3 has been an interesting age. Chase has gone from completely dependent on me to slowly learning to do things on his own. He wakes up earlier and earlier these days, puts his clothes in the laundry basket, wants to feed the dog and give her treats; he can get through all of our "baby" gates so we've found him wandering into certain places of the house where we don't want him! He gets his sippy out of the fridge and sometimes grabs fruit and proceeds to eat all of the strawberries and put them back in the container. Some mornings there is a puddle of water in the floor from him dumping the pitcher over b/c it was in the way of his sippy in the fridge. He enjoys going on tricycle rides but still loves the "baby" swing that is in our front yard. He's enjoying the water more and more and daddy even took him on the lake in a kayak.
He knows 1-20, is learning opposites, and all his ABC's and is becoming very good at jigsaw puzzles (the cardboard kind without any border as opposed to the wooden kind for toddlers). He works with daddy on the catechism and seems like he understand more and more about God and His creation. He says things like "you are beautiful Zoe" or "Soap-eeee. She's cute!" or "I love you da-da." He seems to understand manners and being compassionate more and more as he'll often say "I'm sorry 'bout dat mama" or "here ya go Soap-ee" (giving her a toy to make her happy). He also tells me about his dreams which 99.9999% of the time involve Lightning McQueen or Mater. He is eating better (as in more variety) but it is still often a struggle to get him to eat. Some days he will clean his plate and other days it's a battle to get him to eat one bite. We are in the throws of potty training. 
Let's just say the will of a toddler is a powerful thing. (READ: pray for Krisha in this! It can be super discouraging at times.) On the bright side, Chase gets lots of gummy bears ("yummy bears") , M&Ms ("emmawemms") and marshmallows as his treats for going. Currently his favorite toy is his lightning McQueen with his flashlight which he calls "smashlight". Brian and I thought it was funny the first time we heard it, we haven't felt the need to correct it. They are only 3 once, right?
Sophie is also a little fireball. She is both sweet and also a spitfire (especially when I am slow to feed her or take away her milk. NO LIKEY!) She is still very much a people person and has this adorable chunky-cheeked smile. Look at those dimples.
Her hair is just spiraling everywhere and she apparently reminds a lot of people of me. She still has only the 6 teeth (her smile is pretty cute with only 2 teeth on the bottom)! She still isn't very comforted by me or anyone for that matter when she is tired. She cries and then curls up on her belly (bum in air) and puts one set of fingers in her mouth and the other set twists her curly locks. (See below for the standing variation)
It's prob my favorite Sophie pose. Why? A) for cuteness B) practicality- b/c it's her telltale sign she wants to go to bed C) it isn't a forced pose but a natural one that she made up so I can actually get it on camera!
Her hair is just spiraling everywhere and she apparently reminds a lot of people of me. She still has only the 6 teeth (her smile is pretty cute with only 2 teeth on the bottom)! She still isn't very comforted by me or anyone for that matter when she is tired. She cries and then curls up on her belly (bum in air) and puts one set of fingers in her mouth and the other set twists her curly locks. (See below for the standing variation)
It's prob my favorite Sophie pose. Why? A) for cuteness B) practicality- b/c it's her telltale sign she wants to go to bed C) it isn't a forced pose but a natural one that she made up so I can actually get it on camera!
She does this funny thing were she likes to crawl into my lap and turns around and plop! (but then she doesn't stay there for very long). She tried it on Chase today by backing up and sitting on him. Quite funny. Then she leans her head back to touch his head. Very cute.
Her favorite expressions are:
"milk" (signs it)
"mommyyyyy"
"dada"
"MEEEE!" (I think she's meaning "more" or "mine")
"Thank you" (she both says it and signs it)
"Doggy" (she says and signs it- patting her leg)
"Buh" (also referring to doggies or specifically Zoe. You mean you don't teach your kids that dogs say "buh." FYI that's bulldog for "woof!")
"Ball"
"hi"
and recently sounds like she might be trying to say "all done" and "buddy" (referring to Chase)
This duo rarely ever sleeps at the same time. (i.e. I am almost always up potty training or making sure Sophie is cared for.) She's still at the age where she does not like me checking on laundry and leaving her in the play room. She will stand at the gate and scream. Thankfully Zoe is a good buffer b/c she distracts Sophie and then she wants to pet the doggy.
(no Soap-ees were harmed in the capturing of this photo)
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