What Can He Do Now That He's Two?

Wondering what Denis is like as a two-year-old? Read on!

Knows how to:

Blow kisses

Give real kisses

Hug

Wave bye-bye

Give a high-five

Splash in puddles

Take off his socks

Put on his shoes... and sometimes his socks

Brush his teeth (not thoroughly, but he can do it!)

Unpeel a tangerine

Use a spoon

Clink glasses together for “cheers!”

Brush himself off after he's taken a spill

Cough into his arm (still working on this for the sneezing!)

Look for airplanes in the sky

Point to himself when you ask "Where's Denis?"

Get his bib and put it on

Buckle himself into his booster seat

Point to different body parts (nose, eyes, ears, mouth)

Match pictures in a lotto game

Make a butterfly out of his hands

Tidy up his toys (sometimes!)

Can say:

I love you (“I lo lyu”)

Bye-bye

Up

Down

Mama

Papa

Open

Help please (“hep pzzz”)

Socks and shoes (“cos” and “choos”)

Hello

Hi

Juice

Banana (“manana”)

Choo-choo

Poo-poo (when he pats his butt as he says this you know you’re in for a doozie of a diaper!)

Coo-coo (at a pigeon)

Caw-caw (at a crow)

Yeah (when he does something well!)

Uh-oh and Oh no!

Ooopsie

Nooooo! (complete with shaking of head)

Likes to:

Make connections (between books and toys; my shoes and his; photos and people...)

Do the motions for Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes; The Wheels on the Bus; and Itsy Bitsy Spider as you sing the song

Clean the bathtub

Wipe up spills

Vacuum

Use up all our Kleenexes

Scold the cats (especially Pisco!)

Pet the cats

Talk on the cell phone

Listen to music

Blow bubbles

Look at books

Skype!

Open and close doors (he’d do this all day if we let him!)

Point out all the dogs and birds on our walks

Watch Baby Einstein videos

Put his teddy bear and Knuffle Bunny to bed under blankets

Dance

Wear my red slip-on shoes around the apartment

Eats:

Just about anything! Maybe we should make a list of food he won’t eat as it would be a much shorter list. Green beans and bell peppers would be on that list. Kiwi and egg salad might be on that list. The jury's still out on those.

Favorite toys:

Motorized shinkansen/bullet train (he runs this all over the apartment, and NOT on its tracks, oddly enough)

Musical instruments

Any toy that makes music... or noise

Puzzles

Play-Doh

Blocks

Stacking cups

Pull-along dog that barks

Ball that lights up

Stuffed animals

Puppets

Magnetic sketch pad

Leap Frog Word Whammer (although he doesn't get the word part!)

Favorite books:

The Wheels on the Bus

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Goodnight Gorilla

A Tale of Tails

Barnyard Dance

Harry the Dirty Dog

Time for Bed

Hush Little Baby

One Day in the Jungle (Achoo!)

Higher! Higher!