January 31, 2018
Counting by Twos
“Mom, you have to change my doll so we are all twos!” Jillian bounced this morning. Jillian turned six on the 29th. We’ve been very busy with school, work, and two events (Jillian’s cake and ice cream birthday on Monday & Christina’s CAP movie night on Tuesday), and we’d forgotten to change her age doll. (My Aunt gave me the first three of these collectible figures as a toddler, I began filling in my collection when I was twelve, and although most are half super glue from the effects of pets’ tails, sisters and children “playing” them, and moving accidents, I now have one of each age and am collecting the “Growing Up Boys” figures to keep up with Lucas.) What started with Christina, we have continued. (I display the figures that match the girls’ ages.)
When Lucas was born, we discovered they used to make a boy version and we started collecting those too.
Now, since we have Anastasia’s age doll in the lineup too, with this birthday, the dolls change to 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. They will stay that way until Lucas levels up in May. Jillian and Anastasia call it “the twos.”
Lucas likes to find patterns in things right now. Each of the dolls has one of four dress colors. The clothes colors are blue, lavender, blue, lavender, blue, lavender, blue. Lucas calls them “blue, not blue,” and giggles when the girls say “lavender.”  He’ll repeat, “la-ven-der!” giggle, and say “blue, not blue!”
This makes Jaquline, Jillian, and Anastasia say, “no, Lucas! Blue and lavender!”
He laughs because that is exactly the reaction he wants!
But when they point out the numbers, Lucas says, “two-four-six-eight-ten-twelve!” (He yells them all together like one long number and misses the fourteen.)
Anastasia and Jillian clap, “yeah! He can count by twos!”
Thanks for reading!
Type at you next time…
~Nancy Tart