Little John Update

I guess it's about time for a Little John update. He continues to surprise us with his constant hilarious thoughts and actions. His favorite things are having people over, playing Wii, playing any sport, being outside, any activity that includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and/or cousins, playing with cars, and pretending. I hear him in his room a lot talking in different voices and someone will be grandpa, someone will be the baby, etc. So cute.

I am loving the behavior changes as we get further into this year of being three. He is listening more, understanding our instructions, being more cooperative, and having fewer and fewer episodes of temper and defiance. We definitely still have our moments, but they are the exception now instead of the norm. All that work is starting to show and we are so proud of him and so grateful to God every time He shows us ways to make things a little better for all of us. We've been working on speaking to adults respectfully with some success, although we're still a little confused on who's a sir and who's a ma'am. Whenever I say, "Yes, sir" he says, "Mommy, did you say sir? I'm so proud of you!" in a high voice. Pretty funny.

Today I heard him in his room with a picture of Noah and the ark saying, "And God told Noah not to be afraid of the animals." I don't remember that part of the story but I'm sure that's true! He would have had to not be afraid of the lions and bears. Tonight John was telling us about the story of Goliath and said that Goliath was big like Daddy and David was small like Little John. Then he told the story like he was David and kept saying that he would get Goliath. At some point he mentioned going outside and getting him with his shoe or something like that. We need to continue working on our Bible stories, I think.

Today I got a text message from Amanda and realized that he had been text messaging her on my phone. He sent her a picture of himself! Amanda gets the benefit of his electronic prowess because she's the first entry in my phone address book. I think he was doing that while I was in the shower.

He just keeps getting bigger and bigger! Where does the time go?