Trrruucckkkks and Trac-Tors!

We teach Caedmon all sorts of things, and we try not to limit what that is based on our own "abilities" (If that's the right term to use here). We teach him equally about things found on our walks as we teach him body parts, as we teach him parts of what we are doing and anything else- animals, numbers alphabet, etc. But Caed has taken a very good liking to trucks. It was one of his first words. Trrrruckkkk! is how it would come out- with lots of force and intention. Trucks were indeed that- trucks. Cars were nothing, a tractor might be a truck, and an SUV might be a truck, but we tried to keep things straight. Lately though in his ever expanding vocabulary, he's switched everything to TRAC-TOR! yes, so a car is a tractor, a fire truck is a tractor, a truck is a tractor and almost anything that moves with wheels is a TRAC-TOR! (if you catch him on a particularly stubborn morning, your name can be trac-tor too) He's certainly all boy with his love of vehicles- and we can't figure out other then some male hormones what's attracted him to these tractors and trucks!

Our neighbor Nathan has a small black truck and Caed LOVES when Nate is home and he can get inside and run around the back of the truck. In fact, Caed was already a fan of Nathan, but his truck sealed the deal. He runs to Nathan, and leans to Nathan to have him hold him, and "talks" to him all the time. Nate is a good sport because he plays with Caed and loves having him run in the flatbed of his truck. They even have a "drumming" game where Nate with drum on the edge of the truck and Caed will "repeat" it after him (not an exact repeat). It's so cute to see him bringing people out of their shells in our neighborhood. Everyone loves to see his new skills and hear him say Hi or Bye. It's a constant answer to prayer that our son is so friendly and is able to make so many friends with our neighbors, and they love having him around!