3 1/2

A few things about you at this age:

• Your favorite toys are superheroes and trains.  You also have started to play around with board games.  You can play Candy Land correctly and enjoy it.  You don't really like any of the other toddler games we have.  You will play around with the pieces for Battleship, Blokus, Labyrinth, and Ticket to Ride.
• You started SUNBEAMS a couple weeks ago!  I can't believe you're that old!  You get bored easily in Sharing Time but do well in class time.
• You like to make up little nonsense songs all the time while you're playing.  Just like Daddy.  It's very cute.
• Your food palate has grown a lot ever since I put my foot down and started making you try one bite of everything at dinner, and a certain amount of veggies before you can leave the table.  For breakfast you usually have either dry cereal, cheesy egg, sausage, or strawberries, and warm milk.  Lunch is usually some combo of mac&cheese (with tuna and corn mixed in), quesadilla, Gogurt, string cheese, oranges.  Dinner is whatever we make to eat as a family.
• You loooove Slurpees.  They are by far your favorite treat.  You were exposed to them late summer and ask for them anytime we see a gas station.  Your other most reliable treat is still the Thai tamarind flavored candies.  
• You are still tiny - 0% for everything.
• You know all your letters (upper case, anyway) and can count to 13.
• You like to snuggle, which definitely has not been the case for most of your life!
• We have very honest conversations with each other and you are learning things quickly.  I try hard to make you feel like you can talk to me about anything - although while still teaching you that some things are only discussed privately.
• You value comedy and are constantly trying things out and asking, "is that funny?" as you try to figure out what exactly makes something funny.
• Probably because of Aria, you notice and like little babies and will usually go say hi to them and baby-talk - but only for a couple seconds, and then you get bored.
• You know how to put on your own undies, pants, and socks.  Most of the time, at least.  
• You love playing games on the iPad and talking to family on Facetime.
• You know all of your uppercase letters and can also tell us what letters everybody's names start with.
• You know most of your shapes. 
• You are a good sleeper again although you do wake up once every few days to go potty during the night.  As always, you wake up promptly at 7am every morning on your own accord.
• You are, and always have been, very friendly to everyone.  Including complete strangers.  We make sure to always keep you in sight!