Feed the Addiction

Now that I caved and gave in to the "Elmo" obsession, I saw how fun it is for a kid to be totally "in" to something, so now I just feed any addiction (healthy ones of course). Wyatt still loves Elmo but has moved on to bigger and better things. He is now obsessed with Cars. He plays all day with cars and LOVES to watch the movie CARS. We even bought him a Cars pillow at Costco that he brings in to lay on while he watches the movie. He has a red car that is actually the Ferrari at the end of the movie but he calls it "Light Qeen." I'm not going to argue! He is obsessed still with trucks and suburbans while driving as well as pointing out who's car it is including my car, Hughie's car, Mama Kathy's car, garbage trucks, etc.

I have a love/hate relationship with his obsession over the movie. He always wants to watch it on a daily basis but on the other hand it is nice for a quick "get out of my hair while I make dinner" option. Besides it is a cute movie. Who can resist? I could leave the room for a long time and he wouldn't even notice I was gone. He is glued!

Other addictions Wyatt has right now:

-pulls all the toys out of the bin and hops in himself

-his cousins

-parks/slides

-climbing on everything. He has to climb in the car and carseat by himself, as well as getting in his highchair, our bed, etc. Pretty much everything! I just plan an extra few minutes so I can avoid a meltdown about it.

-The Wheels on the Bus song. I seriously do not know how many times we hear or sing this in one day. He loves doing the actions too. It actually is really cute! One day I'll get a video of it.

-Wyatt loves to watch home videos on Sundays. He loves it so much that he will not let me video him doing anything except cry because he wants to watch more instead of make more video for him to watch.

-reading books! I guess this is a good addiction but he always has to read the same books even if I try to get him to read another one. I can only handle the book on yellow school buses for so long. Let's read the barn book instead (another favorite in this house). He loves going to the library to check out more books and knows exactly where the library is and where we keep the library books at home.

I'm sure there are plenty more addictions that I can't seem to think of right now and I'm sure there will be plenty more to come in the next years. It is so fun to see Wyatt grow up and become a little person with likes/dislikes, etc. I can't wait to see what addiction comes next. And guarantee I'll be there to support it!