My handsome little man is 3. I feel like I have aged in dog years since his birth.
When Timmy is happy, he is really happy, talkative, and so stinkin' cute you can hardly stand it. When Timmy is rotten, oh my goodness... it takes every ounce of patience to deal with the screaming temper tantrums. Thankfully, we have had a lot more happy days than grumpy days lately. He recently started preschool (with his sister) and this has been a great thing for him! He is coming out of his shell and his little personality is emerging. I see a perfect mix of Andrew and Matthew in Timothy. Timmy turned 3 in October. I can't believe my youngest child is now 3. For the last 7 years I have always had a 2 year old or younger. It has been exhausting! But now these days are disappearing. Our house is free of diapers, baby toys, bibs, sippee cups and all the other necessities that come with itty bitties. And I am one happy mama! I love the ages of my kids right now and feel that I can actually step foot in Walmart and not make a scene that will have people talking for weeks. My kids listen (mostly) and act right (mostly). It is a nice place to be!
Here are some things I don't want to forget about my Timmy boy at this age:
*He has a blanket that he carries EVERYWHERE. I don't even want to think about what would happen if it goes missing. And he does NOT like other children to touch it!
*He hates to sleep. It kills me. Every night, our bedtime routine consists of Timmy screaming his lungs out (pretty sure the neighbors can hear) and standing at the top of stairs for a solid hour. We have just recently started sleeping through the night, but before that it was not unusual to wake up to a screaming Timmy. We both work, so we have early mornings around here... you guessed it, we wake up to a screaming Timmy. (Now do you see why I feel like I have aged in dog years?)
*He loves all trucks... excavators, monster trucks, dump trucks. BUT, he will certainly have a tea party with his sister or feed "his baby" in the high chair. Timmy and Emma are so gender neutral, they will play anything!
*His best friend is Emma. They spend so much time together. They talk constantly to each other. Sometimes I can understand them, sometimes I can't. It is obvious that they understand each other. I really hope these 2 stay close forever. I often wonder how Hannah will effect that relationship.
*Timmy loves to cut the grass with his fake lawnmower. He will spend hours outside walking up and down the grass, all around our yard.
*He loves to ride his bike and his little car. He says he is going to Costco, or Walmart... and he will play in the garage by himself riding his bike all over the place.
*We have no easy transitions with Timmy. Trying to get him to wear underwear... nightmare. Trying to get him to wear pants when the weather got cold...nightmare. Winter coat... nightmare. You get the picture.
*He potty trained himself when he was 2 years 9 months old. I tried and tried when he was 2 and a half, but he wanted nothing to do with it. He would scream when he saw the toilet (see previous comment about transitions). I got back from China this summer and was dreading having to tackle potty issues again. He woke up one morning and asked to go to the potty. That.was.it. Potty trained from that moment on. I did NOTHING!!!
*At the moment, Timmy has a fear of the naughty list or a phone call to Santa. When he is happy he says "I not crying, I on the nice wist."
*he uses all of his pronouns incorrectly. I NEVER correct it because I think it is too adorable. "what him doin?" "Her took that from me!" oh my goodness, so cute.
*he loves peanut butter, chicken nuggets and junk food. He also likes most fruits, yogurt and applesauce. Mostly, we live on peanut butter sandwiches.
*He wore 2 truck shirts all summer. I had to do laundry constantly. We were finally able to distract him into other clothing. The dump truck shirts are now in his memory box!
*just recently, he started saying "that hurts my pee-wings (feelings)" when someone hurts him. So if you accidently bump into him, put his shoe on wrong, etc. you have hurt his feelings. He has no idea what that means, it is so funny!!
Happy Birthday, Timmy! We love you to the moon and back!
