Talking and Trains

Finn's vocabulary continues to grow, and he's taken some tentative steps at putting two words together. Well, beside "horsey down," the others aren't quite as clear cut, but he said horsey down as clear as day when he was getting off the horsey (my foot). We get these babycenter.com emails every week about what your child might be doing, and how to parent your little kid. It seems that the average 22-month old is by now saying short sentences, but we're not there yet. I think I said "Where dog go?" when I was 13 months, but, you know, I'm special.

I'm not particularly worried by this, though, as Finn is quite advanced in the "monkey arts." He's a great runner and climber, and has been able to jump (an advanced maneuver) for about 2 months. (His vertical is a centimeter, at best.) So his large motor skills are quite well developed, as my mom would say. Thankfully our crib is so well designed that I don't see him being able to get out of it anytime soon, but we'll see. And he's only mastered a few door knobs, but none in our house.

As we've mentioned before, Finn prizes novelty above all else. (Of course that doesn't hold when it comes to books or movies, as he'll gladly read or watch the same thing over and over again.) The train ride to Santa Cruz didn't quite reach the heights of goat farm day, but he really had a great time. Here is my favorite picture from the day. Only Finn would run at top speed down a narrow 1800's train aisle on a rickety mountain track.


Unsurprisingly, you don't have to show Finn how to stick his head into a hole. He'll do it for fun.