. VG .: Tristan- our little scholar

As we know Tristan is our little smart guy. It's so much fun to see how much he can learn and how much he picks up just by listening. At the same token it can be a little scary how exact he will repeat things that come out of my mouth just seconds before. For example, I was just telling Lucy not to do something and then I turned around and she was sneakily smiling and going right back to doing it, and I said, "Lucy, seriously?" So then I moved her again and when she went right back at it, Duder said it with the same inflection and all. It was pretty cute, but there are things I catch myself not saying because I know that it WILL come right back out of his mouth.

I also have never met any other child that loves letters and words as much as this guy. So much so that can bust out the alphabet backwards. What? That takes some serious effort! He was just sitting in the tub one day and he just starting saying it... and it took me awhile to figure out what he was doing, but after that he just kept doing it. Amazing. He's into reading simple books now. He pulled out one of the library books and just started reading. It was one that we had read several times, but I always read it to him. Whenever we read I point to what word I'm saying when I say it so he can follow along. I still find that really impressive.

At the Children's Museum spelling some of his favorite words

Reading

All settled in with a good book

Reading a book to me!

Along with reading more he is talking WAY more. He's starting to do sentences. And they're very understandable to people who aren't around him 24/7. Some of the funny things that he says are:
-Oh cow (which is really holy cow)
-I asked him how his breakfast was and he said, "tasty"
-We ask if he wants to snug before bed and he says, "a bit"
-Whenever somebody leaves or gets out of the car he tells them safe travels
-He can count to 10 in spanish (with some help)
-And he can say his first AND last name... which is impressive to me.

Snug time with the Duder

Being a silly Goob

Because he loves his letters and words so much he has learned how to type. He knows where all the letters are on the keyboard and he loves to type words on his computer. He also knows how to use Gaetan's smart phone. He had it the other day and was just sitting quietly on the couch (which raised a few flags) and we realized that he had learned how to turn on the phone, unlock the screen, and find netflix and play one of his favorite shows. Kids and technology.... He loves to do puzzles and he's so quick at them too.

On Gaetan's phone watching a show

On his 'lap top'

With all the singing that we do he of course knows the songs too. He finishes words to the songs and we leave our specific words and he'll fill it in without missing a beat. Gaetan got him some diffraction glasses, that when you look at light it gives you the color of the rainbow. One day Dude had them in the car and started singing a colors song we know... which I thought was pretty clever. The name of the song is, "Do you know the colors of the rainbow?" Nice right?

His diffraction glasses

I also signed him up for soccer. I think it's going to be adorable. I'm sure there are going to be some really cute pictures to follow. Stay tuned.

And as much of a smart dude as he is he's such a care-taker. He has his favorite pals, Hippo and Dog and he always make sure that they have something to do if he's doing something else. Or if we're going for a drive he'll put them in front of toys or make sure that they're tucked in. He does the same thing for Lucy. When she is upset he is genuinely worried about her... and he loves to give her things. Every morning when he gets up and sees Lucy he gives her a big kiss and a hug and says, "Hey Lu Girl" and they just smile at each other. It's funny because we much as they care for each other they bully each other already a lot too. They've got the sibling thing down pat.