Sunday, January 9, 2011

Things Tucker Likes

I feel as though I need to give Tucker a little more attention here...he's the littlest and often the one I blog the least about. But in a few short days, he'll be 21 months old, and his personality shines through every single day. Here's a short list of things we can say with authority that he likes:
1. He likes to start each day by naming every member of his family before he gets out of his crib.
2. He likes to eat one bite of dinner and announce, "All done. Down, please!"
3. He likes to run away the second you pick up a diaper and wipes to change him.
4. He likes to say "hyena" and "hippopotamus". He has no interest in saying "cow" or "dog". Please, only the hard to pronounce animals which he'll most likely only see in person at a zoo.
5. He likes granola squares with peanut butter. At least it's healthy.
6. He likes his "wee" which is the unfortunate name he has given his blanket (and the mini version of it) that his Ani made him.
7. He likes to dance, and will dance to anything. Ring tones. Commercial jingles. "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock.
8. He likes to wag his finger back and forth and say, "No, no, no!" He does not sound at all like Amy Winehouse when he does so. Thank God.

I can't believe he'll be starting preschool in a few months. He's almost officially out of "Baby Tucker" age, and careening headlong into toddlerhood. In fact, a week cannot pass without him banging his head somehow and walking around with a bruise. It's like there's always a rainbow somewhere on his face. I gave in, and ordered a fallout-level first aid kit with the last of my FSA last year. I figure that this summer, Drew and Tucker will really start to figure out what sibling rivalry means, at least in the fist-y kind of way.