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A little late here.

Twenty-six month old Ted can walk down playground stairs, smile, and wave at the same time.  This makes him more coordinated than I am on most days.

(He’s here at his favorite playground in the town next to ours, during a visit from Grammie and Gramps.  They came down for Kate’s birthday and to visit Ted, too.  Pics coming soon.)

Speaking of moving about – Ted can throw and kick a ball with much more skill than last month.  He can even shoot his basketball into the 4′ basketball hoop! And this past weekend he peddled for a few feet on his tricycle.  This is very exciting news. It means eventually no more daddy hunched over pushing him around!  He’s got a lot more practice before he can hit the street on his own, though.  He’s dressed in the photo below in his construction worker pj’s.

Here’s Ted reading the Sunday funnies. He can’t read yet, but can point at many letters and tell you what they are.  When he speaks, he now describes things in much better detail, and can more accurately recall and explain the events of the day when asked “What did you do today?” and “Who was there?”.

And then there’s gender identification – as in, identifying your gender.  ”Are you a boy?”  and “Mommy is a girl!” are two phrases we have heard many, many times this month, followed by “Ted is a boy” and “Moses is a boy” and “Daddy is a boy!” over and over again. He’s pretty good at identifying someone’s gender (although not with 100% accuracy).

Other notable accomplishments:

- Tried and loved cranberry sauce.

- Asked for, ate, and loved frozen edamame soybeans.

- Sometimes, when prodded, he will count to ten and not skip 5 and 6.  Not always though.

- Has seen almost all of the movie “Cars” but gets a little freaked out by the tractor-cows.

- Was able to hold a telephone conversation with me.  Before he would remain entirely silent while anyone spoke on the phone with him… but the other day he talked back! He’d much rather skype you, though.

- Went to a toddler swimming class with Kate, and blew some bubbles in the water.  He’ll be way into aquatics when he gets older.

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