22 months

Brendan is 22 months - getting closer to his 2nd birthday!

What he's up to this month:

• His favorite thing to do is play outside (in the backyard or playground) or to go for a walk around the neighborhood. His playroom and toys are often ignored these days - if he is playing, he plays with things around the house and pretends they are phones or microphones. His favorite toys are his phone, balls, cars, playdough, play food and books.
• Loves music bopping to it, running around dancing and skipping, and singing.
• Every day he amazes us with new words and signs. His favorites right now are cooking, cookie, cycle (for bicycle or motorcycle), and shirt.
• Still a picky eater but slowly adding new foods - his newest is pizza. He still loves fruit and pretzels.
• Wants to be a big kid. When we go to the playground in the evening there is a group of boys around ages 5-6. He runs behind them imitating what they are doing.
• Still loves to clean, swiffer, and throw away things in the trash and he's usually good about putting away his toys when he's done playing.
• Early to bed and a great sleeper but he's pushed back his bedtime closer to 630 or even 7.

Nicole, our au pair, will be going back home in January to start college so we've decided to to try 3 days/week preschool. Chase (Fredrickson family blog) will be in his class, too. We enrolled him this week and when he saw the classroom he ran over to the toys - when I told him we were leaving he was upset and wanted to stay and play.