Year 2

Year 2. My second year was a pretty solid one. I developed an interest in trains and fire trucks. I know, totally crazy. I mean, what little boy gets excited about trains and fire trucks? All of them.

Positives of being 2: I didn't live in a place that was truly emulating the blizzard on Planet Hoth. Forty mile an hour winds coupled with three feet of snow make life here a bit hellish.

Negative-I lived in Merced.

Positives-I could still wear a pair of overalls and feel pretty solid about my wardrobe.

Negative-I'm wearing a football pair of overalls, they should probably say something like farm man, or tractor loving boy or something.

Positive-I'll give you a big positive. What's that I'm looking at in the dark there? Am I scared? No. That's destiny baby! I'm looking into the light and what do I see? Artistic genius.

Negative-Kind of set my gaze a little high there, should have settled for moderately successful and mildly fulfilling life! That's not the sort of thing that you can tell a two year old to aspire to though, they are noted criers. Like town criers.

Positive-I've got blond hair.

Negatives-Where is the sun? Where is my blond hair?

Positive-I'm not one of those happy looking two's. I look like maybe I'm ready to kick some ass and then write you a poem about it.

Negative-This just provides more fuel to S's fire of claiming I'm typically unhappy.

Positive-At this age you can pour juice all over your face, make a mess at the table and people will take a picture of you.

Negative-The same behaviors at thirty get pictures taken of you down at the police station.

Positive-I had no clue what the hell an ice dam was. I didn't spend my day swinging a seven iron at shards of ice out an open window in a blizzard.

Negative-I couldn't swing a golf club at shards of ice. Really satisfying stuff.

Positive-I still have the dinosaur phase of my childhood to look forward to.

Negative-Now I can only look back on the dinosaur phase of my childhood.

Positive-I didn't have any plans. I was just taking life as it came to me. I didn't have to think about scaling my roof and brushing off snow to keep the sky light in the bathroom from leaking.

Negative-I can't really come up with anymore. Being two kicks ass! You are majorly cute, developing language skills, and still small enough to hug and adult's leg like it's a big f-ing tree. Those were good times.