Don’t worry, this isn’t a list of 18 million things…I may be occasionally verbose but I do understand the limits of a blog post.
No, even better than that, it is a completely self-indulgent post of 20 things I really like about my son. Hurray, lucky you!
I have a habit of saying to my toddler, mostly at bedtime ‘there are 18 million things I love about you and that (whatever ‘that’ may be) is one of them’.
I was editing my ‘about’ page the other day and I edited out some bits that described a few little traits of my son and memories I wanted to preserve in my blog. He doesn’t do any of the things I described anymore, they were short but sweet phases – he doesn’t call me Mmm for example, I’m now boring old Mummy or Mum…or Lucy – and I realised I will almost certainly forget some of his other little passing quirks. So I made a resolution to write these things down from time to time, and here’s the first instalment.
Feel free to zone out and move on. I’m fairly confident no one (bar my husband) is as keen on my son as I am!
Some of the 18 million things I love about you, my 2 years & 4 month old son are:
That orange is your ‘favourite’
That some things are ‘amazing’ and ‘wow’ and ‘oh my goodness’ and ‘so so big’
That almost everything has taken a turn at being ‘old-fashioned’…from aeroplanes to tractors to a cup of tea, the kitchen chairs and your duvet
The way you say ‘yes please Mummy’ and ‘Course Mummy’ and ‘Don’t worry Mummy’
The fact you love so much and so many things…I hear ‘my love something’ all day.
The way you, when you’re in your pushchair, happily give me your press for the pedestrian crossing…you wait for me to press the button then you take your press back
The way you started to want to climb trees now it’s autumn to ‘help the leaves fall’
The way that every curve is a rainbow
How many olives you eat and how sociable this is for excursions to drink wine
The way you take off for running and jumping
The way you beep when you walk backwards
The way you hide by the shed at the bottom of the garden
The fact we have a ding-dong tree by the pond
How magical it was watching the ‘funny bat’ with you in our garden
Your little tiny yellow umbrella and the way you ‘need it’ when its ‘raining pouring’ to keep you ‘warm’
The way you love to brush my hair (but only if it’s dry)
The way you say ‘that’s better’
That you park your little fleet of little vehicles at bedtime
That we sing a made-up song about ‘Fireman, Fireman Sam’ to a made up tune because neither of us have ever seen it, but he’s on your pajamas. Or ‘jamamas’
The way when you go through periods of separation anxiety you push your face into my face at night as if you want to get as close as is possibly possible.
Oh this made me well up. My baby boy is growing up so fast and he is loosing a lot of these cute little traits. Your boy sounds like an absolute sweetie. 😀
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Ah thank you for your lovely comment. They do seem to grow up a little fast don’t they!? I’m going to try and write down a few more memories over the coming years. Thank you again for commenting x
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Oh do, write it all down! There are so many millions of gorgeous cute things my kids have said that have escaped my memory like water through a net! It makes me sad just thinking about it!! ☺️ Thanks for writing! 😄
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Oh this is just adorable! I love those moments where you can almost feel your heart physically swelling with love. Such a special time.
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That definitely sums it up. And yes, such special times! Thank you for commenting x
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Ah these really are all the amazing every day things that make it all worth it – he sounds like a dude! Thanks so much for linking up to #coolmumclub lovely x
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Definitely, and helpful to remember these bits! Thanks for hosting! x
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Ah this is so lovely and i love the idea of writing down these special memories. #coolmumclub
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Thank you, I definitely feel motivated to continue to write them down…I want to read my blog in years to come and get some memories from it if nothing else!
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Oh my goodness. I really must write things down. It all becomes a blur so quick and with 3 little ones it all seems to mush together in my head!! #coolmumclub
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Oh I can imagine it does. Oh do! It was really fun. I’m going to try and do it regularly. Thank you for popping by! x
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This is utterly adorable, specially the last! You have a very sweet son. I’m looking forward to watching my 7-month-old develop and build on his already adorable personality! #coolmumclub
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Ah yes, 7 months is gorgeous and so much personality to emerge. Mmm the face thing I do love, but I can’t in all honesty say it’s the most comfortable position for sleeping…! Thank you for reading and commenting x
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Aw, this is so sweet – it makes me want to do something similar for my daughter. She’s growing and changing so quickly now x #happydiaries
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Ah do! I would definitely recommend it, such a lovely thing to do and hopefully will be to look back on too x
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Adorable. Love the beeping going backwards. I really like how they do all the polite things like ‘don’t worry, mummy’ & ‘yes, please, mummy’ too. I really can’t express how amused I am to discover there is a ‘ding dong’ to go with the ‘hoo ha’ 😀 x
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OH MY. I am an innocent. Sooo tempted to link to this post on twitter now using the ding dong tree example. I wonder what would happen!? I beep going backwards now, it just makes sense. They are lovely things these little ones xxx
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This is a great post to look back on as you quickly forget about things as they get older and start doing new things. I have a 7 year old and 8 month old. I remember all this with my first and looking forward to it all again with my youngest. I enjoyed reading it, so you keep writing it #happydiaries
Pauline x
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Ah what a lovely comment, thank you. Very heartening to know you remember it with your first, I’ve been worried i’ll forget. And lovely that you’ve got it all to come again! I’m definitely going to carry on making a note of these things, it was such an enjoyable exercise xx
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I love your little bedtime ritual of what you say to your boy, it’s so brilliant, and has to be good for building his image of himself and his self-esteem. I am often racing away at bedtime and don’t get beyond ‘I love you’ to my little one, although with the older ones I do try to tell them something that I was proud of them for that day. I have a friend who tells her daughter a story of what she did that day, which is also cute. It is definitely good to try to hold on to the memories though – as they grow it all changes and melts together. #Sharethejoy
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Ah I can imagine things melting together as they get older and particularly with more than one child. I like the idea of a story of the day, but with that plus books plus whatever else I would never leave the room and would probably go insane. But yes, that does sounds sweet. Thank you for your comment x
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Aw these are so sweet. I love that he beeps when he walks backwards. I think its a fab thing to do, and only wish I had taken the time to the same with my boys. Thanks for sharing, Tracey xx #happydiaries
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I like the beeping too, I think i’d like to do that more myself actually! I need to keep doing it though, that’s the challenge. I’ll try to. Thanks for hosting #happydiaries
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Love these little things you love about your son! Need to start writing these for my girls too! Thanks for joining #sharethejoylinky
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Oh yes do! It’s really easy to do and I just don’t want to look back on my blog and regret not having used it for these things. Thanks for cohosting #sharethejoylinky
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Agh I love this so much, I love my little boy to bits too and the things he says just haven’t really been preserved like this. I still think he’s 3 and in fact he is 5 and a school boy now. How I wish I could freeze that time. Stopping by from #sharethejoy xo
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Ah thank you! There’s still time! I’m sure you preserve more than you think though. The saying ‘they grow so fast’ is scarily accurate isn’t it!? Thank you for commenting x
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These perfect little memory nuggets are just so precious! Don’t our little ones do the funniest things?Love the need for an umbrella to keep him warm… thanks so much for linking up at #sharethejoy this week and hope to see you again soon (p.s. I’ve picked this as one of my favourite this week x)
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