William 3.1

William is a proper little kid these days. There is virtually no trace of the little baby or toddler anymore. He recently went through a growth spurt and is wearing all 3T clothes now. Prior to this he was wearing 3T shirts and 2T pants, but he must have grown an inch over night because suddenly all of his pants were too short for him. It amazes me how they can literally grow overnight like that!





He is at such a fun age right now. He has an incredible memory and remembers EVERYTHING: peoples names, things we did one time 6 months ago, something I said several months ago, the names of all the dinosaurs in all 6 of his dinosaur books, etc. Its gotten to the point where I ask him what someones name is because he is way more likely to remember it than I am! He loves to recite bits of his books, and loves to run and jump and play while singing silly songs and shouting nonsense words. He loves being called "silly" and "crazy." 


Will is my little buddy in so many ways right now. He calls himself "a big helper!" and will help me clean up not only his toys, but sweep the house and wipe off the table and counter tops. When Nora is crying he will grab a toy and help distract her to make her stop crying, he can put his dirty clothes into the laundry and put stuff back where they go in each room in the house.

He "needs" everything these days. I guess he figures that if he says he just wants something, he won't get it, but if he NEEDS it then he will. His speech is rapidly improving lately. Hes starting to use a lot more of the filler words like he, she, and, it, the, but, to, etc. Hes also much easier to understand now and most strangers don't have a problem making out what hes saying anymore. Hes also suddenly a lot more comfortable around strangers and loves to announce, "I'm fwee (3) and I have blue eyes!" He even says that when people ask his name. Its pretty funny. Here are a few other funny things Will has said lately:
"Sweetie, I peed all over myself!"
"I want a red M&M. Oh wait, actually I want blue!" (it kills me when he says "actually"!)
"I NEED a muffin Mom. I need it in my tummy!"

He can now count comfortably to twenty on his own, and recently with a little help, got all the way to 100. So hes getting pretty comfortable with numbers (which Michael likes) and has really been making strides with letters lately too. He can tell you the sounds that every letter makes, and give you examples of words that start with each letter. He can write about 8 or 9 different letters and can write his name. He LOVES to read and we spend many rainy afternoons, with him on my lap, reading. I love that he loves to read! His favorite things to read lately are dinosaur books. Hes memorized the names of all the dinosaurs and loves to tell me all of their names as we turn the pages. He remembers them better than I do!

Preschool is going well. The first few times we went he ran in without looking back and did great the whole time I was gone. The last two drop offs have been a little more dramatic and he cries as I leave but everyone assures me that the minute I leave, hes back to being perfectly happy. I think this will be good for him to get used to being away from me, even for only two hours week. Hes been especially clingy lately (even with Michael around), and while its sweet that hes so attached, it kind of drives me crazy that I can't even leave the room without him getting concerned. So I am hoping that going to preschool helps with that! The other night I went to the dentist while Michael watched the kids. I was only gone an hour and Michael told me that Will cried nearly the whole time I was gone and as soon as I walked into the door he burst into tears again. Again very sweet, but not exactly what I was hoping for!




Potty training is going semi well. He is 100% day trained with pee, but still rarely poops in the potty. 3/4 of the time he poops in his pull up at nap time and every now and again he will have a successful poop on the toilet. I am hoping that the more he does it on the potty, the more comfortable he becomes and he can just do it without thinking about it.



I have to say, even though we are only a few  months into age 3, it is going way better than I feared it might. I keep hearing mommy horror stories of how terrible 3 year olds act sometimes and so far, Will hasn't really done any of that. Not that he won't, I don't think I am in the clear yet by any means, but we have had a great past month full of good behavior and I for one couldn't be more grateful! I love my silly 3 year old boy!