Miles helped make cookies this weekend for me to bring to work. He enjoyed beating eggs, pouring them into the mixing bowl, watching the ingredients spin around in the KitchenAid mixer, and using cookie cutters. He also helped me mix the icing and spread icing on a cookie for himself. Santa visited the toddler gym this week, so Jared took a few pictures. Unlike most children his age, Miles wasn't afraid of Santa this year. They were selling pictures for only $2 each, so Jared got a picture on Monday and Wednesday at the gym. One of my preschool classrooms had a craft day this week and Miles was invited to join in the fun. He made a snowman magnet, a few ornaments, snowman picture, and decorated a bag to carry everything. He did really well considering it was definitely nap time by the end of the hour of crafts. Miles loves yogurt (and spoons). A few of his favorite foods at the moment include cheese sticks and bananas. He also loves stealing my oatmeal in the morning for breakfast. Miles had a growth spurt last week: his breakfast every day included 2 bananas, a cheese stick, and several huge scoops of my oatmeal. He would eat huge meals the rest of the day too, such as an entire 6-inch Subway sandwich in one sitting. I'm afraid of what will happen when he's a teenager! Miles's vocabulary is growing so fast. He consistently (and correctly) uses the word "too." He's starting to count - so far it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. He'll add 5 in there occasionally. I was counting scoops of flour for the cookies and he said the next number while I was scooping, all the way up to 10. He knows his name and calls himself "Miles." He loves taking turns and says "my turn," "your turn," "mama's turn," "daddy's turn," etc. He describes EVERYTHING he does as he's doing it. Miles is jumping. Miles is running. Miles is spinning. Miles is throwing. Miles is pooping.... and so on. He repeats everything we say too. Tons of fun! He's still very adventurous. He loves climbing, running, jumping, and moving nonstop from the moment he wakes up until the moment he goes to sleep. He also loves reading books, coloring, stacking blocks, and building towers with his mega blocks. I haven't uploaded many videos lately... Miles loves our Christmas tree.
He wanted to hold the camera too.
Here's a video of Miles saying "mama do it" when we were playing ring around the rosie.
Now that I've figured out how to share pictures on this blog, I have some catching up to do. These are the pictures of Miles on Halloween. He loved trick-or-treating. We went to the Super Mall in Auburn and then walked around our old townhome complex. He got so much candy!
Here's a picture of Miles and I crossing the finish line during the 5k we ran the weekend before Halloween. (Freaky 5k at the Federal Way community center)
Miles helped decorate the Christmas tree tonight. He tried so hard to hang the ornaments on the tree. He even put the angel on top after I lifted him up. His favorite thing to do is tap the ornaments and count them around the tree. He can count to 3 and sometimes up to 5, though he's not very consistent yet. It is so adorable. Click here for my attempt to share the Christmas tree album. Jared takes Miles to story time at the library every week, and Miles's new favorite thing about story time is ring around the rosie. He grabbed my hands and told me to get up the other day. I couldn't quite figure out what he was saying right away, but then he wanted me to spin in a circle with him. I finally figured it out - he wanted to do ring around the rosie! Here's a video of Miles singing after a few rounds of us spinning together. As you can tell, he's a little dizzy.
Miles is 19 months! He's wearing 24 month/2T clothes and size 7 shoes. Here are a few of his new tricks: - talking in sentences of 3-5 words - jumping down from the couch or anything else he can climb - climbing up chairs to get on the table or counter - helping me cook by mixing ingredients - telling us everything he wants, needs, and all of his opinions - eating whole foods by himself
Blogger has decided that I have uploaded too many pictures, so I will be creating a new blog for pictures. Stay tuned for details.
We carved Miles's pumpkin today. He loved helping dig the pulp out of the pumpkin. He did get bored when he had to stay out of the way of the knife, so he left to play until I was done.
Miles and I ran a 5k yesterday for Halloween. He enjoyed the pouring rain, and I loved the run. We finished 2nd for my age group in 26:40. I think I would have won my age group if I wasn't pushing the stroller, but it was more fun to run with Miles! Not the best quality pictures - I forgot the camera at home so we had to use my phone. They will be emailing the race pictures sometime this week, so I'll post that later.
We caught Miles giving Kitty loves. It was so adorable, and she finally didn't run away from him.
Miles practiced drinking from a "big boy" cup and spilled a bit so I was cleaning it up with a paper towel using my foot. He wanted to clean up too.
