Things to Love About 3

There are days when I think I will not survive the threes.

Today is not one of those days.


Things I Love About 3:  (Lest I ever forget)

No more diapers.

It's me he comes to when he is hurt or sad.

Listening to him "read" to his sister.

His ability to dance naked, in the front window, to the Bible School soundtrack, with no inhibition.

Unloading the dishwasher, putting laundry away, and washing the dishes are considered fun!

Watching him expand on his learning. (He's been repelling off of everything in sight ever since our visit to the fire house last month.)

The way he protects his little sister by holding her hand so she won't walk too close to the pool.

At restaurants, he asks his little sister if she wants chicken nuggets or cheesy toast so they can share the meal.

Watching the garbage truck is still one of our major weekly activities.

He doesn't go to bed without kissing his sister goodnight.

The way he hugs Miss Kim when we leave the library.

The way he talks about Jesus, just like He is one of us.

Have a favorite thing about 3? Leave a comment.

E Walk

Baby weight. At this point, I should  just call it "toddler weight". Who's with me here? You put on a few extra pounds because you were"eating for two," and now you are keeping those few extra pounds, because you're eating whatever your two year old doesn't finish. Plus also, you, like me, hate to exercise. Exercise creates sweat. Yuck.

However, in an effort to remove some of this "toddler weight", I recently declared that I will exercise every day. Now, what can I do to exercise when I have two toddlers to look after? (Seems like looking after two toddlers would be enough exercise in itself, but alas, I have confirmed otherwise.) So we have been taking a lot of stroller rides lately.

This week I decided to kill two birds with one stone. Exercise AND teach my three year old about the letter E, which is the first letter of his name.

We loaded up the stroller with the kids and the camera, and headed out down our street. I thought we'd have to walk up to Main Street to find Es because we live in a neighborhood and surely there would be more Es on a business street. However, we found most of our Es right on the street where we live. You'd be surprised how much print is out there!

We found Es on our stroller, on tires, on a truck, on the playground equipment and on signs! We stopped to point out and take pictures of each E we found.

My son is just beginning to take interest in letters, so we focused our search on capital E, which he readily recognizes. Sometimes I would point out and E,  but sometimes he would find the letter first!

When we came home, we used the computer to put together a simple book of our walk. That way we can read our book, remember our walk, and find the same Es all over again!

If I were really ambitious, I'd laminate the book and let Eboy use a dry erase marker to circle the Es, but I'm just not that ambitious. Guess I need to get out and get some more exercise!