Leo

I thought I would do some shameless Leo blogging. Leo's favorite book: The Cat in the Hat. He (and I) pretty much have it memorized. It is slowly being replaced by the ABC book which his friend Miles introduced him to --it involves singing and the ABCs. Leo LOVES ABCs right now. He likes to point them out on tires, on shirts, on wherever, and then break into the ABC song. I love it. The best part is the large "YAAAAAY" with enthusiastic hand clapping that he follows it up with. This ritual is repeated after other songs --two favorites that he can sing: "the bitsy bitsy spider" and "twinkle twinkle blue star". He still is not the biggest eater --yesterday for dinner he had three bites of cranberry sauce. And, today two chips. He would be so happy if every meal consisted only of soy milk and fruit. There are many reasons parents would not embrace this diet and some are grosser than others. He is into imaginary things --bouncing balls eating ice cream etc. And, he is so happy to be friends with everyone. He talks to strangers (oh, wait, that's a classic one not to do). I think it's wonderful, though. If he is not motivated to go somewhere you ask him to (which is often) --he likes to race. He is, so far, fooled by this one. Sometimes we have A LOT of races. His favorite thing to do on the computer is watch panda bears on youtube. The sneezing panda is his all time favorite. Although, he does request "Charlie bit my finger" often. Leo is not into drawing or coloring, but comes home from school with really lovely art projects. We tried potty training, but it turned into a game of "how many places I can pee". He was very proud when he told me "I pee in closet!" "I pee on book shelf!" "I pee BY potty". I know this is a step in the right direction, but I might blow a gasket if we didn't put it back in the diaper and come back to it in a little while.