Twenty eight months three weeks

Hello world!

My best words this week are "home," "too," "coot," "muffin," and "mud."  Coots are like ducks, but black.  I watch them swimming;  I really like the babies.  I say, "baby coots."

There weren't very many puddles on my walk today.  I just splashed in one, but it was full of mud;  I yelled, "Franklin muddy feet!  Franklin muddy shoes!"  My mama had to help me out because I was stuck in the mud.  Then on the way home, I sang a song that went like this:

"Muddy, muddy muddy.
Franklin muddy muddy."

I like to play a trick on my mama when I go in the chicken fence.  I open their house and say, "Eggs!" even when there's no eggs.  When there are eggs, I get to carry one to the house, and then someone puts it in the fridge. 

When I get tired before my nap, I ask my mama to carry me upstairs like a baby.  She carries me and says, you were such a cute baby.  I like to pretend to be a baby while I get carried upstairs.  Then when I'm in my room, I just lay down and go to sleep.  Naptime is the best.

A few days ago I woke up in the morning and went poo in my potty by myself.  Then I just left my jammies off and got in mama's bed while she was asleep.  When she woke up I had to help her change the sheet.

Love,

Franklin

Twenty eight months two weeks

Hello world!

This week my best words are "big," "funny," "stop," "bubbles," and "chocolate."  When I ask for something my mama says, what do you say?  Then I say "pleasethankyou" really fast.

My mama plays piano and sings.  My dad does it too.  So do I.  I can sit on the seat and play and sing all by myself.  I make up my own songs.

My push cart broke when I slammed it against the floor.  My little car did too;  its wheels came off when I pulled them hard.  But I'm not worried.  My dad can fix it.  I saw a broken fence when we were walking and I told my mama, "broke.  Dad fix it."  My dad can fix anything.

I pretended to go to sleep on the rug downstairs.  I said, "sleepy" and then I laid down and sucked my fingers.  Then I said, "kiss!" because you have to have a kiss before you go to bed.  My mama gave me a kiss.  Then I told her, "no shoes on bed" and I took my shoes off.  It was fun.  Then I said, "blanket too" and got the blanket out of the laundry basket to cover me.

Love,

Franklin

Twenty eight months one week

Hello world!

My best words this week are "screw," "hubcap," "chicken," "dry," and "wet."  Chicken sounds like kitten, but when I mean kitten, I say "kitty."

I went to a farm to pick strawberries.  It was really muddy and I kept telling my mama, "wash strawberry" so I could eat them.  Then we saw some donkeys, goats, and ducks.  The donkeys followed right behind us;  I liked them.  When I see ducks jumping in the pond, I say, "splash!"

I showed my dad the broken mixer;  I said, "uh-oh."  He said, did you break it?  I said no.  He said, are you sure you didn't break it?  I said no.  He said, did mummy break it?  I told him, "mummy broke."  It was really me, though.  I knocked it off when I opened the microwave door.

I can fit inside the dryer.  I can also fit inside the cupboard but I'm not allowed.  My mama tells me, no shoes on the furniture.  I take off my shoes before I jump on the bed or the chair. 

I sit at the table now, on my own chair, just like grown ups.  I'm really good at it.  I know how to use a knife and fork and I don't spill very much.  Also my mama lets me chop up things with my knife when she chops up things.  I'm not allowed to touch my mama's knife though.  Today she made a sandwich for us and I said, "Franklin chop cheese."  I got to chop it then eat it. 

Love,

Franklin

Twenty seven months four weeks

Hello world!

My best words this week are "undies," "trousers," "street," and "bracelet."

Me and my mama found some cherries on trees when we were walking.  I picked some and my mama picked some.  I kept pointing to the ones I couldn't reach, saying "more cherries, please!"  I eat them whole, and just swallow the seed.  I don't eat the stem though.

Peas and carrots are really tasty.  They grow in our garden and I eat them.  Our chickens like cabbage but I don't like it much.  If my dinner has leaves in it, I like to pick them out.

One of my wheels was outside in the morning.  I picked it up and then I dropped it and shouted, "worms!"  My mama said it had slugs on it.  She let our chickens eat them.  Then the next day I opened up the chicken house and there was a bunch of earwigs there.  I yelled, "slugs!"  We brushed them off with a stick and the chickens ate them too. 

I told my mama I needed to pee and so we started to go upstairs.  Then I stopped and said, "no mama."  She said, do you want wee wee?  I said, "wee wee.  No mama."  She said, you want to wee wee by yourself?  I said, "okay" then I went upstairs and did it all by myself while my mama stayed downstairs.  I even poo by myself and then go find someone to wipe me.  Sometimes I don't even tell anyone.  I just go to the potty.

Love,

Franklin