The Alphabet Song

A new routine for Declan during bath night involves his body cream on his belly and the Alphabet song. Declan likes to take cream from his belly and put it on his legs while he sings his ABC's and tonight he sang the entire song on his own. I was pretty proud. High five'd him.

Ladies Man, For Real

I got to go with Daddy Monday afternoon to pick Declan up from Daycare. He gets his shoes and jacket on while his little friend Alexis watches. She then asks "Hug and Kiss?"

Declan turns, walks up the two steps and gives her a hug. She shyl turns away a little and Declan asks "Kiss too?"

Then they give a quick kiss goodbye, Declan giggles and jumps down the stairs and we're on our way.

We get in the car and I ask "Is Alexis your daycare girlfriend?"

"Yes. Her name is Lexy."

He's 3.

The Bunny Came By

Our little man slept in our bed last night.

That means we didn't really sleep. He slept well. Very well. Little stinker.

When he woke up we gave him his Easter basket and said we could check to see if the Bunny visited.

And he did!!!

Our lucky little monkey filled his basket full of eggs. He even got some Lego, Ironman Lego!

We visited with Auntie T, Josh, Mad, Gramma, Poppa and Uncle Scott for Brunch at the Carlisle Golf Club. He was pretty good, ate some pancakes, some chocolate, stacked creamers and chased around a little boy. At one point he stood across the room and yelled "I'm going to poop!" 

Fantastic.

He Can't Sing

The Muffin Man has recently taken to singing. Not a lot and usually the same songs. 

What we've discovered is that he really can't carry a tune. Maybe that comes with age. Right now it's kind of awesome. 

Another thing that's awesome is that he fell asleep on the floor in his room once again so I've just brought him to our bed so I can snuggle him all night.  My little songbird.

My Helper

Three is such a big age. Sure things are slow when you have 3 year old help but it's amazing that he can do so much. He helps make breakfast (cracking eggs), he helps put clean sheets on our bed (then jumps all over it) and he proudly hands me new yard waste bags (and goes in and on about the dirt-"yuck").

At three he can understand so much. Tonight he saw the Mr. Potatoe Head with the Darth Vader Helmut. He said "Look Mommy! Humpty Dumpty Darth Bader!" I said "Actually it's Darth Tater. It's a Mr. Potatoe Head Toy. People sometimes call Potatoes Taters and then It has a Darth Vader Helmut. Vader sounds like Tater so he's called Darth Tater."

"Ha ha Mommy. Darth Tater. Tater potater." 

He kindof gets it. He's a real person.

New Little Workout Buddy

Decided it was a good idea to introduce Declan to some simple daily workout moves. Together we did jumps and jumping jacks, planks and push-ups, leg lifts, butt lifts and squats. So much more interesting doing a little excercise with the cutest partner ever. 

Now that I know he likes it we will have to work it into our every day.

Delivery

I get out of the shower to Declan yelling "Mommy, there's someone at the door!" 

Thankfully I don't have to worry about him answering it when I'm in the bathroom: very high deadbolt. Whew!

I check the front door and there was a box for The Good Family from Ottawa. Declan and I cracked it open to find some nice Easter gifts from Grandma and Grandpa May.

He can't read. He was admiring the picture at the bottom of the note.

He loves his present.