Dear Shane-
My little Shane- you are becoming even more of a snugly little boy- you love to give hugs and kisses- very often unsolicited! Just this morning you came into our bedroom and got into bed with mommy and just snuggled for a half hour! Shane, you still have your snappies and sometimes I think we are going to have to send you to snappies anonymous but when I take them away from you, you are pretty good about it but you do like to have them around. Your brother likes to get up very early and he proceeds to wake you up very early- but very often you chose to sit on your bed and read some books instead of banging on the door like Jackson does :-) You now know your ABC's and sing them frequently as well as counting- you count like this sometimes: One, two, three, four, nine, seven, - Yeah! and then you clap. We are working on the counting but like I said, you know your ABC's and lots of other songs.
One of mommy's friends gave us an Elmo work bench and you LOVE it- you like to wear your little tool belt and walk around with all of the tools around your waist. Shane, you still love to help make breakfast and even more so help to do the dishes- to be honest, you make more of a mess doing the dishes rather than cleaning up but you have fun doing it so that is what matters. Pretend play is becoming more abundant with you- you play with the tool bench and try to fix things around the house with your tools, you play with your books, ELMO and others. Last night when going to bed I'm not sure what you were playing but you and Jackson spread out your blankets in your bedroom and played for about 20 minutes with no toys- just yourselves and the blankets - very cute to watch and listen to.
Playing outside is still one of your favorite things and you like to wear your helmet and "ride your bike" around the block". You have become very observant about the things around you and you state the things that you see very often- especially animals. You continue to read books and sit quietly to read your books- this week your favorite book is Olivia and Things around Boston. While you like to sit quietly and read your books you also LOVE to wrestle with daddy and the first thing you ask him when he gets home from work is to do "Daddy Dives"- that means that you basically just jump on top of him and wrestle for as long as possible until someone gets hurt and starts to cry. Sometimes when Jackson cries you go over to him and pat is his back, tilt your head and say its O.K. Jackson, no cry.
During the month of June we celebrated Father's Day. With Trish's help you and Jackson made Daddy a t-shirt with your hand prints on it. We had a BBQ for Daddy and Nana, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Adam and Uncle Dave come over- you and Jackson played in Daddy's new sprinkler and got soaking wet and loved every second of it! Trish got you and Jackson a new slide so there are even more things in the back yard- between the slides and tunnels and big sandbox you have a zanadoo land out in the backyard. We went to the zoo one weekend and you especially liked the flamingos- you kept running back to the flamingos! Also while at the zoo you and Jackson rhode the little train- but unfortunately you did not like the train ride too much and you cried the entire ride :-( but none the less you wanted to go one some big kid rides. Uncle Adam and Uncle Dave also got married in June and it was a big celebration! You and Jackson came to the wedding and were little celebrities at the wedding-you weren't the only twins there, Uncle Dave's nieces are also twins so you had other kids your age to play with.
Shane, you are becoming a very good listener and you follow directions so well- and it makes mommy's job much smoother. Even this morning you and your brother decided that you wanted to go outside and when I asked you to come back up the stairs you listened and came back up- THANK YOU for that Shane. The hot weather is here and Trish is taking you to the spray park more frequently now so you get to see your little friends during the week. In September you will start Pre-School (I can't believe it) so I'm sure you will make a lot of friends there as well.
Shane Kilday, I love you with all of my heart. As you can say now, You're mommy's sun, moon and stars. I love you Shane Kilday.
All my love-
Mommy
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