Celebrating the Two-year old Mind (or how to entertain a grandmother)

Pretending to sleep in his playhouse

Unloading the animals from the toy zoo

Discovering "Lainee's" bubble machine

(click arrow to play video--there's a volume "slider" next to the orange square if the bubble machine is too "woud" for your ears)

I could follow Rainor around with a camera everytime we're together (well I guess I do), just to capture the fun little discoveries he makes week by week. As a former pediatric speech therapist, it's been a blast to track his early language development and the evolution of pretend play and problem solving from Birth to Two. Rainor has loved bubbles for a long time, but on this visit, I found the bubble machine from Amanda's wedding reception. I love how he would retreat to his doormat "fortress" when he wasn't so sure----"Woud" sounds really bug him, but not enough to permanently stop the bubbles--"(A)g'in!" This went on for almost half an hour. Isn't it amazing how easily toddlers (and grandmothers) are entertained?