THESE ARE A FEW OF HIS FAV-OR-IT THINGS...
-Dinosaurs, their roars and esp. the T-Rex. He calls it by name and pretends to be it eating through things often
-Sharks--they always come with music--dun,dun...dun, dun. He has never seen Jaws, but he knows the jist of it.
-McDonald's-cheeseburgers, apple dippers and applejuice...he knows the arches
-The Sun. Reagan has cried all week when it goes to "sleep" because he knows that means bedtime for him too. He has even reasoned that he should not take naps because there is sun out...not a moon...stinker...so smart! What a joy though when he wakes to see the sunshine. The smile on his face is priceless as he points and cheers for the sunshine.
-Thomas the Train--train tables, books and movies. He knows the characters by name.
-"The big book"--this is Preston's zoology book from college--it is about 3 inches thick and weighs a ton. Not your typical bedtime story. Reagan wants to read about as many animals as he can before and after each nap and bedtime/wakeup. He will tell you which ones he has seen at the Houston Zoo and details he remembers from the previous times we read.
-Gymnastics-Reagan loves his new class. He likes the rings, doing rolls and jumping on the tramp. NO FEAR! He jumps from great heights (a few feet up) into the foam pit and climbs out to do it all again.
-Creative, dramatic play-Reagan loves to pretend. He will turn in cozy coop into a firecar by plopping his firemans hat on top or get a wadden of towels out of the kitchen drawer to host his own car wash. He puts lacing strings into pans in his kitchen to cook noodles and pretends to eat bugs like he has seen on Survivor Man or Bear Vs. Wild. He will grab his doctor bag and remove "bugs" from your belly and more. Great bed side manner though...he will bring you a pillow and a blanket and tell you when you are sick. :)
-Reagan loves basketball and soccer. He likes to play in the front yard. Yesterday, we had just walked outside to play when I heard the famous, "Mommy, What's that?" I looked down and Reagan had found a TINY baby bird that apparently had been pushed out of its nest. The birds beak was larger than its head when open. So sweet, so sad. Dad got home and took all precautions to get it back to its nest. Only too bad for baby, it got pushed out again. Reagan was so concerned about the bird. He drew pictures of it, told stories about it and looked out the window waiting for its mommy to get it. My 2 year old has an "old soul or bleeding heart" just like his mommy.
-Cherry yogurt, chocolate milk, berry bowls and just about any other fruit, white string cheese or yellow Nemo cheese and ravoili--this is basically a list of the foods he eats at home. However, we have recently added Nemo gummy fruits as a treat alongside chex mix and Diego drinkable yogurt. Yes, I am raising a very particular pallet, but the good news is that he likes the healthy foods!