchen and on his grill, bringing us all sorts of treats then asking if we want "more?" Over this past year Rowan has also started to really love cooking with with us. "I help mommy?" It is a work in progress and he isn't a ton of help, but we're getting there. He has mastered stirring carefully and pouring things into bowls/mixer, but most other things are still a struggle.
5. Probably higher up in the numbers should be his beloved Bobo. I can see that Rowan would follow his brother off a cliff, a very familiar feeling to me. Anything that Zane does Rowan wants to do. He will play whatever he is playing, he will chase him around for hours, he gets extremely worried when he can't find him, even for a short period of time. Rowan searches for Bobo the moment he is out of his sight. Ro needs hugs and kisses from Zane before he can go to sleep at night or nap time. The adorable, unconditional love, between these two is the best part of everyday!!
6. Building- He loves building with blocks and legos of all sizes. He has great concentration and wonderful fine motor skills. And unlike his brother he has the attention span to build for quite some time. I can tell that his little mind is like his father's, always trying to figure out how things work, how to take them apart, and put them back together.
7. Reading- This year Rowan's attention for sitting and actually listening to books has greatly increased. He brings me books all the time, "I read mamma." His current favorite books are; Old McDonald, Eight Little Monkeys, Teeny Weeny Looks for His Mommy, and Busy Bear. I love that he loves books and "reads" even when he is by himself. Smarty pants!!
8. Singing- In the past month or so Rowan has started to let me sing/rock him to sleep again! My favorite thing in the world!! He loves singing all sorts of song, but of course Little Boy his by far his absolute favorite. He would sit and have me sing that all day if I gave him the chance. He requests dog songs a lot, but I can never come up with that many. Itsy bitsy spider and patty cake are still huge favorites when he is awake, he finds then hysterical for some reason. "Sing mamma" is one of my favorite things to hear him say! He pretend sings with Zane now as well, great stuff.
9. Outside/Park time- Rowan can do almost everything at the park now, dangerously to the point he could easily kill himself. We spend a lot of time at the park by our house where he can climb everything, slide down everything, swing on this little belly on the big boy swings, and keep up with his brother the whole time. It's at the park when I really see how big he is getting and start to truly see him as a big boy, not a little baby anymore.
10. Coloring/Crafts- Zane does all sorts of crafts and coloring so of course Rowan wants to do the same thing."I codo mamma." He loves to color, stamp, use stickers, all sorts of crafty things. I doubt I did this many crafts with Zane when he was this age, but since Zane is always doing it Rowan gets to learn how to do it as well and really loves it. He loves painting, all over his himself and his paper. I've grown to be able to handle the mess of craft time much better now that I have to kids. I've learn to let them enjoy it more than I had before.
Zane is great teacher and loves trying to show Rowan how to write, trace, and color.
Ro is easily entertained and plays with actual toys much more than his big brother ever did. He will drive trucks around, makes his cars go down the little slide in his room, play catch with me for long periods of time, just playing without an elaborate back story. This makes things a little bit easier. I guess we will see how long that lasts!
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