Look, I Beautiful

Owen has been trying much harder to do things for himself. I know a lot of kids are dressing and undressing themselves by this time but he has been perfectly content to let me do everything for him and since he’s my first and I haven’t been too busy to do it…I’ve done everything for him. This week he has decided that he can put his own shirt and pants on. He does a good job and even when he’s tangled up he doesn’t usually get too upset or want me to help. Yesterday during our “training” time he needed a clean pair of underwear and I told him where they were so that he could attempt to put them on himself. The next thing I knew he was running back to me saying he needed help but he didn’t have the underwear. He was just in his shirt. I said go get the underwear and I’ll help you. He never left, he just kept saying he needed help. It was nap time so I told him lets just put a diaper on and you can get a little rest. Of course he didn’t like this idea but that’s not part of this story. When I pulled his shirt up to put his diaper on guess what I found…Yep, his underwear. He had put both his legs in one leg hole and then pulled until they were tightly around his waist. I was laughing and he didn’t really think it was very funny. Today he is wearing a sweatshirt that was a bit of a challenge. The neck was a little tight so getting it over his head took a lot of extra pulling and straining. I coached him and helped him a little but he did most of the work. When he had it on correctly he sort of brushed himself, looked down and smiled at himself and then announced to me…Look, I beautiful.