Three and a half

Oh. My. Goodness. Three and a half!

He reasons through situations and it's fun to see where he ends up. The other day he started snorting in the backseat of the car and told me that a pig was in the car and I should roll the window to let him escape. I asked how he got in with the window up. He thought for a second and said he dug a hole under the window. So I told the pig to go back out the way he came. Luca informed me that the pig was back outside and that he fixed the hole.

We are struggling with sharing. It's hard because Tessa doesn't seem to understand that a toy is Luca's and she can't play with it, and at the same time even if it's okay toy for her to play with it's not fair to make Luca give it to her just because she can screech really loud. So we're all trying to figure it out. About the time we do they will have moved on to a new piece of sibling trouble, I'm sure. We are especially anticipating trouble with Tessa's birthday coming up and Luca wanting to play with her new toys. We'll see how it goes.

He is still a picky eater though he's making huge improvements. In most cases we call meat what it actually is instead of "dinosaur" and he'll still eat it. He is even asking for foods that just a couple months ago he would refuse to eat. Still won't eat regular pizza or any kind of dip--it's "too saucy." Only three year old in the world who doesn't dip everything in either ketchup or ranch.

He is loving school, wishes he went more often. He brings home crafts every day and sings all sorts of songs. I'm glad that he's having such a positive experience!

We celebrated his half birthday with a piece of cake and dinner with Uncle Dan. He was disappointed he didn't have any presents, but excited the birthday fairy put streamers in his bedroom door. Happy Half Birthday little man!