Travis is going to be 2 soon, May 12th, and I still can't believe our son is getting THAT big.
My life changed so much when Travis came into it. I remember holding him at night, rocking him and humming in his ear. I used to tell him how I would teach him about basketball and I promised to play with him as much as I could. I had all these thoughts of what I would teach him..and to be part of that seemed so magical. I knew I would try to teach him all that I could.
And you know what...He is teaching me! I have learned so much from this kid. I used to google alot with random questions and now I find myself doing it even more and more. Travis will say "what's that?" - the famous 2-year-old question- and sometimes I don't have the answer so I google it! Not only are we teaching him..he is teaching us. He loves animals and BabyCenter had some fun facts about animals and I thought I would pass it on! All about animals
- Butterflies taste with their feet.
- Eggs come from chickens.
- Horses can sleep standing up or lying down.
- Starfish poop from the top of their body.
- Turtles don’t need to brush before going to bed. They don’t have any teeth.
- Roosters are daddy chickens, and hens are mommy chickens.
- Birds sit on their eggs to keep them warm.
- Gophers and moles use their big front teeth to dig tunnels in the dirt.
- Birds sit high on telephone wires and treetops to get a good view of things they might want for lunch, like bugs and berries.
- Cows, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, and lots of other animals don’t have fingers or toes like us. Instead they have four legs with hooves.
- Birds don’t go pee-pee. All they do is poop.
- Birds make white poop.
- Cats and dogs lick their bodies to clean themselves.
- Dogs kiss by licking.
- Cats purr when they're happy and sometimes when they're scared.
- Dalmatians, those cute white dogs covered with black spots, are totally white when they’re born. They get the black spots as they grow older.
- With seahorses, the daddies get pregnant and have babies, not the mommies.
- Baby beavers are called kittens.
- Duck and goose feathers are used to make very warm blankets.
- Sheep hair, called wool, is used to make lots of warm clothes, like sweaters, hats, and mittens.
- Cats can push their claws in and out whenever they want. They push them out when they want to climb a tree.
- Chicks hatch from their eggshell by pushing with their feet and pecking with a special egg tooth at the end of their beak. The tooth falls off a day after they're born.
- Animal hooves, like on cows and pigs and goats, keep growing and need to be trimmed, just like your fingernails and toenails.
