“I’m Batman!” you say before springing from couch to couch.
I am surprised the husky delivery in your voice, as if you’ve seen the Christian Bale performances. You tumble out of your jump into a flip and land on your back. You don’t have a cape but wear an equally large grin.
These days have been all about stories and actions imitating superheroes and animals. Last night we pretended to be wolves on the bed. You dug into the pillows looking for food, and I occasionally mixed it up by fighting a bear and offering you dead bunnies to eat. You soon wanted to pretend to be a giraffe and eat tall leaves. Eliza wasn’t having it and wanted to be a moose instead, and you obliged. The entire animal kingdom is fair game.
You are equally imaginative and mischievous. We have to watch you a lot more than we did your sister at your age. Just earlier today you locked yourself in the bathroom, and when I unlocked it and came in you were sitting in the sink running hot water over your feet. That was a minor infraction. On other occasions these past weeks we’ve caught you eating lip balm and trying on lipstick and mascara, achieving the look of the Joker. You ate a whole tube of toothpaste one time. Both you and Eliza are obsessed with Altoids, so I’m not surprised you took to the minty flavor.
Speaking of personal care, you pretended to shave my face the other day with a wine opener. You had remarkably good coverage and had some good instinct to turn my head many direction to get a smooth shave.
In between these moments of imagination and sneaky behavior, you’re getting into more of a fall routine. You’re up early in the morning, usually before we’d like. As soon as you’re awake you’re talking, often trying to strike a deal to watch the morning news (compromise) or a kid show (preferred). You try to get naked as soon as possible and wrap up in a cozy blanket. You have strong preferences for that next-to-skin feeling. You started your “Twos” class with Teacher Judy at Curious by Nature, where Eliza also attended. You’re there twice a week for a few hours and making some new friends. Eliza started her half-day pre-kindergarten at St. Pats, so you get Mom all to yourself three days a week in the mornings! You’ve been waiting for this your whole life!
Whether at home or school, you’re getting to be fairly balanced in how you want to spend time. When you don’t get to watch a show, you can bounce between art, sports and reading. I like the balance. That’s how to go about life the right way.
Oh, and you’ve picked up a new sport: wrestling. As in, you wrestle with your sister constantly. Sometimes you’re pretending to be an animal, but you’re always acting like one. Who needs to visit a zoo when we’ve got you?
Love, Dad