My toddler loves vehicles – really loves them. He waves at cars wherever we go, squeals with delight at trains and is forever pointing at aeroplanes. He even goes to bed every night clutching several toy cars (along with a silkie and an enormous fluffy teddy). I gave up trying to part him from them long ago. They may be hard and therefore not make the ideal bedtime companion, but he likes to run them along the bars of his cot and it seems to soothe him to sleep. (Well, that and singing “Let it Go” to himself!)
One of his favourite vehicles is a motorbike. We live up a hill and can often hear them in the distance. He always shouts “Ooooh! Zoombike!” delightedly at them and waves wildly regardless of whether they can see him or not.
His other great love is animals. He knows the names of loads because he’s always pointing them out in books and asking what they are. He was thrilled when his cereal this morning came in a box with a picture of penguins on it. “Ooooh! crunkins!” he exclaimed.
So I decided to combine two of his loves and draw him a picture. Not a very good picture I hasten to add (perhaps I should have asked my seven-year-old to draw one instead), but he appreciated it nonetheless:
crunkins on a zoombike…
Crunkins is soooo cute! We have “bikes go whoosh” whenever we see a motorbike, I love how conversations are starting to develop each day as they grow xx #ftmob
Thanks Laura, yes it’s lovely when conversations start to happen! x
Zoombike is a great description for a motorbike and “crunkins” for penguins is just adorable. Love the illustration to go with it too! Thanks for sharing with #ftmob
Thanks Louise – and thanks for hosting #fmob
Oh, this is too cute. Crunkins! I love it
I’m hoping he doesn’t grow out of the word too soon! xx
Ahhh zoombikes is so cute – we can hear them from our house too but we often get, what’s that?, even though he knows what they are! #ftmob
Thanks Lisa – I think they just like to ask questions even if they know the answers! xx