Our almost 2 year old.

V.A.N.C.E.

He sure is a character!

He loves...

-being outside & cries EVERY time you drag him in,

-to wear his bike helmet all day,

-sitting on the go kart & wearing protective head phones,

-doing anything his brothers are doing,

-anyone with short dark hair & will lay on their shoulder all day (seriously!)

-tape measures & screw drivers

-his little blankie

-loves to help mom anytime kitchen appliances are involved

(microwave, blender, mixer, food processor, etc!)

As a typical almost 2 year old in the midst of learning many of life's lessons,

he also...hits,

bites (just his brothers),

& throws tantrums

when he gets frustrated or upset about things.

Ohh can't wait til we get over that part!

Vance covering his head with his blankie playing peek-a-boo.

He wanted to be a big boy & sleep with his brother during rest time.

1st time out of his crib & he slept on that pillow the whole time.

He's getting himself ready for a big bed!

Vance needs to make sure he's part of anything dad is doing.

In this case, he helped put together our bike rack

that holds 5 bikes.

It going to be great seeing the van with a big long bike rack on the back this summer!

Vance is obsessed with tape measures & screwdrivers.

You will always see him with one or the other in his had.

He is going to have a job that builds or fixes things (FORSURE!)

This particular day he went & got his stool so he could reach the 

screws on the back of the swing.

Luke was checking something on the go-kart

(aka Vance's favorite toy in the whole world!)

so he had to get right in there & unscrew a few things too.

Just yesterday Vance came up to Luke & gave him a screw from 

somewhere off of the go-kart!

He is my little baker, which I love.

Every one of the boys has been my sidekick when I bake sweets.

Who can blame them, they know it always means so dough to eat.

But I caught Vance bringing his stool over to the bowl 

so he could help himself!

What a stinker...when I caught him he smiled & hid his face!

Luke & I can't believe he's going to be 2 in a couple months.

That means it's potty training time.

AHHHH I cringe thinking about it,

but you might as well just get it over with

so we don't have to buy diapers anymore.

Now if that's not some good motivation

I don't know what is!