This and That About Brycen Lately

Brycen watched "The Rescuers Down Under" for the first time the last week of April and he loves it. The other morning we were watching it as a family and after the part where his mom yells, "Cody! Cody!" Brycen started saying, "Wody! Wody!" Now every time he hears anyone say "Cody" on the show he says "Wody! Wody!"

At church  on April 29th I decided to sit in on music time with the nursery. Brycen was having a hard time and crying so the timing was right. I held him while my friend Erin (the primary chorister) sang with the kids. They were singing a balloon song when I walked in. The kids came up one at a time to pick out a color of balloon to sing about. Then they decided if they were going to make it a big or little balloon. Everybody pretended like they were blowing up a balloon. Then they tied it off and held it above their heads. The song was really cute and specified the color of balloon they were waving. Then it floats down and pops. When the kids get to that part the say "Pop!" while clapping their hands. Brycen came home from church and was doing the "Pop!" part all night, with the hand clap and everything. It's so fun seeing him do things at home that he learned in nursery! It's weird how grown up he's getting.

Brycen recently said his first sentence. His milk was gone out of his sippy and he said, "Uh oh, all gone!"

Brycen loves drinking milk and water. He gets milk with breakfast every morning in a sippy cup. He doesn't eat cold cereal yet, he really likes eating cereal bars and wants one every morning for breakfast. He drinks his milk as well as water in another cup throughout the day. Every now and then he gets juice, but we give that to him as a treat. Sometimes we give him tastes of sugar free and caffeine free soda as another treat. But he's been so good with his water and milk, it's been great!

Brycen loves to pretend like he's talking on the phone. He has a toy cell phone that he loves to play with, but he also uses the nunchucks for the Nintendo Wii as phones. Today he was using the plug in for my blow dryer as a phone. He'll start his "conversation" by saying, "Awo? (hello)", and then for those who are ever around him, he starts talking his fluent jibberish. Every now and then we hear a familiar word in the conversation. It's so funny what kids pick up on!

He's almost completely out of 24 month clothing now. He has a few jammies that are 24 months as well as a couple of t-shirts. But for the most part he is wearing 2T now. My baby is turning into a little boy!

Some of Brycen's favorite snacks:

• Ritz crackers
• Saltine crackers
• fruit snacks
• dry cereal
• string cheese 
• yogurt

Some of Brycen's favorite meals:

• chicken nuggets and baked fries/tater tots
• shepherd's pie
• burritos
• hamburgers (especially Warrens or Burger King)
• peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
• turkey sandwiches from Subway
• spaghetti and meat sauce
• macaroni and cheese