fun

Nico is at a great age!  He is SO much fun.  He loves coloring, reading, running, playing, and everything else that little boys do.  His most favorite I would say is going to the playground.  He says "Mommy, I play on toys"? or "Run, run Mommy, Let's play"  He LOVES the slide and will go up and down 100 times before we can leave or do something else.

Nico is a smart cookie.  When he wakes up for breakfast, it is usually cereal he wants.  We have to always give him a option, always!  He needs to make his own decision or he doesn't want it or wants the opposite of what you gave him.  So, we say "Nico, do you want this one or this one" and we usually get a response like, "Hmmmmm, I want Zat one".  The other night I went grocery shopping and Nico discovered that Mommy bought new cereal.  So, we get from Nico, "Mommy, Daddy, can I have this one or this one". How do they know to work us.

He has also been making me feel like he is playing mind tricks.  Nico will come up to me or Daddy and say "Chocoalte milk, chocolate milk", so our response is," you would like chocolate milk, please", and we get a big ol' "OK" , like it was our idea.  This has been happening a lot lately. Again, no idea how he knows, but he knows what he's doing.

When I put Nico to bed I always say "Sweet dreams, Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite".  I have been a little under the weather lately, so went to bed early. Nico opens the door and screams. "MOMMY, WAKE UP"! So of course, I woke up.  He then says, "Sleep tight, Sweet dreams, Yuv You"!  I was so worth being woken up out of my sleep :)

He is SO excited about Santa right now.  Actually, has been amazed seeing the lights outside and blow up Santas and Snowmen.  He will say in a whisper, " Mommy, Santa, WOW. Pretty lights." His most favorite show/movie right now, Barney's Night Before Christmas or as Nico says, "Barney Santa"!!!  I have never seen a 2 year old able to sing all the songs word for word and all of the dance movements.  I love it. After watching Barney Santa, I asked Nico, "do you like santa"? His respones, "Yes, fun". I then asked if he wanted to sit on Santa's lap? I then get a worried look and a "NO Mommy, I sit on Mommy's lap". LOL.  We will see what he thinks of Santa when he meets him.