Day 266 | Chase Update
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Here's your Chase fix for the day:
- He's still very into reading, reading, reading. Favorites right now? Thomas (no surprise), Berenstain Bears (although the obsession has subsided somewhat), anything from the library (new=exciting!), rediscovering old favorites (oh that's what those books on the other end of the bookshelf are).
- He's been practicing standing on one foot. And he's pretty proud of himself for it, too (for good reason).
- He memorized his first (long!) book. To him, he's "reading" it but it's apparent that he's just heard the book (a Thomas one, obviously) a million times and can now recite it word for word. It's pretty text-heavy, too. Quite an impressive feat. Thanks Uncle Brian and Aunt Tera (and the girls!) for getting the book for him.
- He can spell all his family members' names. And this is definitely more letter identification than memorized tricks. Chase's real name (remember, we go by middle names around here) is eight letters long so, again, super impressive.
- He can identify letters. As noted above, he's getting to be quite the alphabet expert. It's amazing how it's like a light-switch flips and all of a sudden he can do all these awesome things.
- He knows all the Thomas and Friends characters and can tell you color and number for most of them. This boy loves Thomas.
- He's started breaking into song randomly. It's like we're in a fantastic musical where "I've been working on the railroad" and the alphabet song are the leading songs on the soundtrack.
And his status quo list:
- He's still obsessed with trains: riding in them, reading about them, playing with them, talking about them, giving compliments related to them, etc. And can you guess what he's asking for for his birthday coming up? Yep! More trains/attractions for his wooden set. We're getting to be quite the impressive railroad track engineers around here.
- His favorite food? Yes, sir. Still blueberries (and fruit in general). At least he's consistent.
