Kaleb - 3 &1/4 years

Kaleb continues to grow like a weed, and lately he seems to be going through his "EATEVERYTHINGINSIGHT" phase which means he is always asking to eat more and more and more and... well you get the picture.  He also has been SUPER DUPER weepy the last few months.  I wondered if this had to do with the fact that he almost never got naps anymore, so we put the child-proof cover on his doorknob, and that seemed to help a lot.  He has taken 2-3 naps a week for two weeks, whereas before he would just keep coming out of his room to go pee.  Unfortunately, this also prompted him to figure out how to open his door in spite of the doorknob cover (dang smart kid!), but he gets the concept that the door is not for him to open. 

 

Potty training continues to be successful.  He has occasional accidents, and he still isn't ready to go through the night without pull-ups (his naps have made that clear), but overall good reports.  With potty training have come more comments and questions, including Kaleb's habit of talking about the size of his bowel movements.  The most popular is to count them or to say, "That's a big sucker!"  Funny at home, but a bit awkward in public.   

 

Lately Kaleb has taken to chewing his fingernails.  I'm not sure if it's a nervous habit or what.  Occasionally he does take it a bit too far, and we hear complaints that his fingers hurt.  Of course we give him the "Well if you didn't chew your fingernails..." speech, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.  I've been tempted to use a deterrant, but haven't done enough research to really move forward with one yet. 

 

Of course, the best part of Kaleb getting older is that he is learning to say more and more things.  His speech is constantly improving, and it's becoming easy to understand what he's saying... sort of.  Now that we can understand his words, it's become obvious how little we understand (or he understands) the meaning behind what he says.  One really difficult thing is trying to communicate the proper use of what, why and how.  He is still trying to figure out what "Why" even means, and sometimes he will ask us after dinner, "So... what's your day?" as if to ask "How was your day?"  It's stinking adorable when he says it, but frustrating when we are trying to ask him WHY he does things.

 

Some other funny things he says:

"Boo-yah!" (When he does something really well)

"Old McDonald!" (Just a random exclamation he used for a while)

"That's the way it goes." (Said matter-of-factly just like a parent, shrugging shoulders and all)

"This is a holy crap stick" (Anything that's big is dubbed "holy crap")

 

He has told us (Ammon and me) that he doesn't like us at one time or another, often for no reason, sometimes it's because we are "Creepy."  He also told me once that I was beautiful, and when I asked him what beautiful meant he said, "It's... like a garden."  I was pretty happy with that answer.

 

Kaleb has gotten more particular about his entertainment choices as well.  He loves Looney Toons (whenever it's on), and other favorite shows include Word World, Sid the Science Kid and the Neverland Pirates.  He always asks for "Spongebod," but since Ammon and I find it repulsive he never gets to watch it. 

As far as songs go, he has gained quite an ear.  His favorite right now is "Call Me Baby" by Carly Rae Jepson (sp?) and "Good Time" by her and Owl City (my personal favorite as well).  The other day, my sister Jess played Taylor Swift's newest "Never Getting Back Together" and Kaleb has recognized it almost instantly ever since.  He calls it the "Like Ever" song.  He also likes a song on our Children's Silly collection dubbed the 'Funny Song' since Ammon and I do goofy actions with it and crack eachother up.   

 

 

Here are some fun pics to remember the last 3 months:

 

 

Playing kickball at the park

 

Dunkin it!

 

Walkin in the rain

 Swimmin with cousins

 

Kaleb got to spend some time with by brother's kids this summer.  He's in the Navy so we hadn't seen them in 18 months. Glad he finally has some experiences to place with the names/pictures.

 Aaaaah... matching games

 

 

 

So Ammon and Kaleb started this game where they would throw the giant koosh at eachother like a dodgeball.  The koosh is really soft so even I couldn't complain.  Plus i got these AWESOME photos!

 

Kaleb throwing:

Kaleb dodging:

 Oh my goodness!  Kaleb can spend HOURS with a good whoopy cushion!

 

 Especially if Sasha's around to PTHB her in the face

 

 BUBBLES HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST INVENTIONS EVER!

 

Tornado in a jar: SHAKE

 OBSERVE

 LAUGH WITH A MANIACAL GRIN

And of course, helping to dust