He's one, two, three!

Sliding down the slide backwards, Aug '14

This little cutie is three and some change and I adore every minute of it, even when he's not being so adorable. I'm loving the more advanced level of communication and understanding that comes with being three. He's still a rather easy child who's only grumpy on rare occasions. While he has generally not been a risk taker in the past, lately I'm noticing a desire to push his boundaries and see how far he can go before getting hurt. He has a wonderful imagination so I get plenty of me time while he's playing with his toys. I've noticed little to no artistic capability or interest, but he's obsessed with numbers and letters, already sounding out 3-4 letter words and recognizing two digit number combinations like 67. He has a cute little lisp and is hard to understand at times, but he cracks us up on a regular basis with his remarks about life. Just yesterday he announced, "P is for penis. Koen has a penis and mom has a booty."Hmm, we'll cross that bridge at a later date. After months and months of enforcing manners, he's finally consistently being polite. If I ask him to put his pj's on for bed, he replies "um, no thank you."

Loving the ducks at the zoo, May 2014