Tales of My Three Year Old

It's been awhile since I've posted about my oldest child & what he's up to these days.  Many people have told me it's no longer the terrible two's that are the toughest but the terrible three's.  It's true he definitely has a will of his own & there are challenges but for the most part, he's a pretty amazing kid that manages to surprise us often with new phrases & how his little brain works.

• He has become obsessed with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  I don't know exactly how this happened but there's no going back.  He uses anything as a pretend sword or nun chucks & he wants to wear his Ninja Turtles PJs, underwear & t-shirt pretty much every day.  It's funny that he's so into something both Michael & I liked when we were younger. 
• Speaking of underwear, he's potty trained!  We did it in January & we couldn't believe how well it went.  I'm hoping to do another post about it soon.
• We took him to his very first movie the Friday before we potty trained.  It was our way of getting him not to be upset that Ethan got to go to my parents' house that weekend since I didn't want distractions while potty training.  We saw Frozen.  I thought it was a movie about a snowman.  It was not.  The snowman was a small part.  Michael will never forgive me for taking him to a princess movie with what he said was a million songs that all sounded exactly the same.  Alex did well, though.  He got a little twitchy in the middle but after a walk around the lobby with Daddy, he watched the rest.  He loved the popcorn.
• He is talking so much these days.  His latest phrase is - "check this out!"  Don't know where he got it but it's so cute.  He also says - "yes way" when someone says "no way" first, "easy peasy", "easy as pie", "much more better" as in "my tummy was hurting but now it feels much more better".  It's so much fun to see him develop.
• His favorite song is the ABC's.  When he gets to the "l, m, n, o, p" part, he sings "dah dah dah dah, p".  Cracks me up.  He especially loves to rap the ABC's - something Daddy taught him!  You should ask Michael to do his rendition next time you see him.
• One day my parents were coming to our house to be there while we got a storm shelter installed (Michael & I weren't able to take off work).  They decided to keep the boys home to spend time with them.  Alex talked to my dad the night before & my dad said maybe they'd walk through some of the houses being built in our neighborhood.  Alex talked about it all night.  I told him to be careful to watch out for holes or things on the ground like nails.  He said, "I will watch out.  And I'll keep an eye on Grandpa, too."  I couldn't stop laughing.  Sometimes you definitely have to keep an eye on Grandpa!
• One day we were almost home & Alex said he had to go potty.  I told him we were almost at the house & to hold it a little longer.  He told me he would just go outside when we got home.  I told him no & that we don't go peepee outside.  He replied that Daddy goes peepee outside & he ALWAYS does that.  Again, I couldn't stop laughing.  I told Michael about it & we're not sure where Alex got that since I can assure you Michael doesn't go outside at our house.  He might if he's camping or something but we couldn't think of a time when Alex has been around for that.  Alex also said something once about Daddy going on the floor.  We think that stemmed from Michael using a urinal at the movie theater with Alex.  But maybe Michael has been doing some crazy things I'm not aware of.  Ha!
• In the car one day, Alex said out of the blue that he wanted a sister.  I told him he'd have to convince Daddy.  I told him if I got pregnant again, it could be a boy.  He was very adamant that he wanted a GIRL.  He did not understand that we don't get to pick.  I said - what if it was a boy?  He paused & said - "well, we could just get rid of Ethan."  When I asked where Ethan would go, he told me - "to that house over there" while pointing at a random house we drove by.  Hilarious!!  He usually loves his brother, so I think he thought you couldn't have two boy babies & we'd have to choose.  When I told him Ethan would miss us so much, he said - "maybe we can just keep him."  I thought that was a good idea.
• The pregnancy topic came up again recently & I asked if he wanted a baby to be in my belly.  He said - "how you do that?"  I wasn't ready to go into detail but he came up with his own idea.  He said - "I think you say aaahhh & then gulp & then it's in your belly."  While saying this, he opened his mouth big & pretended to swallow something.  I told him that sounded right. 

We just love this little guy so much.  He wears us out sometimes with his never ending energy but he is such a blessing.

I'm hoping to do an update on Ethan soon, too!