Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort

Todd at ~3 years, 6 months old – February 14, 2018

3 YEARS OLD…MONTH 6
JAN 21, 2018 – FEB 20, 2018

TODD SAID…

“This day?” (and he points straight up to the sky)
“Me always cracking you up”
“injured” (he said a few times in the same day)
“Ooh! You just nuzzled me!” (after Eric rubbed noses with him)
“hon” (he called me that)
“Thank you, that’s very special”
“I like this morning time”
“Me is too little” (when he can’t do something)
“Me just playing” (when he does something that I tell him to stop doing)
“I don’t like you, Dada” / He also told me to go back to work (he’s rarely grumpy, but he was on that day!)

After superhero day at preschool – January 25, 2018

FAVORITES THIS MONTH

Books: Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book, The Gruffalo’s Child, The Smartest Giant in Town (he calls it the nicest giant in town)
Movies: Peter Pan
YouTube: Jangbricks reviewing Lego sets & “the lady” building sets
He said:
- “You rewind it again” (he likes to watch certain scenes over & over)
- “Stuck in the jungle” (he calls the original Jumanji movie)

January 30, 2018

February 1, 2018

WEEKDAY ACTIVITIES & HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Eric takes Todd to the gymnastics open gym on Mondays; they set up the “Duel on Naboo” set there
Eric took Todd to the climbing gym (1/24)
turning into Hulk…he describes his transformation: “my ___ is turning green, my ____ is turning green” (etc)
he uses a different voice when he is Hulk
curling was on the Olympics & he said he wants to go back to that special icing place; (in general, he wasn’t interested in watching the Olympics)
he said:
- “Yeah exercise, get me moving, get me healthy and happy”
- “Me is so naked”
- “This is great” (stack of large blocks)

Setting up the ‘Duel on Naboo’ set at the gymnastics gym – January 29, 2018

Todd at Walla Walla Point Park – February 7, 2018

LEGO LIFE

New Legos: Hulk mini-figure, Jungle Mobile Lab, Elsa’s Magical Ice Palace
He said:
- “Put lightsaber sideways in his right hand”
- “What’s that smell? Chocolate!” (he quotes Frozen)
- “The last sticker says speeder bike is coming!”

January 24, 2018

Elsa’s Magical Ice Palace – January 31, 2018

Qui Gon vs. Obiwan – February 2, 2018

DEVELOPING SKILLS

he can connect Lego lightsaber pieces together (1/28)
wanting to do his own spoon work for eating banana ice cream (he always wanted to be fed in the past)
he stepped into the right pant leg of his underwear while standing up (1/29)
he wants to know the meaning of lots of words, even ones he uses all the time
he recited the whole alphabet after Eric said, “A”
on 2/5 we started using a (sticker) token economy system; when he fills up a grid he gets a Lego set
using stickers we found out he knows ~17 upper case letters & 6 numbers by sight on the first try (notice that I left out the letter ‘N’…whoops!)

Todd wears Eric’s glasses – February 13, 2018

Sticker chart – February 11, 2018

Finding out which letters & numbers he knows – February 14, 2018

VISIT FROM TODD’S COUSIN

Eric picked up Adam from CWU 1/26, & he stayed with us until 1/28
Todd was so excited for “Aban” to come & play with him
He said:
- “Hi Aban, I like you” (to Adam)

Adam & Todd – January 26, 2018

SKIING – MISSION RIDGE

Eric skied with Todd (2/2, 2/9); they did crayon fights in the lodge
the three of us skied together 6 times (1/21, 1/26, 2/3, 2/10, 2/11, 2/18)
on 1/27 Todd requested to go to the ski area day care because the powder was so deep/difficult for him & there were high winds; he hadn’t been there since the ’15-’16 ski season
he said:
- “Keep skiing, mama”
- “Where’s dada?” (when we stayed home while Eric skied); “But I want him go back to condo house.”
- “Signal might not work” (about cell phone service)

Snow storm at Mission Ridge – January 21, 2018

Mission Ridge – February 2, 2018

February 2, 2018

Hampton Lodge – February 18, 2018

TODD’S HAIR

Todd’s Hair – January 22, 2018

Todd’s hair at Walla Walla Point Park – February 7, 2018

Claudio’s – February 18, 2018

FOOD NOTES

Dining out: Claudio’s Mexican Restaurant (2/18)
he earned 4 stickers for trying cranberry sauce, canned corn, mashed potatoes & baked beans (2/6)
he said:
- “Okay me eat it, see if it’s good. Okay, it is good” (edamame)
- “Okay, me try one” (lettuce)
- “Me eating boogers is my job but me got my job done”

“Black chip” – February 2, 2018

February 2, 2018

Token economy success -February 6, 2018

Claudio’s Mexican Restaurant – February 18, 2018

HEALTH

he was sick with fever & stayed home from preschool (2/15)
he said:
- “My hands is pruney” (after bath)

February 15, 2018

DAY TIME NAPS

he still naps between ~1.5 – 2.5 hours, starting at about 2 p.m.
he asked for “quiet Lego play” before nap (2/1)

NIGHT TIME SLEEP

it’s a mix of waking up once in the night (he asks for Goppa) or sleeping through the night
we do “quiet play” or “quiet Lego play” before bed
he started to scream for me loudly when waking up at night, but after I explained to him that he doesn’t need to yell (and I showed him the baby monitor), he did not scream again. He used a soft voice to ask for me.
he usually wants me to hold his hand while he falls asleep
He said:
- “It’s bedtime”
- “I want to read 5 books”