What's so Terrible?

Dr. Rosemond says between birth and 2, the parent's role is "servant" and the goal is to produce a "secure child." From 3 to 13, the role of the parent is "authority" with the goal being a "self-governing child". There is no mention of what to do in the hazy year between 2 and 3. Perhaps this silence was on purpose. Perhaps I am to be jumping between SERVANT and AUTHORITARIAN. Perhaps, I will be frantically finding a "corner" in the middle of Fresh Market between the apples and the fresh mozzarella cheese. Ten minutes later, I will be offering a grape Dum-dum so that the ears of the people the next aisle over will not need to be fitted with hearing aids sooner than they would have thought. Two is here. Two is upon us! What joy!

No, seriously, it isn't that bad at all. Bowen had a great birthday and I can't believe we've been so blessed for 2 years. I really find nothing about 2 terrible at all (yet). I actually think it's all still quite a bit of fun!
Bowen is very into trains (I think I have mentioned this before) so what else kind of birthday cake would we have but a CHOO-CHOO! I basically watch too much Ace of Cakes and think my middle name is Duff. The Result? Well, after half a gallon of red, blue, yellow, and BLACK food coloring, we had ourselves a Choo Choo Train Cake...enough to feed the neighborhood...and a small island nation.

Bowen is so lucky to have Mrs. Pat and April who take care of him on the days I work. They threw him ANOTHER birthday party and Elmo was the guest of honor at this party. What a lucky boy.

I took the actual day of his birthday off and we went to the zoo with some friends.
All in all, a great birthday month. Bowen has already corrected "coo-coo" to "choo-choo"...he's getting so big. He's talking a lot and repeating almost everything.
He still loves to play outside and loves his dogs. He loves cars and music and still hates cheese. Woody, Buzz, Elmo, and Cookie are all great friends. When you are about to give him something he really likes (a piece of candy or something) he starts doing a little strut I like to call his Dinosaur Walk. We love watching his personality develop and how truly consistent he is with his likes...and dislikes! Enjoy the pics!

Have you missed Mr. Pup? He's baaaack!!

All grown up!

Birthday Boy!

Everybody say cheese!

All Aboard!

a red caboose

my friend Jilly the Giraffe

Playing bubbles with my friends

Mommy and Daddy and my cake

Gran and Big

KitKat and PapaDoc

Jackson and me

My Mrs. Pat and my Elmo cake!

My friends at Mrs. Pat's.

My real birthday with mommy at the zoo.

See this cool panda bear behind me? I love watching him.