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Todd at 3 years, 6.5 months old – March 4, 2018
3 YEARS OLD…MONTH 7
FEB 21, 2018 – MAR 20, 2018
TODD SAID…
- “Yes, sir” & “Yes sir, Dada”
- “Yes, indeed”
- “This is the iss” (he says it a lot, but we don’t know what it means)
- “Let’s try that”
- “Go out there in sixty minutes” (to the living room)
- “You is happy and cute” (he said to me)
- “I love you” (he said to me out of the blue)
- “Couple tumors on the side” (he likes to repeat this phrase but we have no idea what he’s talking about)
FAVORITES THIS MONTH
- Books: The Gruffalo’s Child, Grandma’s are for Giving Tickles, Grandpa’s are for Finding Worms, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Bath Time for Biscuit, The Incredible Hulk (Little Golden Book)
- Movies: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Peter Pan
- if I failed to mention he is a huge Star Wars fan in previous posts, let it be known now! (since shortly after he turned 2)
- he likes Cindy Lou Who
Jammies – February 25, 2018
INDOOR ACTIVITIES
- open gym at the gymnastics gym every Monday
- preschool Tuesdays & Thursdays
- he loves doing light saber fights & role playing to reenact the Star Wars Duel on Naboo scene
- he said:
- “Let’s trange” (when he wants us to switch lightsaber colors and switch roles…Qui Gon, Obiwan, Darth Maul)
- “I am not Todd, I am Hulk” (he says in his Hulk voice)
- “I am back to Dr Banner” (in a normal voice)
Hulk – February 23, 2018
Hulk face – February 26, 2018
Ready, set… February 26, 2018
Jump! – February 26, 2018
OUTDOOR PLAY
- playgrounds & parks
- playing outside (weekday afternoon/evening)
- laughing hysterically because another kid kept kicking his foot to make his shoe fly off (and it actually ended up in a tree) (3/19)
March 10, 2018
March 10, 2018
March 10, 2018
Walla Walla Point Park – March 14, 2018
Washington Park – March 17, 2018
March 19, 2018
DEVELOPING SKILLS
- he recited the whole alphabet
- he told Eric not to throw the laundry basket on the floor
- he said:
- “Sorry” (for throwing a cup) (this was the 1st time (3/4/18) that he said sorry without us asking him to do so)
- “It is new move: big sit down” (jump & land on his butt on the couch)
Todd likes minions – March 12, 2018
Headed to preschool – March 15, 2018
LEGO LIFE
- See the post, “Todd’s Lego Review Videos (3 Years, 6-7 Months)“
- New Legos: Hulk Lab Smash; Marvel Super Heroes Hulk vs. Red Hulk.
- he doesn’t like to ‘mix’ sets when he plays with them
- he repeatedly reenacts the Duel on Naboo scene with the Lego set of the same name
- he said:
- “Me is reviewing the set like Jangbricks reviews the set”
- “First start off with the ____” (when he reviews Lego sets)
- “Wait, Dada, this goes with Luke” (when Eric purposely put a Lego Luke head on a trooper, covered by trooper’s mask)
Lego Hulk Smash Lab – February 22, 2018
A NIGHT APART
- We had to Face time because I went to Seattle for a conference (3/8, 3/9)
- I sent them a picture of the cookie I received (upon check-in at The Camlin Hotel) & a video clip of my room
- Eric texted:
- “Todd either wants to go to that condo house with mama or mama just brings home some cookies”
Face time – March 7, 2018
March 8, 2018
SKIING – MISSION RIDGE
- the 3 of us skied together 3 times (2/24, 3/3, 3/11)
- Eric & I skied together while Todd spent 2 hours in the MR daycare (3/18)
- he does “Hulk bash” at the rope tow
- skiing on the reins (all chairs)
- he loves puddle jumping
February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018
Hampton Lodge – March 3, 2018
March 11, 2018
DUMMY DOWNHILL
- instead of skiing this day, we attended the dummy downhill (at Mission Ridge) after Todd’s nap (3/17)
- Todd’s favorite part was climbing the snow slope
March 17, 2018
SKIING – STEVEN’S PASS
- Eric & Todd skied & rode magic carpet (2/28)
- the 3 of us skied & rode the magic carpet (3/9)
Steven’s Pass – February 28, 2018
Steven’s Pass magic carpet – February 28, 2018
Eric & Todd on magic carpet – March 9, 2018
HIKING – SADDLE ROCK
- we hiked most of the way up the Saddle Rock trail (3/4)
- see the last post, “Saddle Rock Hike (3/04/18)“
Eric & Todd – March 4, 2018
Throwing rocks – March 4, 2018
FOOD NOTES
- he tried avocado for a sticker
- he ate applesauce with a spoon
- he likes Chao (vegan) cheese (who doesn’t?!)
