A day in the life of 2-year old Davis

Davis is growing very quickly in size and ability.  I just wanted to capture a somewhat typical day in the life of Davis.

Morning:
Davis wakes up and calls for Mommy or Daddy and then whoever comes to the room he snuggles with for a little while while he wakes up.  If it's a particularly rough morning, he'll ask for milk.  We all get to eat breakfast together before heading our separate ways on weekdays.  If Dad has left before Davis wakes up, we usually call him on the phone to say hi.  On a weekend, Davis helps make pancakes or waffles.  He likes chocolate chips in his pancakes, but not blueberries.  He likes to put salt and pepper on his food and his favorite breakfast usually includes eggs.  On a weekday we are off to Sarah's house and if it's raining he puts on his yellow puddle stompers, sometimes when it's not raining as well.

Afternoon:
I can't report much on what happens during the day at daycare, but recently we've been asking Davis what he did that day and the typical answer is "Trucks".  Did you play with trucks all day long? "Yeah".  Sometimes he'll also tell us who he played trucks with.

Evening:
If we are lucky, all of us will be home to enjoy a dinner together.  On unlucky days, Davis will join me when I get home late to have a yogurt pop while I eat my dinner.  Yogurt pops (yogurt sticks that have been frozen) are quite possibly the most coveted item in our household.  Davis is a terrific eater of corn on the cob and we've had a bountiful corn year from the farm.  He would choose to have chicken and yogurt every night for dinner if given the option, but is also quite fond of rice.  He loves broccoli and watermelon as well.  Pasta could go either way with Davis, one night it's fantastic, another it's not.  He loves having bubble water with dinner (carbonated water) on ice.  He takes after his dad and will crunch on his ice.  In fact, John and I think the bottom drawer refrigerator we will get for the new house will be great in all respects but one, Davis will be able to get ice any time he wants it.

Nighttime: 
A typical weeknight includes playing legos with Dad, play-doh with Mom, or building forts in his bedroom.  About once a week we enjoy going to get ice cream, where Davis picks his ice cream based on color.  Purple first, and if there's no purple ice cream, then yellow will do.  Davis' favorite color is purple.  We wind down the night with a BIG bubble bath.  We asked him once what he meant by a BIG bubble bath and he said "Not a little one".  He'll also tell us know that means the bubbles go really high, accompanied by appropriate hand and body gestures.  Davis loves bath time and usually outlasts Mom or Dad in his entertainment.  Next we brush teeth, first Davis and then Mommy or Daddy helps.  Finally, we are dressed in pajamas and ready for milk and stories.  His favorite bedtime stories change occasionally, but have included "100 Trucks", "Goodnight Moon", "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", and "Corduroy".  Many nights it's a peaceful few minutes of tossing and turning before falling asleep.  On restless nights like tonight, it apparently also involves changing the diaper on monkey several times, asking for his nails to be cut, and asking for several big hugs from Dad.  Monkey, by the way, finally had to come and sleep in the living room.