Woznation

Wil is growing up so much and I’m so proud of him. As I have said before, Wil is our guinea pig, so I often feel like a lot of his short comings are our fault because we don’t know how to prepare him for…well, basically anything. He is constantly doing new things and showing us what he is ready for – and we are always impressed.

Hes much more in control of his emotions and actions. He is using his words more and more, instead of physical altercations. At gymnastics, even after saying ‘I don’t like it’, he will still participate, instead of melting down or crying in the corner. (That’s HUGE for him!)

Currently his favorite things are: seeing his breath in the cold, building towers out of everything, and playing make-believe. He is super interactive in all his play recently. He knows exactly what he wants to do and what he wants you to do, so there is a lot of direction from him: ‘You stay here, I go over there’. ‘I drive the spaceship – you go hide under the blanket’. Hes pretty opinionated in all things, actually. This morning, I asked him if we should go to storyville and he responded with: “Daddy stays here – wil stays here – evie goes to storyville and mommy goes to storyville – barney stays here”. Well okay then! (Update: we all went to storyville). Lately we have been working on names such as ‘Mommy’s name is Amy’ and ‘Daddy’s name is Phil.’ Who is your sister? ‘Evie’ – who is Evie’s brother? ‘Wil!’

He loves his ‘spaceship’ right now. It’s an old diaper box and a Mario cart wheel, but he loves driving it around outer-space and catching other spaceships.  He also like pretending to be a kitty – and likes to catch string and crawl around meowing. I love his imagination.   He also loves a new thing Phil has invented called a Wozniak Tamale (patent pending). Where he rolls up both kids in a blanket and carries them around.

He very independent these days and is learning to dress and undress himself.   He can use an adult potty without a step or ‘potty seat’ (much to my dismay!). Onetime before nap, I was putting Evie down and when I came out of her room, Wil said he had already used the potty and he did! I asked him ‘How?’, since we didn’t have the stool or his potty seat, and he said “I pulled my pants down – I climbed up – I was super strong (holding himself up on the seat) – and then I peed’.  Way to go, Wil!

Wil is also very sweet and affectionate. He loves to give hugs and kisses. And after he does certain things, like cleaning up his toys, he comes up to me and says ‘Mommy, I made you so happy?’ I love that he can even comprehend and consider other people’s happiness. Hes so great! Im actually excited for when preschool is out for the summer and I get to spend more time with him.