How the world becomes more fun every day.

In the past few weeks Kai has discovered even more fun things he can do. On of them is putting on clothes and shoes. Since he can't really manage with his own clothes yet (he tries though!!) he has taken to putting on our things. The moment we leave our shoes standing in the hall, Kai is trying to walk around in them. A lot of other things are tempting for him too. Here he is trying to wear the sling:

 

 

A few days ago he had been digging in one of the wardrobes and found himself a new "hat" (which actually is meant for cooking rice the Iranian way, Elisa and Hermien, you might recognize it since you gave it to me)

 

Apart from putting on our clothes he tries copy all the other things we do. When we have to open a door with a key, Kai insists on doing it and is amazingly good at it too: All we have to do is hand him the right key! He also likes to help me put laundry in the hamper, something he does a bit too efficiently sometimes. This morning I found my cell phone buried in the dirty laundry, together with one of his own loveys I had been missing for days already.

All in all, Kai seems to like order. Which leaves us wondering: where did he get that from!?!?!

The defenition of a toddler.....

On an interesting website about healthy toddler foods I found this very accurate definition of a toddler. It describes Kai to a T!!

A Child who is between the age of 12 months and 48 months old (1 year and 4 years old)

One who loves to eat food one day and then dislikes that very same food the next day

One who requires a lot of clean laundry, tidying-up after, and lots of attention, and constant amusement and stimulation

One who is methodical and mechanical engineer-like in his or her attempts (and oftentimes great successes) at launching a spoonful of mashed potatoes as easily as a robotic arm assembles a car!

One who's innocence and wonder inspires us to do better

One who possesses an abundance of love; who is unconditional in the giving and delightful in the receiving of that love along with showering hugs, kisses and smiles to those around him or her; a true joy and a true blessing to treasure