3 years old!

We celebrated Brennan's birthday this year with a bang.  I had the crazy idea of renting a huge water slide and pitched it to Dan who gave the green light.  We found one that had a bounce house/ water slide.  It was a huge hit at the family party and a lot of fun.

Sara and I also had fun decorating the house for the party.

Then he opened presents. He got a bunch of new cars that he was excited about and some new huge trucks from Nanna. 

His favorite present was his new bike though.  He has been riding his balance bike since he was one and a half.  It took him about 24 hours to be able to ride his new bike without training wheels and another 24 hours before he was riding it and doing tricks with his feet up on the handlebars.

He also graduated to his big boy bed.  We went to the store with the intention of getting him a bunk bed but when he saw this car bed I knew we weren't going to be getting the bunk. 

Brenny has been extra busy so far this year.  When sister went back to school he started toddler tunes piano and swimming.  It's the same thing that Sara did at that age.  After almost 2 years of coming to her lessons and watching her, he finally gets a turn.

 He loves doing swimming and piano and is doing really well.  He's more of a wildcard than Sara was at that age, so I never know what he's going to do at class. Recently he started squirting his swimming teacher in the face with water toys and would laugh and wouldn't quit.  So far, he has behaved perfectly well at piano too.  They even moved him up to an older class.

He is staying busy but really misses his Sister while she is at school too.  He gets upset if she forgets to give him hugs and kisses before she leaves for school.  Also he complains a lot during the day that she is not home.  They are used to playing together quite a bit.  When she gets home from school he always tells her that he missed her.   He also really complains when she goes to play with her friends.  He desperately wants to play too but the girls really don't want him to tag along, so he sits at home and cries at the window like a dog when its owner leaves.  I've been using the time to read to him or play a game with him or color when sister goes to play with friends, to help distract him.



I'm really glad he has learned to love reading so much lately.  We spend quite a bit of time doing that every day.  Also he loves to paint and sometimes we even go to Novell for lunch dates with Daddy and to feed the ducks.   Also, I take him on a bike ride around the neighborhood every morning, he really loves zooming around the neighborhood and stopping at the park on the way home.

Brennan had his 3 year old checkup today.  He weighed 34 pounds which puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and 38 inches that put him in the 70th percentile for height.  He has really caught up on his growth and has gotten quite tall.  Maybe he will even be 6 ft tall someday or taller, who knows.  They say you can double a kids height at 3 years old and that will give you their adult height.  So that would be about 6 feet 4 inches if true. 

Brennan's doctor asked him this morning if he eats meat or grass. Brennan replied that he does not eat grass because it makes him puke but that dinosaurs do eat grass, even though sometimes it makes them puke too. That's what you get for asking a 3 year old a silly question.  He can be a real cut up. 

My favorite things about Brennan right now are that he loves to laugh, loves to read, ride his bike, loves to cuddle and give kisses, and loves his sister most of all.   We never could have imagined this little guy in our lives 7 years ago and now I can't imagine our family any other way.