April 6, 2020

August is 3 years old!

At 3 years old, August:

Weighs/Measures: 3 ft 2 in, approx. 34 lbs (guessing)

Loves:

• Superheroes
• Bandaids
• Bounce house
• Putting rainboats on and jumping in puddles
• Mac & cheese and yogurt
• Books! I’m so glad August loves books just as much as mama and Scarlett and that he’ll stay focused on books that are a bit above his head and always asks for “nother story!!”
• The word “tooty” and the phrase “poopy butt” (also a favorite or Scarlett’s)
• Riding his big boy scooter and bike like Scarlett 
• Digging in the dirt
• Wrestling with dada 
• Pillow fights
• Watching animals
• Building forks (forts)
• Sitting on top of dada’s shoulders
• Taking showers in Mama and Dada’s big shower
• Helping cook—he’s actually really good at cracking eggs and stirring
• Listening to Disney movie soundtracks, especially Moana
• The weekend because they get to watch something on tv (everyday he asks “Is it the weekend?)
• Cuddles, hugs, and kisses—he is 100% a cuddle bear
• Glueing, cutting, coloring, painting
• Playing in the creek and finding/throwing rocks
• Water play

Dislikes:

• When Scarlett takes toys from him or pushes him around in general
• Puts up fights at mealtime even though he genuinely likes most foods.
• Random things like not giving him the right spoon can cause a complete meltdown 
• Getting his hair brushed— I think he has a very sensitive scalp and only recently started letting me wash his hair without a fight
• Anything remotely scary in books or movies
• The dark—needs his door open with bathroom light on at bedtime
• When you don’t give him a definitive answer he demands “No, say yes!”

August Lately:

• Has a new habit of telling fibs
• Tells a lot of stories—many elaborate and outlandish (see above re: fibs)
• His vocabulary is pretty impressive and his conversational skills have really increased—it’s so fun having a conversation with him about silly or really important (to him) things:)
• Gets so worked up that he almost passes out
• Is very particular about how he likes things at times (for example picking out fruit snacks from the box to find one that isn’t squished)
• Has definitely shown an increase in being oppositional—it often takes a looong time to get him to go potty/put shoes & coat on/eat dinner, etc.
• Still hits/attacks and will sometimes throw things when mad
• He is Scarlett’s little sidekick—they have gotten so much better at playing together for extended periods without needing to intervene every 2 minutes 
• Asks a lot of questions and loves learning about the world around him
• Has picked up some bad habits from Scarlett such as picking his nose and biting his toenails
• Likes saying nonsense words in silly voices
• Has not minded being stuck at home the past month—although he has expressed missing eating mac & cheese at Whole Foods
• I love how he tells me multiple times a day “I love mama!” but he also uses the opposite when he’s mad at you “I don’t love Mama/Dada/Scarlett”
• Can name all of our backyard birds
• We recently bought some “peejamas” that have built in layers in the pants since he’s still not 100% potty trained at nighttime
• Is still the first one up in the morning demanding to “Eat Beffast!”
• Can run fast without falling all the time and climb up and down the stairs without help (although he still makes me nervous)

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