Raising Watsons

In an effort to get these Christmas 2011 photos up before March, here they are with little fan fare.  It was a very Muppet Christmas.  Two months later, I’m happy to report that Tucker sleeps with Kermit and watches the Muppet Show every night with Fozzy.  (No plushed toy can compete with his collection of trucks, however.)

Tucker is two years old and the ABCs are all the rage around our house.  Just don’t ask what happened to E-K.

I look at this video and can’t believe he’s two.  It’s impossible to talk about my feelings of being a parent without sounding cliche –  It’s amazing, exhausting, the best thing we’ve ever ever done,  completely and utterly transformative.   We’re different people now, better people, with a familiar shell.   So much has changed about both Ben and I (as individuals and as a family) which we only have this little person to thank.   It’s been the best two years of our lives and we love you.

There is no denying the lil man’s attraction to music and mostly, the piano.

The last playtime post where Ben is playing piano and Tucker is playing on the floor is a bit misleading.   If Ben is playing Pee-No, 99.8% of the time Tucker is crawling in his lap and pushing Ben off the seat.  Much like when Dad is doing any Dadtask, say grilling or building, Tucker is all-in.

Sure, I think my son is a musical genius.  You can clearly see he’s hearing something in his head here, just doesn’t have the dexterity to get it out yet.

OR, he was just thinking about what buttons he was going to push.  Which is Tuckers true talent – erasing Dads recordings.

I look forward to many, many renditions of The Muppet Show and Man or Muppet (nominated for best Original Song in the Academy Awards) in the next few years.