June 20, 2005
How Quickly They Grow
filed under: DadditudesTomorrow is Max's 2nd birthday - I'm taking the day off work to hang out with him, so I'll be playing Park Slope Daddy all day.
Somehow, Lisa and I have thought of him as a two-year-old for many months now. It kept surprising me, when people would ask how old he was, to have to say "well, he's almost two." And, about six weeks ago and thus six weeks ahead of schedule, he developed the ability to be a real punkass when he doesn't get exactlywhathewantsexactlywhenhewantsit.
So the birthday itself is likely to be something of an anticlimax.
Not only that, but Max himself is clearly already moving on. For at least the last month, Lisa has been practicing with Max so he can tell people how old he is. Mostly she'll say "how old are you going to be?" and he'll say "I TWO!" Every once in a while one of us will slip and say "Hey Max, how old are you?" to which he also replies "I two."
So yesterday, Lisa says to him "Hey Maxie, how old are you going to be on Tuesday, on your birthday?" and he looks at her all excited and goes "I THREE!"
They grow up so fast...
Posted by rjt at June 20, 2005 02:26 PM