Magnus Turned Two!

Karen here.

Our dear sweet Magnus turned two years old on November 1st. So now we have a two year old. Somebody save us!

Living with a toddler is so very different than living with a baby. Some nights, instead of reading a book in bed, I peruse the videos on my phone. I love to watch the videos of Magnus when he was a babe. Oh how he has changed! If you have a minute, go back through this blog to like March 2014 through October 2014 where you'll find many examples of Mags being Mags. And you'll see just how different he is. At a minimum, he looks a heck of a lot different. In his first year of life, he was a red head and he's now grown into a curly top blonde.

And he certainly looks an awful lot like his father when he was about the same age, wouldn't you say (showing is a scanned copy hence why it looks a bit weird)? :)

So now that Magnus is two, he has turned from our once sweet and ever-cooing babe to a rambunctious monkey who never stops running or whining or screaming. He certainly is a true toddler having his fair share of fits like the following. And btw, this video only captures a glimpse of the tantrum which lasted a full 20 minutes.

But he listens pretty well and likes to help Mummy and Daddy. For instance, one of his favourite things to do is to help us empty the dishwasher. Here he is sorting the silverware.

Lately, Magnus has two loves: watching shows on the ipad and playing with cars. I'm not going to bore you with videos of him not eating his lunch because he's engrossed with a new 2 minute concrete mixer video on youtube. But I do want to share with you how excited he gets playing with cars, especially when there are "many, many cars".

But he has inherited, be it fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, my OCD. See, he has a thing with lining the cars up in a row. Doesn't matter where he is... our house, Oma's house, Nan's house, daycare or the park. The cars are always lined up as you saw in the video above. I asked Matt if that kind of issue is something he deals with, and he said no, but he thinks Magnus's need to bang on everything comes from him though. :)

Magnus spends his time continuing to explore our complex world. He's a pretty smart cookie, but sometimes we just shake our heads.

But he really does seem to be a smart cookie. He knows his colours and his shapes, and he can name every construction vehicle (yes, a stereotype but it's true). But surprisingly he knows his ABC's (although admittedly he confuses a few still: E and F, X and K). Here he is reciting his ABCs, but I only caught from 'O' on.

And, of course, he knows his numbers. Here he is counting a row of trucks he set up at the park. You better turn the volume up so you can hear him.

Yup, that was "ten-teen" he said after nineteen. Like I said. Smart cookie. And even if that's not the case, gotta love him and those curls!