Chefs choice is not always Thomas'
Thomas has a great New Years-in bed by 7 and for the 2nd year in a row-no amount of very abundant neighborhood fireworks could roust him...yet his parents checking in on him at 2 a.m. does!
Feed me Arrrgh!In addition to the grieving and family visits we also had a cold snap, several days of below freezing weather that promptly eradicated any progress the Dad had made with the plants/gardening.
Thomas was not able to help in the yard since he was busy with toys and all his new chores. According to the books we read to assure us we are good parents, he is at the age where chores are appropriate, so let's see....the official ones are: pushing the buttons for the garage door opener and overhead lights, closing some of the doors in the house, turning lights and fans on/off as we enter/egress our domicile, and as luck would have it, one of his unoffical ones is flushing any toilet he can get to before we can stop him. Thomas is also good at testing out toilet paper rolls for speed of release(for the record it is from underneath/behind the roll).
(file footage)We are finding it hard to believe he is nearing two years of age; I had hoped to have had him potty trained by now, a lapse of reality for me that still confounds the wife who has explained to me more than once that it is not as easy as I anticipated.
Recent checks put him over 27 pounds and 33 inches tall. His latest words are brief yet meaningful, fish, dog, truck, car, Chris(Uncle), and even a half comprehensible "mommy"..."Daddy" he has figured out but he still cheats when prompted to say "mommy" by looking at her when she is in the room or pointing at her picture in her absence. The booger.
