Jackson is growing in leaps and bounds- every single day he will say or do something that reminds me he isn't my little baby anymore, but a growing preschooler- amazing! Where in the world did the time go? When I am around little babies I am reminded of how sweet and special those times were and I do indeed miss them. But on the other hand we are just having SO MUCH FUN! Playtime is so cool now. He is really developing a sense of pretend play, so playing cars goes beyond just setting up "Line Ups". He has a multitude of construction trucks and equipment and we have created this game where we set up whole Construction Sites and act out all what the different trucks do, what the workers say to each other and add some silliness in there too. It started out with me just moving the cars around, making funny voices and acting out bulldozing, excavating, and other important worksite jobs. He would laugh, listen, and tell me which truck to do next. Now he completely takes part. He adds his own dialog and is even doing funny voices. It is so cool to see! And I am even noticing when I let him do his own independent play- me not involved, I hear him doing this completely on his own. He talks stories out and is truly "playing" with his toys. Makes me smile every time.
The past month or so I noticed a change also in the shows he was interested in watching on TV. They used to have to involve bright colors, and simple stories. He had zero interest in anything that didn't have songs or simple characters. Well his favorites have progressed into a bit older style of shows. His new favorites are Max and Ruby and Dora the Explorer. A mere few months ago you couldn't bribe him to sit through those shows- no matter how badly you needed a shower. He is also really starting to get into Disney movie's. We can actually sit together now and watch a whole movie begining to end. His personal favorites are Peter Pan and most recently Pinocchio.
In the beginning of one of his DVDs they show clips from the Wizard of OZ and I am never allowed to skip past them. He loved it, even though it was only a preview. Being as this is one of my most favorite movies of all time I was super excited. I own the movie and one afternoon I thought that I will pop it in and just give it a shot. OH. MY. GOODNESS. He LOVED it. It is now hands-down his favorite movie. He asks to watch it all the time and talks about it even more. We refer back to it in normal conversation about so many different things. For example, when I would go to Bible Study or my MUMs group I would tell him he needed to be brave in the nursery, to have courage. And he would then tell me "Just like Lion, Mommy?" We went to go get out Flue shots last week and he said he was going to have courage just like Lion and I would be proud of him. What a big boy to say something like that!! (And on a side note, he was insanely brave- never cried, whined or made a peep! the nurses were astounded that he laid so still and didn't cry. I was too!)
Well this fascination with the Wizard of OZ all started right around Christmas time. Right at the same time that there was a lot of discussion of Santa and the things he does and says. I would tell him "Santa says "Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas" and then we would watch the Wizard of OZ and he would hear the witch cackle "Heh Heh Heh my Pretties! I'll get you and your little dog too!" These two stories were surrounding him and his thoughts so much you can't blame him for mixing the two up a bit. I would ask him "What does Santa say?" and he would respond every single time with "Ho Ho Ho, my Pretties!" It didn't matter how much we corrected him and explained the mix up. He stayed true to his word and believed 100% that his version was the REAL one. Who's to argue with something as cute as that?! Not us, that's for sure!
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