Conrad turns 2! 4/10

Is this sweet boy really a two year old? Yes he is and I couldn’t love him more. He is not only the celebrity of this home but the celebrity of the neighborhood. He is saying more words everyday right along with other words I can’t decipher but have meaning to him. He has coined a few terms that he uses in general. For example: there is a boy who lives across the street named Michael who loves Conrad. Conrad quickly caught on to his name but since uses that name to describe every other boy in the neighborhood. They are all Michaels to him. He also refers to all candy as gum balls. This one is funny because he has never had a gum ball in his life.

Matthew with our neighbor Helen and eating an ice cream cone

He has given up his white kitty as stuffed animal of choice in favor of a sock monkey and a doggie. He still loves his blanket as much as he did as a baby. He is usually happy as a clam to be swaddled up for nap and put down. He squeals in delight when he sees dogs or hears airplanes. His favorite food used to be hot dogs but now he won’t touch them. He does love homemade chicken nuggets and could eat an entire cucumber by himself.

He has two “jobs” that he takes very seriously. He is in charge of passing out the Book of Mormons every night for family reading. We tell him it is time and he will run and grab the bag and begin distributing them. He then picks them up and puts them back in the bag when we are finished. Don’t even think of putting your copy back in the bag yourself! He also helps Charlie or Matthew empty all the trashes on Saturday. Let’s hope this motivated attitude toward chores continues.

His BFF Willa still comes over to play once a week which is by far his favorite day of the week. My neighbors think I have twins. He also loves to go outside and play with all the big kids, again they all love him and give him lots of attention. After a little bit of practice he can forcefully tell anybody interested that he is “twoooooo!”

 

On the morning of his birthday, he (and his siblings) unwrapped his presents first things.

On the evening of his birthday, our neighbor Nancy came over and we celebrated with cupcakes. The Bryners stopped by for a visit the day after his birthday so we decided to have another party with a construction cake. This boy has experience with birthdays because with both the cupcakes and the cake he had the candles blown out half way through the song.  

What a great boy! He is definitely a fourth child. He will wander downstairs to the basement all by himself to play with toys. He loves his siblings and asks about the boys when they are at school. We love you Conrad!