The Wonder of a Two Year Old

Last week our precious little boy turned two – it is difficult to believe that it has been two years since he entered our lives. The past two years have been such a blessing and Micah has been such a joy. The last few months have been especially fun watching him learn and develop new skills.

Here is some of his latest developments and info:

Weight and Height: At his two year check up he was just over 28 lbs and just over 33 inches.

Language: Micah is a little chatter box and has become a little parrot repeating a lot of words that we say; every day he is talking more and more words and sentences Communicating with him is becoming easier and easier and he is also inserting his wants and preferences. His first 4 word sentence: “I don’t want nap!”

Learning: Micah can count to three and is starting to count everything. He is starting to recognize shapes – circle, star, and oval are consistently identified correctly. He is also learning colours – his favourite is blue. When reading books he will sometimes ask about the letters and point out “O”.

Toys and activities: His favourite books are Curious George. He loves drawing and playing with play dough. He will often ask us to draw a bus and then he will colour it and put people in the windows (little circles /scribbles). He continues to love being outside and finds bugs and any little creatures fascinating. Run, run, run - Micah is always on the move and often at a running pace. Micah is fascinated with buses an motorbikes and car trips often consist of looking for buses and bikes. Micah loves helping us cook and bake – one of his favourite is helping to make pancakes.

Imagination: This area has been so fun to watch. He will pretend to be different animals, pretend that his teddies are babies (and he will put them down for a nap) or pretend to make things in his kitchen (or ours).

Happy Birthday

For Micah’s actual birthday we had a family outing with our friends Meg, Davey and Matthew to Millennium Place for a time of swimming and playing in the indoor playground. On Saturday we invited a few friends to join us at the Royal Alberta Museum (one of Micah’s favourite places in Edmonton due to the Wild Alberta Exhibit). Afterwards we all came back to our place for lunch and birthday cake. Thank you to everyone who made Micah's second birthday so special.