March was a very busy month for us! While it did rain a lot, we did have one week of beautiful weather, and Henry and I spent a lot of time at the park after work/school. My in-laws came over for St. Patrick's Day, with Tom cooking all the staples - corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes. Henry and I both caught a stomach bug, which made for an unpleasant couple of days. I even called out sick from work one day, which I felt weird doing because I work from home. Henry attended his first non-family birthday party - one of his daycare classmates invited him to his party at a local indoor playground, and he had a great time! It's a place we've been wanting to try, so I'm glad we got to go. At the end of the month, my mom came for a visit from Oklahoma. She stayed with my sister because my niece was on spring break and my sister is still very busy with tax season. Henry's daycare was closed for Good Friday, so my mom and I took the kids to an indoor trampoline park, and they had a blast. The next day we went down to my sister's again, and my mom took us out for manicures and dinner for our upcoming birthday. My sister then also hosted Easter, and that was another fun day - Henry is very into hunting for eggs!
Obligatory Henry update - man, it was a rough month for the terrible twos! The tantrums!! It's overwhelming sometimes when my normally very sweet boy just melts down. And the communication issues - he asks for something, we give it to him, he cries, we take it away, he cries even more. I just don't know what to do sometimes! It often feels like a lose-lose situation for me. But, when we are not melting down, Henry is very into music - he loves to sing and actually knows (some of) the words to a few songs! My mom got him a small guitar, so he has been loving strumming that. And his language is just blowing up, new words every day. I actually had two teachers at his school this month compliment his speaking skills - one said he talks like a much older child, and the other was impressed by his vocabulary and grammar, saying that it was proof that we spend a lot of time reading together at home, which was nice to hear!
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Poor, Henry! It's not easy being two. That's great that you had so much time with family, but sorry about the stomach bug.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I am now seeing that this can be a rough age! But he's still my sweet boy. :-)
DeleteKudos on Henry's vocabulary. The reading you do together has to have a big impact there. I love that he already knows some song lyrics. :) After I Do is one of the few TJR backlist titles that I have yet to read.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tanya! It is so cute to hear him sing - yesterday he was singing "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes"!
DeleteAww sorry to hear about the terrible twos! Hopefully it'll get better soon but good news about his love of music and his vocabulary! And hope you'll all have an amazing April (with more beautiful weather)!
ReplyDeleteI hope so, too! Or we learn some better coping strategies, ha! Thank you, Lindsey!
DeleteYour Henry sounds just so much fun and, yes, the terrible twos. This too shall pass and then you'll be on to other fun parenting adventures. We shall not speak of the middle school and teen years - ha, ha! Seems it was a busy month for you. Hope April is great and enjoyed the update!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kay! Yes, that's what I have to keep telling myself - it's always something and this will (hopefully) not last forever. Yikes, I remember what I was like as a teenager - thankfully we have many more years before that!
DeleteOh, poor Henry! He just has a lot of feelings and doesn't know how to communicate them yet. I'm glad your stomach bug didn't last too long. I was sick for a week in March which I was actually grateful for because I know someone who spent three weeks ill. I hope you and your fam have a healthy April!
ReplyDeleteWhen I talked to a nurse at Henry's doctor's office, she said stomach bugs were especially prevalent this year, and yeah, lasting way longer than normal! I'm glad you're feeling better, too!
DeletePoor Henry! Hopefully he tantrums less as he gets more vocabulary and can express himself without screaming. I hope you have a great April!
ReplyDeleteI hope so, too! I'm trying to teach him to use his words more instead of just immediately crying.
DeleteAhhh! I remember those days. I found the ages of two and three to be very difficult. As he acquires more vocab, it gets a bit easier. Then they get even bossy about what they like. It sounds like all that reading is paying off though! Look like you had a good reading month, too. I enjoyed The Villa!
ReplyDeleteI feel so bad complaining about his behavior - it can just be really hard sometimes! LOL, he's already getting bossy - we're trying to teach him that "gimme" is not a nice way to ask for something!
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