Toddler quircks

Soren had us worried at the begining of the summer. He refused to wear anything but sweaters and long pants. By refuse, I mean he freaked out every time we tried to dress him in a t-shirt or shorts. Screaming, crying, the whole works. It wouldn't be such a big deal, but it was 80+ outside and he was over heating. One of us would hold him down and the other would pry off the sweater.

I think it was a skin sensitivity thing - he just wasn't used to bare arms and legs after a long Idaho winter.

So I just refused to give him his sweater when he asked. After a day or so, he was okay running around in a t-shirt. Wearing shorts took a little bit longer. He still gets mad at me if I put on his "short pants" when he wants to wear his "long pants."

"No, I no never wear short pants!" he screams.

So we were pretty excited a couple weeks ago when he wanted to strip down and play with his buddies in the sprinkler. They were so cute - all three of them running around in saggy diapers. 

 

Then afterwards they shared a blue snow cone. Soren is a lucky guy to have two fun little boys living right next door.

Besides the clothing quirk, Soren has been doing a couple other funny things lately. When I change his diaper, he always says:

"No, never eat poop. It be yucky."

I'm not sure where he picked that up, but I'm glad he knows not to eat poop.

He is also particular about the way I wear my hair. It has to be down or he doesn't like it.

"Mom, your hair down!" he will demand, if he sees me put it in a pony tail. It cracks me up every time.