Today is Andrew’s last day as a Two-Year-Old. I can’t believe how quickly the time with him has been moving. He’s growing by leaps and bounds in his size but also his knowledge. He’s speaking more, learning his numbers and letters and much more. I have been so fortunate to be able to spend the last few months with him Tuesday-Friday. We’ve had all sorts of adventures but what I really love are those little fun moments together. Those moments where I can hug and kiss him and he’ll snuggle up with me to watch a show or when he’s being totally impish but not causing any real trouble. Just those moments when he is being himself and I take the time to appreciate that person.
I no longer get to sleep on Fridays. Allison is working and so I have Andrew for the day until Allison and Eva return from school. So I try to wear the kid out as much as possible on Friday so I can get a few moments of downtime and peace and quiet. I love the kid so much but he is non-stop when he is awake. So, my plan is to wear him down in the morning with Play Group and while it is still nice out we can go for walks in the woods or to a playground. Today we took a walk around Oak Knoll Audobon Sanctuary.
Our walk was a decent one. We walked out to the pond which was all covered in leaves and not very pond-like. We walked along some bridges and Andrew had fun running along them as quickly as he could. He jumped on little rocks and checked things out. He generally had fun and only asked me to pick him up and carry him a couple of times. I could tell he was tired.
We stopped at one spot that had a little teepee and some seats made out of logs and branches. We stopped there on the way out and the way back to share his snack. On the second time back through I set up my camera on the set that Andrew is in and took a timer shot of us.
He slept for an hour and a half but I didn’t sleep while he slept. Always one more thing to do.
Luckily when Allison came home I got an hour nap in.
