There's been a lot of drama lately with the terrible twos. Mercer's mood changes at the drop of a hat... just one little thing goes against what he wants and he flips out. Screaming... throwing tantrums... this part of parenting is NOT fabulous, but there are good times mixed in, so thus far, we're getting through. We know it's a phase and will (hopefully) have an end in sight. 
At the same time, Mercer's been more clingy as well. There must be a lot going on in his head these days. 
There are good days too - like the day Todd introduced him to tee-ball. Mercer sort of got the hang of it, but would sometimes just hit the ball off the tee with his hand. 
The tee also converts to a golf club, so Mercer gave that a try as well. 
Last weekend, we went to something called "touch-a-truck" day (a free event that 2 municipalities in the metro-Atlanta area have once a year). 
They basically bring out utility vehicles and let the kids climb in them. They had bulldozers of all sorts, a concrete truck, a school bus, and rescue vehicles. 
We thought Mercer would be BESIDE himself, but he just seemed somewhat entertained. He didn't get overly excited - as we would've expected. 
He actually seems to get more excited to see them as we're driving by somewhere. Maybe the association of seeing them (static) in a book is the same as seeing them (static) as we drive by a job site. 
We're sure that next year, he will be way more into it. He did get to check out a new playground while we were there.
There was a toddler slide but he passed right by that and climbed higher. There was a medium-high slide. He passed right by it and climbed higher. He went right for the 8' tall slide again and again. I think we're going to have a dare-devil on our hands.
To top off touch-a-truck day, we went to a birthday party that afternoon. He had a good time playing in the sand with his buddies Jackson and Brody. Both are just a few months older than Mercer. 
It's pretty cool that there are kids so close in age all along the street. He also spent a little time (after jumping in the bouncy house at the party) relaxing on one of the lawn chairs. 
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