Usually when Tony wakes up in the morning, the first thing he does is make the sign for "eat". One morning when he woke up, he first thing he said was "car". I think he was probably dreaming about cars which is not surprising since he is OBSESSED with cars. During the day, he plays with cars all day and he always wants to ride in the car (this is really in theory, though, since once he gets in the car and we go very far he definately wants to get out!). When the TV is on and a car commercial comes on (which is actually very often!) he will make the sign for car and scream "car! car!" until we acknowledge that we too see the car!
My mother-in-law, Lisa, was going through her old stuff and gave Tony her son Joshua's old Chevron cars - about 10 of them. Tony was seriously in heaven! He drives those cars around all day making "vroom" noises and brings one with him whenever we go in the real car! You can tell that he is getting good use out of them, too, since one of them now has a missing door. But isn't that the best thing about hand-me-down toys - you don't have to feel bad about them getting broken because you didn't buy them!
Tony is so cute. I love the cars blog. That is sad about Katya and Allie. Our kids still struggle to get along. If you ask them the worst thing about America they will say having a sister. It is a little embarrassing at times. They also war endlessly with Jeff's boys. It has gotten better over time but I know your pain and the feeling of helplessness that comes with it. Jeff and I read the book "Sibliings without Rivalry" it was really good and helped us understand them better, and gave us some new tools to use. It is hard when Jeff's boys are here because Jeff wants to give them extra attention because he doesn't see them much and the girls hate it. Sounds like you have the same issue. Isn't parenting fun?
ReplyDeleteYour little guy is soooo cute. I understand the sibling rivaly. Quinn and Alex are only one month apart, and we have lots of rivalry.
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