2009 Summary

Well, it's nearly the end of 2009 (like 3 days away!) so I suppose a quick post is in order.

Firstly, Squig is 19 months old today. What a change hath been wrought since last I wrote...

Xani is now fully confident on his feet, to the point where to put him in his carseat is as simple as opening the house front door, and the car door, and watching as he climbs down the front steps, runs to the car, and climbs up almost his own height and sits himself in the seat. He has even started to try and buckle himself in, saying "kik" (his version of the "Click" noise) as he slaps the buckles against the release body.

Putting toys away is a simple instruction, and he will go through some remarkably complex thoughts and actions to comply! The kid is almost SCARY in his mental processing power.

He loves to dance to Stageshow Musicals on TV or DVD, and today sat on my knee watching the YouTube video fo The Muppets singing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (Well, their version of it anyways) on his Mum's 21" monitor, and kept grabbing my hands and waving them around... it used to be the other way around - me grabbing him!

It worries me actually... if he is this precoscious now... is he going to be one of these kids who demands constant mental stimulation or he turns to crime for entertainment, or will he be one who uses this inner eregy to drive himself to greater academic and sporting achievements? (To be honest, what scares me the most is that EITHER option gets very expensive for us as he ages!)

Ah well, time will tell... he may discover a third, fourth or even fifth option in time I guess...