Theo becomes a big brother in less than 12 hours! We think he knows something is up, and that might explain his slight neediness/moodiness lately. Well that, and just being two.
Our neighbour tried to organize a photo shoot of the gang today - which was harder than it sounded! How to the professionals do it? Maybe that's what makes them professionals.
Stay tuned for more baby brother news and pics in the next few days.
Theo is getting a little brother in just two weeks, so we've been busy having fun together, just the three of us, and getting ready for baby brother's arrival.
The last weekend in August was a busy one, with family visiting from daddy's side for the Johnson family reunion. Theo was particularly captivated by cousin Lou! (And, yes, that's a smile.)
He also liked meeting his great aunt Nancy and uncles Don and Mike. Here's a pic of the Fallon men, minus Grampa, who unfortunately couldn't make it to the reunion weekend.
The last real summer weekend felt like fall -- cold and rainy at the cottage. But the excitement over cousins, aunts and uncles, Omi and Papa, Kingsley the jumpy dog, and Jenny's birthday, kept us all entertained. Walks to the marina and pretend boat driving expeditions were great ways to pass the time.
For months now we've been telling Theo that he'll be "two in July." He liked repeating that, even though he didn't really know what it meant. But when the big day came last week, he sure knew about presents and cake and candles. He's been to a number of birthday parties by now, so he knows the routine.
At two Theo talks a lot, still uses his soother and sleeps with his "horsey" (which is a floppy, faceless rag doll, looking nothing like a horsey). He uses the potty or toilet sporadically (we're hoping he gets a lot more interested in it before his baby brother arrives...), and still eats pretty much everything, except the nasty nuts.
He loves any kind of train or truck, reading, family hugs and wrestling. We're excited to see what the next year brings.
Here's Theo and his breakfast cupcake.
And learning a new sport, courtesy of Uncle Brian and Auntie Cat's gift of a T-ball set.
We had a great trip out East, with two days in Halifax and a week on PEI (in PEI?). Theo got to spend lots of time with his two biggest fans, as well as Nana, whose annual visit to the island coincided with ours. He slept in big boy beds and drank out of big boy glasses, co-operated for most restaurant meals and learned about peeing in the great outdoors. A few highlights below.
Uncle Richard keeps 17 lovely white chickens in his yard. They sleep in this little coop. When Theo went to let them out of their coop in the morning, he said "Hi Chickens, I'm here today."
Boyd, the lobster fisherman (who had already put back a few by 11 am), took a shine to Theo on the wharf in Georgetown. Not only did he hoist Theo up on top of a pile of lobster traps, he put him in one, right beside the big rusty spike that the bait gets skewered onto. Thanks Boyd!
The railway museum was a hit, especially after a soother-less 45 minute car ride! Thanks to Nana for taking this pic of the three of us on the PEI Miniature Railroad.
On our last day on the island we indulged daddy in a visit to a favourite childhood spot of his - Woodleigh Replicas Gardens. The 40-acre site used to be a tourist attraction that housed replicas of castles and cathedrals from the British Isles. However, it's been for sale for more than two years and the little buildings have fallen into a charmingly creepy state of disrepair. Or is that creepily charming?
Theo had his first visit to the dentist today. He's been told to brush his teeth twice a day (not just the once a day that he's getting now) and ditch the soother by the time he's four. Good thing we're sill two years away from having to take drastic action on that one!
The shades belong to the dentist, but he'll need his own when we head to Nova Scotia and PEI next on Saturday. There should be some good beach shots when we get back.
Theo loves his bedtime routine - books in the big red chair. He'll usually choose the book and hand it one of us with the command: "Read it. Read it." Then we check to see if the pigeons are on the roof of the house next door, take a look out some of the other windows, and hit the crib.
Stay tuned for Theo's big boy room, coming in just a few months!
We celebrated Daddy's Day for two last weekend, as Grampa was visiting from Calgary. Theo loved the trip to the Electric Train Museum near Guelph - his eyes were as big as saucers when we rode the antique trains around the short loop. And he got into the whole routine, by saying "All aboard!"
"Dry-bing" the streetcar was a big hit!
Theo loves his Thomas and Brio train sets. He can assemble tracks now and he puts his little men (and Curious George) in the cars and pushes them around. Thanks to cousins and friends for adding to the collection!
But, even if Theo didn't have a train set on hand, it seems he'd make one himself, out of cars and truck and tractors lined up end to end to end. You see, everything can be a train.
This gives an idea of what the future holds for Daddy Dale, except that Theo will be older and Baby Brother (here represented by 4-month-old Desmond) will be younger. Starting this fall, it's going to be house of men. Or is that, boys? Will we be tempted to get a female dog or even a gerbil?
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