i always tell you that you are full of personality, and you are. you make me laugh a million times a day. i have no doubt that you will grow up to be the life of the party. you are definitely the life of our little party of 4.
you are always bursting with energy and ready to play. your favorite game to play these days is football (probably because we're indoors so much of the day now). you and brooke set up the whole game in our family room - complete with baking twine as the admission gates, the mock "locker room" behind the couch and the sideline for the cheerleader(s). your imagination grows stronger with each passing day. you wear your superhero costumes for most of the day. it's the first thing you ask for when you come into our room in the morning. batman is your superhero of choice, but you request that the entire family get in on the act with your robin and superman costumes :) you love it when i pretend that i'm in trouble, and i need batman's help. you love to be the hero. i love to watch you race in to rescue me from the pretend bad guys :)
you remind me of brooke now because you constantly ask for us to "read you a story," meaning you want us to tell you a story. you tell us exactly what you want the story to be about, and then we must fill in the gaps of your outline. and you always want another and another and another story... :)
you and brooke play very well together now. naturally you get on each other's nerves like any brother and sister, but you genuinely enjoy each other's company. brooke's even getting good at playing on your terms - superheroes, trains, trucks - and you've always been great at playing on brooke's terms. suddenly you also both enjoy to rough-house and wrestle. one of you will grab something out of the other's hand and run away, hoping to spark a game of chase and an eventual take-down. watching you reminds me of myself and my brother. it brings a smile to my face.
our move to cincinnati has infinitely improved your life in terms of playmates. wherever we go, you are always surrounded by boys who are either your age or a bit older, and you love it. you REALLY love it. cousin jackson is your hero, and you and joey have become great playmates at school. you turned 2.5 in october and started school two days a week at mt. washington presbyterian where brooke, jackson and joey all go to school. you and joey are even in the same class. you made me proud the way you confidently strode into school that first day. you had a few rough days after that where you were sad during the school day and cried for me, but that didn't last long. you're enjoying school and the sense of independence that comes with it.
speaking of school, you sing your ABCs now and get all the letters right :) you love to sing just about anything, and you know a lot of songs. you know all of your colors, and we're working on shape and letter recognition. sometimes, it's really hard to believe how old you're getting and how much you are learning and growing every single day.
you've had your first two sleepovers without mommy and daddy - first with gram vicki (and brooke) and then with ba kaye and bob bob (and brooke) - and you did excellent. both times your grandparents complimented you on your manners. you do have good manners. almost every night you very sweetly say, "thank you mommy (or daddy) for dinner," and you almost always say "please/thank you/excuse me." you're also loving for us to say a prayer at dinner now. brooke usually says it, but you often request it, and you always ask, "why do we say "amen?""
at this age i want to remember that you are always on the run; that you still do a lot of physical activity with your tongue out; that you hate eating dinner (only dinner); that you always eat the fruit on your plate first; that you like to pile your toys in your bed when you go to sleep; that you still love your hippo; that you like to wake up and come into mommy and daddy's bed; that sometimes your mouth has a hard time catching up with your mind, and you just can't get the words out; that you like to throw tantrums when you don't get your way; that you're still napping - for now; that you love grocery shopping with me; that you have your own ideas and opinions; that you are super sweet and gentle with your little cousins chase and london; that you love to help mommy and daddy cook; that you love a good sword fight; that you race to get all of your tools as fast as you can whenever mommy is doing a household project; that you tell me you love me many times a day.
you are a good boy, gavin. you are rambunctious. you are caring. you are wild. you are charming. your smile lights up our world, and we love you more than words can possibly say.
xoxo,
mommy
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