Some of My Two-Year-Old's Favorite Activities
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Favorite Activity #9
- Opening doors by himself
- Pressing elevator buttons
- Getting his way
- Sitting on my head
- Wandering around in restaurants
- Opening and closing the garage door
- Getting a water cup at Panera by himself; having me lift him up to fill the cup with water by himself; getting a top and straw by himself; repeating 17 times
- Threatening to put his older brother in timeout
- Feeling the baby
- Having a relatively loose definition of "by himself"
- Climbing on my back to "giddy up horsey" anytime I kneel, crouch, or lie face down for some reason
- Depending on the day and week, watching either Robots, Inside Out, or The Cat in the Hat at least three times a day
- Saying no
- Running “super fast”
- Marching with yogurt
- Waving goodbye to any car that leaves our property
- Jumping on me when I'm sleeping
- Browsing through iPhone photo galleries
- Walking up and down steps in the swimming pool
- Walking up and down steps in general
- Microwaving his food because it's too hot
- Serving as de facto dictator of our household
In the spring of 2019, less than a year before the world shut down, my wife, three kids, and I took a spring break trip from our home in Florida to the UK. Michelle and I traveled quite a bit before we had kids, including a 10-month stay in Cambridge, where I completed a one-year master’s program. Since having kids, we’ve rarely left the house, let alone the country.