36/12=3!!!

shhh ... i have a secret to share ...

... i'm 3 today!!!!

i know, i know, hard to believe, but believe it!  does this mean less tantrums & mischief?  i think not.  it probably will only increase from here - you can quote me on that :)

in commemoration of my 3rd birthday, mommy passed on her coxsackie viral infection, otherwise known as "hand-foot-mouth disease"!  i woke up during the eve of my birthday, with pain in my mouth.  upon inspection, there was a sore in my mouth & some on my hands.  instead of a fun birthday weekend in monterey, enjoying my favorite aquarium, i got to visit the doctor's office.  not all a complete loss, i ate my first lollipop from the visit (mommy must have been feeling guilty)!

so here are a few things about me at 3:

• i'm competitive.  i'll 'race' anyone or anything with the goal of winning. i play games with mommy & daddy, only to win. this of course has extended itself towards my lil' bro too. a split second after the last picture was taken, i pushed asher off the frog so i could be on-top, front & center :)
  
  


• i am silly. certain silly thoughts or things i should say/do enter my mind, and then i execute on it. i laugh hysterically at myself. that's a real part of an elephant tusk, but no, that's *not* real elephant poop :)
  
  


• i love making mischief, far more than mommy can capture on camera (because that would indicate to me it's "ok" for me to do, when it's really not).

  

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• i am fascinated by insects. i dare touch some animals, but not dogs (mommy says her 'job' is done!)
  
  
  


• i love being swung "higher than the sky". i love bouncers, slides (the bigger the better) & roller coasters (to mommy's dismay).
  


• i love to sing. any puppet show will turn into a musical, with original soundtracks my yours truly. i can sing apologies & prayers too.


• i love sugar. i coined the phrase "sugar treating" (not trick-or-treating)!!
  
  


• i can be a ham. sometimes it turns out to be cute.
  
  
  
  


• i love am obsessed with marine life, whether it be to eat them, touch them, pretend play, watch them, read about them or learn about them :)  i was *the happiest* boy ever when i got to wear a stingray costume on top of my nemo swimsuit, while holding a stingray puppet!!
  
  
  
  
  
  


• i am a thinker, wondering why i don't see God. i ask a lot of why questions until my heart is satisfied.


• i love my lil' bro, despite the couple times i've tried killing him.
  
  
  

speaking of my lil' bro ... he recently turned 17 months! he's talking up a storm!  ok, i'm exaggerating.  i am trying to teach him words, but it seems his favorite are "car" and "truck" :)  my obsession of marine-life is his obsession of vehicles. he can spot a vehicle book or object a mile away!  in addition to "car" & "truck", he LOVES to use the word "uh oh".  it is the cutest thing!  his first two-syllable word was "bible".  it seems he is the religious sort :)  i'll have to break the news to him next month (when he's older and can understand), that fast, $$$$$$ cars do not result from a religious vocation :)





though october is "my month" to shine, asher did have some firsts. he met daddy's parents for the first time, visited two pumpkin patches, and dressed up for halloween! he finally started liking the swing, and of the various new words he's added to his vocabulary, "ma ma" (for mommy) is one of them!




and finally, these are photo albums from the past two months:

2011-09 Fun @ 35 months		2011-10 Fun @ 36 & 17 months