Two Years Old!

This kid is two!  Because he's practically a grown up now, he's wearing clothes instead of the usual diaper in this picture.  And these days, he usually picks out those clothes himself, which is something he's really into doing.  Most often, his preference is for sweatpants (or "comfy pants," as he calls them), gym shorts, or basketball jerseys.

Cole still loves all sports, and we had the silly idea that he would love sports stickers.  Of course he does, but he also loves putting them everywhere (like on Guido, for example).  His love of sports extends to unexpected places.  For example, a simple jump off a stair onto the landing--which might be his favorite activity--becomes a "basketball jump," unless of course he's jumping onto Mommy or Daddy, in which case it's a "mommy jump" or a "daddy jump."  (Obviously.)  If stair jumping is his favorite activity, climbing is a close second.  Cole loves climbing.  On everything.  That means couches, rocks outside, parents, benches--the whole deal.  He's also been really into rhyming words, including names, so we have fun with "Cole Bole" or even more, "Cole Bole Mole Flole Zole Shmole," which never fails to make him laugh hysterically.  (Which, in turn, makes us laugh hysterically.)

This month, we went to California for a good friend's wedding, so Lindsey's mom Lily and Aunt Linda came to Denver to take care of Cole.  They went on all sorts of adventures and had a great time--maybe too great of a time, since Lily, Linda, and Cole were all saying "Mum's the word" when we asked Cole what he'd been up to all weekend!

In case you were worried about the safety of all of this climbing, there's no need.  Cole's new helmet (a birthday gift from Chelsey) is his new favorite thing, and he wears it even when he's just walking around the house.  That makes some sense, because it's a DINOSAUR helmet, and is thus objectively awesome. We hear a lot of this: "Daddy, can I wear my dinosaur helmet? Daddy, where's my dinosaur helmet? Daddy, I want my dinosaur helmet."  Got it, Cole. Message received.  4/21/2013.