Nicholas is doing some new stuff that’s pretty exciting…..

Today, he traced his hand on his drawing board, then took his hand off and drew fingernails on each finger.

He’s been spelling some words like STOP.

He’s telling me when he poops and needs a diaper change. (Which is good because we are going to try potty training again over the holidays)

When he wakes up in the morning, he says “good morning mommy”

He now says, “I want to take bath”

He lets me clean his ears and clip his nails without a fight.

He’s taking off his clothes and even his diaper on demand.

He recognizes holidays now – knew all about Halloween and is now knows who Santa is, knows what a Christmas tree is, etc.

He’s counting now – we count cars passing us on the road, he tells me he wants three trains on his track, etc. This is not the obsessive continual lining stuff up and counting routine. (He never did that, but I wanted to clarify for future reference.)

He wants to have a “tea party” with us now. He got a new ice cream playdough toy and now wants to make and serve us playdough ice cream.

(I have a mental block on the other stuff at the moment, so I have to come back and edit as I remember.)