My Little Explorer...

I know many authors (bc yes I read way too many parenting books) say that the "Explorer" stage of development doesn't start until age 2... tell that to my little dude, who can hear the back door open from any room in the house! I'm not kidding, Hayden knows that sound (as does Milby) and knows that means we get to go outside! From "walking" to bear crawling (so our knees are spared) mode of transportation doesn't matter for us, because getting to go outside and explore is when Hayden lights up!!! And he of course has to "show" you everything he finds! He still loves our morning runs, our afternoon hikes in the backpack and our occasional ride in the wagon, but nothing beats getting down and dirty and trying to catch Milby! But, when we are inside, these days it's all about dumping things out yes... but actually putting them in is much fun too! Whether it's his whole body in the basket of scarves and beanies, picking up items and putting them in Tomater as we cruise the house, or even when we push our MegaBloks cart around, we are on the go, "cleaning" along the way! We are also quite mesmerized by the lights on our tree, I'm just really beginning to wonder if our Christmas tree will make it this year!
And we LLLOOOOOOOVE our Bananas!!!!