Today, Patrick moved to the next room at daycare. He’s with the same teachers that Alex had when he was two. This is really strange. I remember Alex in this room, and I remember how he seemed like a big kid. I also remember thinking, I can’t wait until Patrick is this old… Well, that time has come.
To mark the occasion, here are some Patrick observations.
One of his favorite requests: Daddy, read! (He’s not quite the book fiend Alex was/is, though.)
In spite of the above: He refuses to let me read him bedtime stories. It must be mama.
He’s in a hoarding phase. He’ll pick up something small and carry it around all day. The current obsession is a pair of Playmobil fish.
Favorite food: Cheese pizza. Luckily for us, Alex has also developed a taste for cheese pizza – this is a recent development. It means we now have a exhausted-end-of-week dinner option that the whole family will eat.
Patrick will also eat anything that comes from Mommy or Daddy’s plate. The same food, on his own plate, is unappetizing.
Similarly, he wants to do whatever his older brother is doing. The same activity, on his own, would be boring.
We’ve let Patrick watch some of The Jungle Book. “Watch movie” and “Jungle Book” are now two of his clearest phrases. His favorite part is the elephant march.
His stubbornness shows no signs of going away!
