At the playground the other day, Theo gave one of his trucks a ride down the slide. He found that pretty entertaining and decided to do it again with another truck. That one was across the playground in his stroller, with the rest of his trucks, so he went to retrieve it. As I walked with […]

I sometimes play guitar for Theo. Sometimes I play guitar with Theo. Sometimes we sing silly songs with made up words and goofy rhymes. It doesn’t matter so much if we are singing about trucks or trash or boogers or puppies. He is often happy to make up words and even sing along when the […]

Despite his love of transferring objects from one container to another, Theo is not really a fan of picking up his toys. I mean, it’s putting them into a basket or box or whatever, so you’d think it is right in his wheel house. I’m sure it’s an issue of not wanting change or not […]

While playing in the sandbox, Theo buried a plastic elephant less than an inch under the sand. Then he uncovered it, feigning surprise that he had unearthed such a treasure. It was a great game. And then I asked if he would like me to bury the elephant. To my surprise, he agreed, so I […]