Good Monday

I was a little afraid of the post-birthday letdown today. We definitely overindulged the train fetish all afternoon yesterday. He did have a little bit of trouble related to giving up trains today (and a few BIG meltdowns) BUT.... all in all, it was a good day.  There were several huge highlights:

-He brought me downstairs this morning and put my hand on the tv and ever-so-quietly said:  "Mama, show". A 2-word sentence that included mama. Be still my heart.
-Our supervisor did a few assessments today (only 2 months after the last round). One thing she tried was having me stand a little ways behind B and just say his name and talk to him. I said things like "come see mommy." At first, it didn't seem to register (which I believe is what happened last time) but THEN he walked all the way around the coffee table with a huge grin and hugged me. Awesome. AWESOME.
- Later, watching Toy Story 3, he said  "Hi Buzz, Hi guys". I have no witness but I SWEAR he said it.  In general, he did a lot of talking today: "buzz, pizza, daddy, hi"
-one of his bday gifts was a plastic pizza set. Without any prompting, he picked up the cutter and pretended to slice the pizza. Pretend play - wow.
-Another gift arrived today and was a pair of Thomas Rain boots. His face lit up (this we expected) but then he tried to put them on. This we did not - he totally got what they were for. Again - wow.
-Bringing me downstairs and leaning under the couch in an attempt to get me to follow. Buried very far behind the couch was a Toby train. How he knew it was there - I have no idea. But he definitely knew. Needless to say, he got to play with it.

I also had a parent conference for big brother's preschool. All in all, it was very positive and she said he is a joy to have in class. Phew. And he napped today.

Yes, it was a good day.