2 years old!

Wow, Little Monster Little Man is 2 years old! I think this may well be the longest I have ever written any kind of diary, so I'm quite proud.
And here is a moment I love...


The sheer excitement in Toby when he was told we were having sushi for lunch. Delicious.

Singing

I've started work again, and I feel sad leaving Toby. I miss him during the day.
There are also things that I don't miss.
But one new part of our routine that I love, on the days that I work, is travelling in the car together. I made a special CD for our car journeys, with grown up songs that I thought he might like. And he certainly does. I knows the words to so many of the songs, and he sings along from the back seat. He amazed me this morning, as soon as we got in the car he started saying big fat mama to me, in a kind of demanding way. I had no idea what on earth he was talking about. Until The Kinks Sunny Afternoon started playing, and Toby started shouting, oh mummy, yes! and i heard the lines - Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze, I've got a big fat mama trying to break me...he is so clever. And he pays so much more attention to things than I ever imagine he does.

Pretend family

I love watching him play with his Happyland toys. The little scenarios he makes up, the way he copies things I say, and the sheer pleasure on his face as he plays.
He's been naming his little plastic people for a long time now, but they only get the privilege of a name, if Toby decides they actually look like that person. He got a new set of Happyland for his birthday, and Toby decided one of the new people was to have a name.....
There is no Mummy, or Gra-Pa, but here they are:


L-R: Papa (Rudi), Abu (Paulina), Daddy, Uncle Pablo, Gra-Gra and ......Uncle Phil. In a skirt. All Toby's decision.

And here is the little man himself, having a chat with Gra-Gra.