Where There's A Will

What's William been up to?

This year has been a big one for me. I've turned five, finished daycare and started school – and the year’s only just over half way through. But while I’ve been doing all this, what's that little William been up to?

Well, I’m not the only one to have had a birthday – he’s now a bigger boy of two. And it seems part of his growing up is wanting to copy me.

He likes having his teeth cleaned sitting on my bed in the evening, and in the mornings he sits at the coffee table eating his breakfast just like I do (except on the days I have brekkie at school).

He also puts his bowl away after dinner and his bottle after a drink of milk; the trouble is that he puts them away straight after eating, so that when someone next opens the cupboard they see a crusty, dirty bowl sitting there.

While I graduated from daycare to school, William moved to a new daycare. It doesn't seem to have made any difference to how dirty he gets though – sometimes he comes home looking like he's been painting on himself instead of on paper.

One thing he loves now are musical instruments, especially the guitar and xylophone he got for his birthday. This noisy guitar wasn’t a birthday present, but he sure loves making a racket with it.

William’s also started talking more. The words he’s using most are "more", "cacker" (cracker), “bittie” (bickie, or biscuit), "flower", "ball" and "shoe" (though for some reason he always says this one with internal muffling rather than speaking). Food-related words seem to be the ones he picks up fastest – I wonder why…?

His longest effort is “go away motorbike”, which is directed at the man who lives in a house near us and who has a noisy motorbike. At least, that’s what Mum and Dad tell me he’s saying – they must have a good imagination because he doesn’t say it as well as me.

Another thing about William is that he’s fixated with brooms and sweeping. Doesn’t matter whether it’s inside at home, outside on the deck or at daycare. Even walking through the shopping mall he’ll get all excited about a man sweeping the floor.

  

So, lots of things have been happening for William this year too. But some things are still the same though; he’s still playing with and losing my toys, or even just parts of toys (like my dinosaur with only one arm now).

He’s also still eating cat food from the cat's bowls on the deck. Maybe sometimes a cacker and a bittie just isn’t enough for a growing boy.