Bronson is now 2 years old, weighing in at 16.7kg and measuring 96cm (the prediction is that he will be 192cm, about 3cm shorter than Magnus, and it looks like neither of our boys will be taller than their Daddy!)
We had a really fun build up to Bronson’s birthday and he was obviously excited about the event. He would start singing (humming) Happy Birthday To You and then pretend he was blowing out the candles. On the big day we had a cute little birthday party with a few of his friends and family, including all of his Grandparents. We played pass the parcel, at the request of big bro as the little ones weren’t all that interested.
Bronson’s language has developed greatly over the past few months. We have finally moved out of the NO phase and now Bronson’s favourite word is ’dup’ (yup) and ’Mummy’ is his second most used word. He has taken a very different vocab path to his big brother which is fascinating. Bronson has taken more of a ‘phrases’ approach to talking – rather than learning lots of single words, he attempts to say phrases or strings of words, such as:
- I did it!
- I got you!
- I want a drink
- I want that
- I want that side (is the new phrase which means he wants to sleep in Mum’s bed and not his own!)
- Mummy have bath with me (is the longest to date)
Some of Bronson’s favourite things at the moment:
- tractors and diggers
- animals – especially giraffes and cows
- stickers – I bought a book for Magnus to do on the plane, but he wasn’t that interested in it and Bronson loves it, he has worked on it every day for the past 2 months. It is’ Things That Go’ with over 1,000 stickers that you create scenes with throughout the book, Bronson also loves to stick the stickers on his face! The best $10 I’ve ever spent
Finally a boy in the house shares Mum’s love for pop music and dancing! …after a year without a car stereo, we now have one that Bronson and I love to crank up nice and loud (but only when Magnus isn’t in the car otherwise all we hear is ‘toooo loud, turn it down!’). Bronson’s little head and shoulders bop around to the beat, non-stop! He’ll even be bopping as he drifts off to sleep in the car. Bronson loves to go into the lounge and dance around to any music, kids music or Mum’s music…esp Lady Gaga (lol) 
If the music isn’t on in the car Bronson will sing or humm away, usually Baa Baa Black Sheep or the Wheels on the Bus.
Bronson is definitely a typical fiesty second son, who knows how to hold his own, learnt through survival around the house with Magnus, but also put into practice while dropping Magnus off at kindy – I’ve seen a 3 year old trying to take a toy off Bronson and kicked him, Bronson held on tight to the toy and said NO very firmly. This morning our friends were here for a playdate and Bronson quite happily hit a 4 year old boy, who quite happily hit him back and then got on with playing! I am surprised at how strong willed he is. I guess to his advantage he isn’t too much smaller than the 4 year olds either!
It’s been about 3 months since Bronson dropped his daytime sleep, much to my dismay! He just refuses to go to sleep, playing, singing and jumping in his cot until I get him up. He might fall asleep in the car every now and then, but generally does not nap. Magnus is still having a nap a couple of times a week! But Bronson just doesn’t seem to need it, he just goes about his day happily playing and doesn’t seem to get over tired, cranky or lose the plot (like big bro might if he hasn’t had enough sleep!). Just another difference between our 2 boys.
Bronson has grown out of his egg allergy! He now has no reaction to eggs and loves eating egg in a cup, great news
Ok, that’s enough of an essay about little Bronson, and should happily keep you up to date with the life of our cute as can be 2 year old
Drinking juice with bubbles and eating chocolate, my favourites!
Playing pass the parcel with friends
I needed Grandfather’s help to blow out my candle
After the birthday party we went to the Lagoon to feed the ducks with cousin Riley and Aunty Nic.
Here is the latest family shot
