Ryan is [2.5]

Once again, photos courtesy of Camera Shy in Utah!

Oh, this little man of mine has made it to the age of two and a half!  Sometimes I wonder if either of us are going to survive the toddler stage.

Ryan is not lacking in personality – that’s for sure.  When he’s happy, he’s REALLY happy and quite funny.  And when he’s mad, he’s REALLY mad and is quite mean.

But he really is a darling kid when he wants to be.

Here’s a little about Ryan at two and a half:

- A lot of times he just doesn’t eat.  He will skip entire meals. 

- However, if we let him, he’d eat sugar and pure junk all day.

- He wants to be big like his brother in every way.  He especially wants to carry his own backpack everywhere.

- He loves toys, to play outside, dogs, babies, nursery, movies, books, the bathtub, superheroes, his friends, family & more.

- He is a fish – loves to swim!

- He has a temper like you’ve never seen before.  And he’s already sassy.

- He is either really nice or really mean.  You can tell by the look on his face or in his eyes which way he is going.  He has no fear being mean to other little kids – even complete strangers.  Yes, the playground bully is my child!

- Luckily he has a really great other side to him.  He says the funniest things.  For instance, after he finally climbed the ladder to the pool slide and went down – he comes up out of the water with his hands in the air and yells “I fun now!”  Apparently he was quite boring prior to going down the slide.

- He’s energetic & full of life.

- He loves to help cook.

- He is determined.

- He wants to do everything himself – “me do it.”

- He is still a good sleeper!  He sleeps in his crib, takes a nap every afternoon & doesn’t argue about bedtime.  However, he will drive all the way to Salt Lake City without an ounce of sleep.  He’s not a car-sleeper.

- He still has a binky.  I know, I know.  But it’s the ONE thing that calms him down. 

- He likes to poop on the potty.  I’ll ask him – “do you need to go potty?”  He says – “treat?”  He caught on fast that going in the toilet means he gets candy.  Real potty training will occur this fall.