Truman needs a hobby

I was telling my sister about all of Truman’s “Adventures” and she said, “Truman needs a hobby.” It really made me laugh. It’s so true! Right now his hobby is getting into mischief. And that he is good at… especially last week.

I’ve been thinking of some things that Truman enjoys and is good at. Here are a few:
~ I checked my email for maybe 3 minutes and when I went into the kitchen, Tru had climbed onto the counter and opened the container of chocolate cake and helped himself to a piece or two. He does like chocolate!

~ I got him all cleaned up and put him upstairs in the playroom so I could clean up the chocolate cake. He found a box of cereal upstairs (who knows why it was there!) and dumped out the entire box of Cheerios. He and Max were laughing their heads off and throwing Cheerios all over the place. I got the vaccum, tidied the toys, and sucked all the Cheerios up. Jimmy came home from work and I gave myself a timeout in my room.

~ Throwing away diapers. Whenever Truman sees a diaper laying around, he is so vigilant about throwing it in the garbage. Sometimes he can hardly wait long enough for me to finish changing him. One time he tried to pull Max’s poopy diaper out from under him when I was changing it. At least he’s helping to keep things tidy around here. He’s also started picking up crusties from under the table to throw away. I’m just glad he’s not eating them anymore!

~ Eating. Truman has been so funny about food lately. He eats so much. He’ll eat his multiple servings … drinking every last remnant from his bowl (whether it’s liquid or not). Then he’ll go see what’s left on Max’s plate. Then if I have anything on my plate, he sits on my lap and begs for more. He loves flavor, casserole type dishes, beans and peas, and soup. (and yes… that’s a mermaid bib from when Hannah was a baby.  It’s still functional so we use it.  Sorry Tru).

~ Truman’s main task is delivering scriptures to everyone at scripture time. He is so funny about it. Whoever has the bin of scriptures hands him one and says, “Give this to Hannah”… etc. He stumbles and runs the Book of Mormon to that person… sometimes throwing it at them. Sometimes he looks all around the room like he can’t find that person. I think he’s quite proud of himself for having a task.

~ Emptying the dishwasher. It is so funny when Truman tries to help unload the dishes. He is so fast and it’s impossible to keep up with him. He can put pots away by himself. And then he hands the cups and bowls one at a time, so swiftly, to me. We get the dishwasher unloaded so quickly because he’s so fast. Plus, I have to hurry and do the glass things so he won’t throw them.

So – I guess those are Truman’s hobbies these days. He also makes lots of requests for the “wii”. He likes to hold a steering wheel and watch people play. He is saying so many words these days. He’s a little smarty. My sister commented today that she can’t imagine Truman doing some of these things because he seems so serious and mellow. He has surprised us how feisty he can be. He hits (and boy does it hurt). He bites (he thinks he’s so funny to get away with it). He gives hugs when we’re hugging (this is good). When he and Max have to say sorry, they are so funny giving hugs. They usually fall over in laughter.

Tru is about 16 months. He’s a handful at church. He just grew in his 8th tooth… his first molar. Boy, was it a bear. He screamed at us all weekend if he didn’t have ibuprofen in him.

Overall though… Tru is so cute. He is serious, but sure enjoys having fun wrestling with dad and the boys. He doesn’t like to be left out from the kid’s activities. He’s dying to go outside every day. He seems to feel free running around on the driveway. I’m sure spring and summer will be fun for him.

We love our Tru!