(Terrible) Twos

With both Kid1 and Kid2, the "terrible twos" were really not so bad.  For years, I said that the "terrible twos" were named that by someone who just hadn't met a 3 year old yet.

And then we had Kid3.  Who is now 2, and takes being two Very Very Seriously.

He climbs on the table.

He throws things.

He yells the word "NO" with zeal.

And he is so, so sweet.

He loves his baby sister.  I was so nervous about how he would transition to being a Big Brother instead of the baby of the family, and he has proved my every concern to be unfounded. He's gentle with her, he loves to hug her and snuggle her, he gets concerned when she cries.  He is a model big brother.I'm not convinced he is aware that The Baby is a person, and not just an interesting toy, but he is so sweet and gentle with her. It's wonderful.

But he is so, so two.  He climbs on the couch and crows "Ookit me, Mama!" He's so proud of what he can do.

He's picked up on the fact that I'll tell the older kids "open the crackers for him" or "get Kid3's cup for him please" and so when he asks for help with something, he'll phrase it the same way.  "Give a bottle him?" he says, when he wants a sippy cup.  "Turn on a movie him?" He says, when he wants to watch Wall-E or The Lion King (his current favorites).

He can be such a handful, but he's so cute and so sweet.  His 2's have been a lot more difficult than Kid1 or Kid2, but he's so cute that it's not so terrible, anyway.