Fun Times
In the past couple of months, we noticed Keegan coming out of his shell a little bit, and becoming his own little person more and more. It has definitely been exciting to witness this transformation, especially for Tizi, because that meant Keegan is a little more independent and less needy. He is actually playing on his own more and he is also looking for daddy quite a bit more, giving mommie a break…plus it is great to see these bonding moments, right? And I can honestly live without the hundreds of “mommie, mommie, mommie” a day. Talking of which, we have seen the funniest video-promo for Family Guy, showing EXACTLY what Keegan used to do. It is even a Facebook group. And I swear he did do it more than one time.
He is still very affectionate: in fact, he often run towards us to bear hug us, or calls for “huggies” (not the diaper kind), and he kisses us much more. Of course he is happy to share his affections with his friends too.
His favorite games are still kicking the balls around and reading books…or better yet listening to books. He is starting to “read” them too, flipping the pages and reciting the words he remembers belonging to that page. it is quite entertaining to see…and amazing, as he remembers quite a bit! He is getting more interested in drawing, stamping and coloring as well as riding tricycles or mini bikes, both at home and school Sand is also still a big hit.
It is nice to see him also playing with his stuffed animals: Shamu is of course his all time favorite, and he brings him to sleep with him. But he has lots of them, and often take turn hugging them and taking care of them. He likes feeding them too.
While we are still sleep-deprived, we still do enjoy the cuddling ad snuggling in in the morning, and he loves playing in the big bed. Now that is “cold”, he loves to snuggle in, and to feel “nice and cozy” as he says while he settles under the soft duvet (who wouldn’t?).
He likes to spend more and more time with dad, playing all sort of games, but mainly kicking the ball. Another fun game they play is the tickle game. Daddy reads him the Tickle Monster story, and uses the fuzzy gloves to tickle him like mad: he loves it.
Growing up also means that while he still have his shy moments (he now know even say it: “Me be shy” when he does not want to say Hi to someone), he is getting more and more social, and really craves spending times with friends. Even if he is at daycare everyday till 3pm or so, which he LOVES, he still wants more. So we are arranging as many playdates with his best friends as we can. Plus, at this stage he seems to get along well with kids he knows, and there are not too many fights or arguments. It also means more social interaction for mom and dad too: yeah!
We are getting to see more of Torin as well. Even if they are 6 months apart, Torin is definitely at a very similar development stage, especially for motor skills, so they play great together. It is especially good to have them eat together: Torin is a great eater, so Keegan eats more when he is around too. And they entertain themselves making funny noises, or tackling each other.
Valentine’s Day Weekend was also a three day weekend for Tizi and Keegan, so we headed off to Seaworld with Krista, Eric and Torin. It was so much fun. We saw penguins, otters, the pet show and of course Sahmu. We even got to feed the dolphins.
The grown ups were WAY more excited about it then the kids, that started to cry. No matter. I got to pet a dolphin! And then we wathced the Pets Rules show, with all sort of critters, which we all enjoyed a lot; Keegan liked they played the same music (Are Your ready For That) that plays in his Valentine’s Day card. He loves to dance to that, and he opens and closes and opens and closes the card to infinity…
By the way, thank you Krista for the photos which I stole from your blog. (-:
Despite falling asleep, Keegan got a second wind and ate a huge amount of food, including sausage. I will cal it the Torin Effect.
I can also notice that Keegan plays tougher with boys, so we had an extends GOODBYE session with plenty of hugs/tuckles going on. Fun times. (-:
bear hugs
see you soon Torin
Our little boy changes in front of our eyes…we will post more pictures and updates soon.
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