Ben Turns 3 on Sunday. 3-year-old Ben...

... is 40 inches tall.

... weighs 39 pounds.

... is a happy kid.

... repeats everything we say. And I mean everything.

... says "I love you" and "I love you too" all the time.

... can count to 20.

... can draw the letter M.

... is still in pull-ups.

... has pretty much stopped taking naps.

... love love loves trains.

... quotes lines from movies he watches.

... is really very shy around people he doesn't know, or new situations.

... loves his friends and his family members.

... plays with his Cars cars and trains like dialogue from a book "'Boy, you're in a heap of trouble,' Sheriff said."

... wants all of his toys to "be friends."

... has started singing more.

... doesn't forget anything. He will take you to task!

... can still throw a tantrum like a 2-year-old.

... HATES going to time out.

... is afraid of dogs.

... loves cats, especially a sweet cat that roams our neighborhood.

... rarely plays in his bedroom, the living room has more floor space for his train tracks!

... blows me kisses every night when he goes to bed.

... makes sure we leave the hall light on when he goes to sleep.

... has an obsession with blankets. He has 4 or 5 on his bed he sleeps with.

... calls us Mom and Dad a lot of the time now.

... has the craziest little fake laugh when he gets overly excited.

... still talks about his old school a lot.

... listens and obeys Dad waaaaay more than Mom.

... talks in attached sentences, he sticks 'and' or 'because' between all his sentences making them one long protracted one. There is no limit to the amount he can talk now.

... says "Whatever!" all of the time now. Thank you Cars...

... has some weird Ben language. "I want to go to the store then to the park because bah mah pooka blah shmama boo waaaaa meh meh meh blah!"

... can identify all upper and most lower case letters.

... is still a scribbler.

... kisses on the lips. And kisses boo boos (mine, his, yours, whoever!)

... is very unaware of his physical self and injures himself all the time because he doesn't pay attention to where he is going!

... has more bruises on a normal day than I can count.

... has a huge round head and tons and tons of hair.

... sticks his hand in his pants when he sleeps (I'm just keepin' it real alright?)

... still thinks it's hilarious to run away, but he's getting better.

... is a picky picky eater.

... drinks too much milk.

... could go to the pet store every day.

... his favorite things at the pet store are the cats and the crabs.

... helps feed our fish.

... loves to help unload the dishwasher.

... loves ketchup.

... says prayers at night (with a little help from Mom) and insists it's his turn almost every night.

... understands the intestinal system (says "my food goes in here" [points to mouth] "then comes out here" [points to bum] just keeping it real again!)

... finally likes sweets (believe me, it took a lot of convincing!)

... gives big hugs and squeezes.

... is a bit dyslexic in his speech. He will fip the last letters in some words, ie bunnit instead of button.

... plays with his Thomas trains all day long.

... loves Harry Potter.

... has started to read books to himself when he remembers how the story goes.


I could go on and on. We love this kid! We're hoping to have time to take his 3-year-pics tomorrow!