HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK!!!!!!
I can't believe THREE has come so quickly. Weren't you just born?
At three years of age Jack is the sweetest, and at the same time, most mischievous, child I have ever encountered.
He still loves his Teddy and Other Teddy, he takes them everywhere and can not sleep without them. Recently he has added Bear to his entourage. Bear was originally Annabelle's Care Bear, called Bedtime Bear, which she was kind enough to relinquish to Jack.Jack is still a fanatic about cars. He has thousands of cars, all types and sizes, and he plays with them almost every day. It is rare to see him without a car in his hand... Even when he is doing something like playing with play doh, there is usually a car within reach!
He has been toting cars around in his orange trick-or-treat pumkin for months. He calls his pumpkin, his "pumpkin patch." Much like he says things like, "it's in my tummy ache" (rather than just tummy). Or, how he calls his floaty raft, his "swimming lesson."
Jack has a crazy fascination with letters and numbers. He can identify all the letters of the alphabet and count past 20. Sometimes he skips out number 16 though, I think he's been learning from his sister!
Number 2 is his favorite number. Whenever we are at any type of store he always asks to go to check out number 2. He gets very disappointed when register number 2 is closed.
Jack has become very particular about his clothing! He is very much a creature of habit, as he likes to wear the same few things over and over. I once made the mistake of indulging a sweatpants faze, which I thought would only last a couple of days, but ended up being about a 2 month stint. Even still, if given the option of clothing, he will usually choose his red sweatpants & red letter shirt!
Jack has also started to voice his opinion more, which is hard to do when you have an older sister who loves attention and talks NONSTOP.
He has started coming out with cute sayings like; that's ter-wible, or it's de-wicious, or too scare-wee (scary). I love the way he pronounces water- wah-der, and there- dere.
He is extremely silly. He loves to laugh and play goofy little games. One of his favorite games is; run away from mommy and laugh hysterically. He also likes to hide.
Jack is a very sweet little boy. Rarely do I see him push, or take toys away from other children... Except Annabelle- and she usually deserves it!
When it's bed time, he sometimes tries to keep me in his room by telling me there is a monster in his bed. He then waves around his little spinning light thing that he got at an Elmo show, a year ago, and says, "I get you monster!"... and then I am allowed to leave.
When he wakes in the mornings he never cries. He plays happily in his bed until lazy Mommy comes around to collect him.
Jack loves the water. If we are out and there is any sort of water area, bird bath, or puddle, within sight, he's headed for it. Thankfully he no longer feels the need to sit in puddles!
For some reason, he has a little fascination with the teletubbies, or as he would say, the tele-bye-byes. He's not too keen on the scary baby sun face though, he calls it "the crazy sun."
Jack hates to have his haircut. He freaks out every time we go near the haircut place. He thinks haircuts are scare-wee.
He loves to be outside but he hates the cold weather. He doesn't like to wear coats. He went the whole winter without wearing a hat or mittens. I could probably count the number of times he's worn his snow boots. He has been asking to go to the beach for months.
He gets along with his sister really well (except when they both want the same toy). They have started playing together more and having little conversations, it's adorable (except when they both want the same toy).
To be continued...
*He had his 3 year check up on April 4th- he passed all his tests, except that when she asked what color something yellow was, he said, "I don't know." He is 38 inches tall and weighs 38 lbs., which puts him in the 50th-75th percentile.
I had planned to take Jack to either the Children's Museum or an indoor play space on his birthday but he was feeling a bit under
the weather, so we ended up staying home and playing "trampoline" on Annabelle's bed! Later
evening, we took Jack out to dinner. We were all feeling the effects of this cold/cough thing that has been lingering, and dinner ended up being a bit of a chore... In retrospect, I'm thinking Jack would have much rather preferred to stay home and open presents!
The following day was Easter Sunday. We went to my parent's house for Easter and also had another party for Jack. I made mini car cakes for the Easter family birthday party, which Nick helped to decorate. I think they came out pretty decent... They look much better than my first "trial run" cakes, which stuck to the pan and were decorated by the kids! 
