The Blanchard Family: Kyler is 2 1/2!!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Kyler is 2 1/2!!

Kyler was 2 1/2 on October 12th! I know everyone says this, but it is hard to believe our little guy is now closer to 3 than 2! Kyler is a fun little guy with LOTS of energy. He loves to be outside playing in the yard. Some mornings when he gets up and comes downstairs, the first thing out of his mouth is "go outside?" (this is even before breakfast has been eaten or I am dressed yet!) :). Kyler loves to play in his sandbox. Our neighbors gave us their swing set when they moved away, and the part under the slide we made into a sandbox, and it has been Kyler's favorite thing this summer. He has spent hours in there playing with all of his trucks, driving his big machines, and digging. Along with that, Kyler is really into BIG trucks and construction equipment right now. He loves seeing bulldozers, excavators, steam rollers, and any other large piece of machinery. Since they re-did 18th street and Seerly Blvd. this summer, that was definitely our entertainment. We would always have to go on a walk and check out the "road construction" to see if they were working and what big machines we could watch!

Kyler is also into lining up things. Every day, all of his tractors, cars, machines, etc. are taken out and lined up on the couch or on the step or on the floor. However, the floor is not a safe place anymore as Norah is on the move and loves to come and destroy Kyler's perfect lines of vehicles. :) Kyler still loves to drum too. Erik had found him a cheap plastic drum set on Ebay a while ago; however, because of Kyler's "forceful" drumming, most of those drums are now broke. Even though they might have a hole in the top, Kyler still loves to set up his drum set, and other two single drums he has and play. You can also often hear him singing along with his drumming. :) He loves to listen to music too. Any time music comes on the TV for a commercial or something he usually starts dancing.

Kyler is very into sports as well. He loves to play catch with his baseball glove and football. Now that the weather has gotten colder, this has moved indoors....hopefully nothing will get broken this winter! :) I think baseball and football are his favorite sports. He really enjoyed watching the World Series when it was on TV and even knew what teams were playing if you asked him. Kyler has also loved watching football this fall and often asks to watch it during the day when no games are on. :)

Kyler loves to talk. Usually when we are out in public he is fairly shy, especially in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Often people ask, "is he this quiet at home?", to which we respond, NO! :) He talks a lot during the day and is very observant of different things. One of the things about Kyler's speech right now is that he calls himself "you". Since we say, "Kyler, do YOU want to ______?" He then thinks when he talks about himself he should say you, ie: when he wants you to pick him up, he says "Carry you, up?" or, if he wants to go outside and play in his sandbox, he will say, "go outside and play in your sandbox". We are working on this and he is doing better with using "I". I am also often amazed at what Kyler can remember or what he picks up. He still loves to talk about going to the state fair, the cabin and other things we did this summer. He has also started to say phrases that we have said....and we then realize that we do say that after he starts saying it. :) Kyler can count to 12 easily, knows quite a few colors, and we are working on some letters.

I think that's about all that our little guy has been up to! Enjoy some fun pictures of him at 2 1/2!!! :)