The latest way pnut loves to play is to pretend.  He will take various stuffed toys [Grover, Big Bird, Elmo, Squishy Bear] and will pretend that they are real.  He asks them questions… “Eat, Eat?….Ok?….Alright”  He will ask me questions if the stuffies can do something “Mama, Grover eat eat?”  “Mama, Gator bath?”  “Mama, Big Bird pee-pee, boo-boo?” “Meow [stuffed cat], cicle?[ride the tricycle] Ok?”  He has trained them all how to use the potty like the “big boys do” as well as fed them their meals and taken them for rides on his tricycle.

It is good to see him using his imagination.  It shows how creative and smart he really is.  I know he’ll be a great big brother.   And his speaking skills have improved so much since he turned two.  He makes sentences, repeats everything you say or the tv says and can understand instructions very well.  His favorite thing to do is cook with mommy.  He loves cooking.

His favorite shows are Deal or no deal, American Idol, Bear in the Big Blue House and Sesame Street.  There is an online game version of Deal or No Deal that he LOVE to play.  We will play it 5 million times if I’d let him.  When the contestants on American Idol hold out long notes, so does the pnut.  It is so cute to see him sing.  He says “Sing, Mama, Sing”  when he wants me to join in on the fun.  He talks about Bear in the Big Blue house all the time.  He learned all the names of the characters on the show so he will tell me what each one did on whatever video he watches for that day.