- he asked to go to “Taco Mar” (Taco Del Mar)
Todd eating Chao cheese – March 15, 2018
HEALTH & MISC
- he climbs on my lap a lot (on the couch & while reading books at bedtime)
- he said:
- “Me having another itching day”
March 1, 2018
March 20, 2018
DAY TIME NAPS & NIGHT TIME SLEEP
- naps: status quo
- he went through a stretch of sleeping through the night that lasted ~2 weeks but other times he wakes up asking for Goppa
- he likes to “sleep with” Lego sets
- he said:
- “Me is just loving you” (at bedtime when I told him to stop squeezing my nose)
- “Dada, is mama here?” (when I was away from home for 1 night)
March 20, 2018
POTTY TALK
- status quo: potty trained except for wearing diapers during naps & night
- he wears a diaper for skiing but they’re always dry
- he said:
- “Me really had to go. Me not touch my poo-poo” (sitting on the toilet)
March 3, 2018
March 3, 2018
Todd at 2 years, 4.5 months – January 8, 2017
YEAR 3, MONTH 5
DEC 21, 2016 – JAN 20, 2017
TODD SAYS…
- “ouch” [when Eric trimmed his hair for the 1st time, even though it didn’t hurt (1/13)]
- “gym, jump, slide”
- “out!” (he says when he wants out of his crib)
- “want” (this is new; he used to say “need”)
- “make coffee” (he heard the sound of the espresso machine)
- “fresh powder pants” (I asked him what I should wear in the snow)
- “football” (he saw someone wearing a Seahawks hat)
- “big, heavy dump truck”
- “dada wash dishes,” “dada toot,” “dada drive, Todd ride, mama ride” (in the car)
- “watch Todd” (he likes watching pictures on my laptop)
- “ball hit face, booboo bear”
- “no way how” (no way, no how)
FAVORITE SHOWS
- “please, dada, put Elf show on”
- “more cut tree guy” (meaning Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation)
- “white chewie show” (means Frozen)
- “afraid” (of “white chewie,” which is the snowy monster in Frozen)
- “watch Oompa show right now!” (he says “right now” a lot)
- “new Luke” (his name for the YouTube video of dance-mix Darth Vader song, linked below)
COGNITION
- he tries to count his fingers while trying to put each one up
- he loves his new “gold bug” book (Richard Scarry)
- uses descriptors when asking for something i.e. “yellow cup”
Richard Scarry’s Cars & Trucks & Things That Go – January 1, 2017
CHRISTMAS
- we spend Christmas with my family in Bend, OR (12/21-12/26)
- on the way there, we took the scenic route & Todd barfed from car sickness (12/21)
- dinners at my parents’ house (12/23-12/25)
- swimming at Juniper (12/23)
- dining out on the way home (El Mirador, Yakima) (12/26); video of him saying “no way, no way, no way!!” and laughing
Apres-ski fries – December 22, 2016
Cousins – December 24, 2016
December 24, 2016
Todd’s 3rd Christmas morning – December 25, 2016
SKIING – MT BACHELOR
- skiing at Mt Bachelor, Carrousel chair (12/21 & 12/22)
- 1st chair lift ride!! (12/22)
Mt Bachelor – December 22, 2016
1st day riding a chairlift! – December 22, 2016
Eric & Todd at Mt Bachelor – December 22, 2016
SKIING – LOUP LOUP
- skiing at Loup Loup Ski Bowl (Okanogan, WA) (12/28)
- 2 chairlift rides
- he was excited to see “Chewie guy” (someone with a coat that was all faux furry looking)
SKIING – STEVENS PASS
- skiing at Stevens Pass (12/30)
Stevens Pass – December 30, 2016
SKIIING – MISSION RIDGE
- skiing at MR (1/8, 1/15, 1/16, 1/19)
- 1st time riding a double chairlift (1/8)
- we took him on Liberator quad chair but Eric had to carry him most of the way down to Midway (1/8)
- he did Ch 1, Liberator, and Ch 1 (1/15)
- 5 runs on chair 1 (1/16)
- Eric took Todd skiing when I was working; they did 5 runs on chair 1)
Mission Ridge – January 15, 2017
Mission Ridge – January 15, 2017
SKI BIKE & SNOW PLAY!
- 1st time using his bike with ski attachments (12/27)
- snow play after I got off work (1/9)
Ski bike – December 27, 2016
December 27, 2016
Washington Elementary – December 27, 2016
January 18, 2017
MISC
- Apple Valley Gymnastics (1/2, 1/7, 1/14)
- he can walk along a balance beam then jump off the end
He loves his swing! – January 9, 2017
FOOD NOTES & DINING OUT
- (goppa = his non-dairy milk blend)
- he asks for specific “goppas” because his sippy cups have different stickers on them (i.e., Chewie goppa, Leia goppa, Falcon goppa, Luke goppa)
- he said “watermelon” (sounds like “wadoomelon”) when I asked him what we should shop for at the store
- he calls frozen blueberries “blue candy”
- dining out: Fonda Oaxaquena (1/20)
Dining out at Fonda Oaxaquena – January 20, 2017
DAY TIME NAPS
- no change from prior months
- he starts naps between 1 PM & 2 PM, then sleeps in his crib up to 3 hours
Napping in the car – December 26, 2016
NIGHT TIME SLEEP
- he woke up in the night 4x & fell back asleep pretty quickly
- woke up ~3:15 AM saying “Boone house” and “out,” then in the morning he said “wake up” (12/22)
- woke up ~3:30 AM asking for “goppa water”
- woke up ~4:15 AM asking for “pillow blanket”
- brief cry at 11 PM but went right back to sleep without my attention (1/9)
- woke up at ~4:15 AM (had a goppa)
- bedtime is usually ~9 PM & wake up time is usually ~6 AM = 9 hours of night time sleep (status quo)
- “nap time” (he said it before bed when he was ready to sleep at night)
- he doesn’t always turn on his aquarium soother at night
- giggling before he went to sleep (1/6)
- I whisper “I love you” before bed, and he whispers “aye yeah”
- I lie down next to his crib for ~10 minutes, then I leave after he falls asleep
January 19, 2017
POTTY TALK
- we consider him basically potty trained for poo-poo: he walks into the bathroom, puts the toilet lid up and starts to put his potty ring on the seat when he has to go
- he does lots of stand up pee-pees in the baby potty (when we ask him to go)
- I caught him before he was going to pee on my bed, then he peed in his baby potty
Walla Walla Point Park – January 9, 2017
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