Walker is a clever, sweet-hearted kid with a heck of a temper. He gets frustrated so easily and loses his temper quite quickly. We're working on the "take a breath and walk away" technique. He's a perfectionist who is really hard on himself if he doesn't do something well - a bad combination. But many times, these personality traits go hand-in-hand.
Walker...
- is an excellent listener and responder. He says "Yes ma'am" more often than not and realizes his boundaries.
- is obsessed with time and numbers. He told me today, "I wish I could control time." Well, Buddy, that would be nice. He's also very aware of the times we (usually) eat dinner, take a bath, and go to bed...and if we're early or late to any one of those things. It's sorta funny. He's our little timekeeper.
- is a challenge to take to the grocery store. He always asks "How many more things to we have to get?" and then he'll keep me accountable. Because one is always able to stick to their list white at the grocery store.
- starts his rebuttals with "But Mommy..."
- burps all the time.
- is very physical and has a lot of pent-up energy. He drives Lainey and Reagan crazy sometimes.
- will squeeze my cheeks and tell me, "I'll never leave you." And to further emphasize this fact, once, in a department store, I took a different route to the escalator and wondered why he didn't follow me. He surprised me by taking a shortcut. I said, "Walker, you can't leave me like that." He replied with, "Mommy, I'll never leave you."
- is against "texture" on his feet and hands like sand, grass, mud, dirt... Dirty feet are okay as long as the dirt is not texturized...if that makes sense.
- is really good with babies and kids younger than him. He loves them. (Baby Eva, his second cousin, is a perfect example.)
- once compared his "peanit" to Baby Jesus when playing in the bathtub. I frequently let the kids play with shaving cream in the bathtub. One time, when the bathtub, he exclaimed, "Look! It's Baby Jesus!" (He was referring to his penis - his "peanit" - surrounded by white shaving cream, which apparently resembled Baby Jesus in swaddling blankets.)
- is obsessed with having a clean bottom. He examines it in the mirror. Having a dirty bottom is one of his biggest fears.
- mouths words without speaking the words and expects us to understand. :)
- called tangerines "tambourines" for awhile... :)
- likes to have a collection of things on his nightstand...a couple of Hot Wheels, a random assortment of things from his "collection" (i.e. his drawers of random "stuff"), and of course, his clock.
- always wants to see the digital clock turn "__:00." And he loves reading the temperature and knowing "what degrees it is outside." (Everyone, I know what you're thinking. I think he's just quirky...if he had social adaptation issues, I'd be more concerned. But he has relatively normal interactions with his peers and adults...for the most part. He's shy, but I think he can make eye contact and have (short) conversations with people, even if he's a bit anxious.)
- has lots of excuses for things. For instance, he once told me I couldn't clean his fingernails because I "might dig into [his] bones."
- sporadically thanks me for things. :) This melts my heart.
- still wants me to hold his hand while he sits on the potty in a public restroom. He doesn't want his hand to touch anything else in the bathroom, so he holds my hand "because [I'm] not a bathroom." I guess that means I'm clean, haha!
Love this sweet boy for all that he is. He's a handful, for sure, and I'm not 100% sure that I'll survive summer, but I am confident that he will never, ever leave me. Unlike Lainey who will probably go to New York someday. Walker will stay put. Maybe in our house.... :) Haha!
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