  I knew the day would come, the day that Aidan says the last cute toddler phrase correctly. Today, his peanut jelly and sandwich actually came out peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He still says elephanant and to the rescetue, but this was the last phrase . He'll be three next week.
He's such a boy now. You should see how big he is! And so coordinated! He's already a pro on the scooter he got for Christmas. Tonight he put his arm around Ellie when we were outside and said he wanted to keep her warm (which she returned with a shove). My heart is breaking all over the place! The beginning of two is a world different from the end of two. What a year. A year ago, he was amazing us with little complete sentences. He was clearly an amazing toddler, but still closer to a baby than to an adult. Now, he's clearly a boy, closer by far to adult than a baby in development terms. Tonight, he was talking to John's mom on the phone just like one of us would.
He said, "oh hi, Nana... we ate tofu for dinner and now we're on a walk. " Just like that, he's a fully functional, socially proficient member of our culture. He can talk on the phone, he can reflect. He's not even three! Next week, I'll have to amend that to he's barely three! But for now, not even three! The other night we all sat in the kitchen as John cooked dinner.
Aidan was sitting on the countertop next to me and was curious about what the spices were. I opened up a few and let him first smell and then taste them. It was a fantastic activity to do with him! Ellie got into it a little, but she just wanted to put everything in her mouth! Aidan wanted to know the name of everything, already an experimenter. I love his little personality. It's such bittersweet agony to watch him grow up so fast while I can't wait to see what he'll do next! Ah, kids. 
