Its hard to believe that Derek is 2 and a half years old. We are so blessed to be his parents. He is a happy boy, full of life, enthusiasm and creativity. He is curious about everything and asks great questions. Derek has a grateful heart. He will often pray at dinner or even while we are driving, saying things like, "And thank you for my Mommy and my Daddy, and my sister. And thank you for God to keep
Rylie safe and thank you for God to keep Zack safe." I LOVE that this boy
is learning to be grateful. Derek is also encouraging. When we go biking I try to jog while Derek bikes and Derek will say, "Good job jogging Mommy." Derek is a kind and thoughtful friend and good at sharing. When playing with friends he will ask them if he can have a turn at something. If his friend gets stuck or hurt he will say, "I will help you." Derek LOVES music. He will listen intently to the beginning of a song and then tell you the title of the song. He often asks to dance around the kitchen with me and we sing and dance away. Derek LOVES reading. We have been going to the library once a month to pick out a dozen or so new books. He usually chooses several from the bunch as his favorites, which he asks us to read over and over to him and he will memorize them. The other night he said, "Daddy, I will read to you." He sat there and recited word for word each page, turning the pages at the appropriate spots. It is so amazing to see Derek grow and mature into a little boy. So many of the phrases and mannerisms we see in Derek are a reflection of things we say and do (which is very humbling both in a good way and sometimes in a revealing way). We love you Derek. You bring us such joy!
Derek asks to set a timer for everything (changing diaper, taking a nap, leaving a friends house, coming to table for dinner etc). He responds SO well to the timer and we use it ALL the time. Usually, when we ask him to do something he says, "No Mommy, I'm busy. Set a timer." So I will go set the timer for 2 minutes and when the timer goes off he happily comes right away. Often times he lets us know that the timer went up. When we are out we set the timer on our phones. Thank goodness for the timer!
Derek LOVES his dump truck and brings it EVERYWHERE. Some kids have a blanket or stuffed animal, Derek has a dump truck. :) He carries it up and down the stairs for play time and nap/bedtime, in the car, and to friend's houses. He is often heard asking, "Dump truck where are you?" or "Can I bring my dump truck?"or "Mommy, kids don't bring their dump truck to the race track." Rylie knows that the dump truck is Derek's favorite and she tries play with it. Derek comes right over to rescue his dump truck. Also, Derek loves to race his dump truck and we hear the phrase, "Let's race!!"
This month I put up a calendar in the playroom. Each morning Derek gets the calendar tag and puts it on the calendar. We briefly talk about the day of the week and date. Since we have been doing this he has been recognizing numbers everywhere! Earlier this month we were out shopping and Derek excitedly yelled, "Mommy, that's James' number!!" I looked over where he was pointing and sure enough there was a sign that had $5
on it!! I was amazed. Now he is constantly telling us that he sees Gordon's number or Thomas' number. He does know the real name of the number, but he usually yells out the train's name that has the number not the actual number. Derek has also been pulling down the calendar tags and matching the numbers to his trains.
Derek got new biking tires.
"Mommy, these are my fast tires!" "Daddy, can I bring my new tires to the race track?
With the new tires, D can ride in the house again (the other tires were so bald that he would wipe out on the tile when turning).
biking through puddles in the park after a night of rain
We are SO grateful that we redid our backyard this fall and put in fake grass. With the beautiful weather we have been spending a lot of time outside. Derek takes good care of his Cozy Coupe and washes it.
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