Peter Turned 2

Peter's Dump Truck Cake

Peter watching the birthday cake come to him

Get ready to blow out your candles!

Enjoying opening a few presents and exploring new toys

Wow, I can't believe I never put pictures up here! Peter turned 2 in September. We celebrated his birthday a couple times, as is our fashion. We enjoyed a meal with great-grandparents, grandparents, uncle, aunt and cousins, complete with a trifle style cake in the bed of a dump truck. I wish you could have seen how his eyes lit up when I brought the cake out while everyone sang Happy Birthday. I think that #2 is such a fun birthday because they kind of know what's going on! He knew it was about him, and that the song was a special song. He knew what to do with the candle and was so excited that the cake was in a dump truck! They also are old enough to enjoy opening a couple presents (with maybe a little help from mom and big sister) and are thrilled to play with new toys (if they can handle the pressure of the other kids also wanting to play with their new toys, too)! So needless to say, we all had a lot of fun celebrating Peter's second birthday.

We also celebrated on his actual birthday by bringing cupcakes decorated like monkeys to lunchtime at the seminary.

How would I describe two year old Peter? Where to start? Generally I think we would say he is a happy child. He is quick to smile and will interact, with a little shyness, with strangers. At home he loves to be goofy and make us laugh. Anything that gets a little positive attention deserves to repeated 10 times! He is in a stage where he insists on being held in certain situations. "Mama, hold you" is how he tells me he wants me to hold him. It is usually when we are leaving our apartment to go to Cora's bus stop or going to or from the car. I'm not sure why...He is super interested in anything big and loud, but at the same time he's afraid of them. He loves to watch the trash truck come, but if he were to have an opportunity to get close to one he would not want to do that.

His vocabulary is slowly increasing and we are enjoying that! His pronunciation is not very good, but we can understand most of what he says. He also just figured out the pedals on his tricycle the other day which is fun to see.

He still loves music! Lately he has been singing his own versions of "happy birthday", "Halelu, halelu, halelu, haleluja, Praise ye the lord" and the theme song from "Bob the Builder". He sings often through out the day.

I could go on and on about this little boy, obviously! He is a delight and a treasure. He makes us laugh many times a day and fills our hearts with joy. He is 2 and definitely likes the word "no" and "mine" and has moments of high emotion, toddler style, but all that makes him normal. Hopefully you got a glimpse into the things that make him uniquely Peter.