Blake at 3 Years Old!



Oh man, where to begin with our Blaker Boy at 3?!!!  I'm not even sure!  He is such a mixture of things --- acting big yet still being my baby, loving to do things his sister wants to do - yet SUCH a boy, etc.

 

Blake absolutely loves to be outside and his favorite park thing to do is swing.  I REALLY hope he learns to pump early next year so I don't have to stand and push him over and over :)  He he!  That's my goal I guess!

Outside he also loves to help Aaron on the tractor, play with rocks, and ride bike. 

Blake often just follows Addy's lead.  If Addy wants to play house, dance, whatever --- Blake is right there to be her side kick.  He actually often wants to play these things on his own and asks Addy to join.  He really doesn't have much boy influence in his life -- his daycare was all girls and he has his big sis.  His cousins Drew and Hunter that are near us are just at that age where he can't quite keep up yet - but give him a year and he'll be right there with them.  Those 2 are all boy - tractors, dirt, and hunting, so he'll have some boy influence before we know it!

That being said - I love that he is all about playing dolls, house, and "dance class".  I think it is good for him to be his own person, whatever that ends up being!  Plus, this kid can shake his booty like no other... (and says "Shake your booty" while he does his little dance) -- I'm glad he is a goof like that! 

Yeah, he's wearing Addy's old dance shoes in this pic :)

Blake isn't potty trained yet - but we are a few weeks away from going cold turkey.  We had actually started to do some training in August and he was doing fairly well.  However, we ended up leaving daycare sort've last minute so the kids were not at a consistent place each day of the week...so the consistency in training wasn't there.  So I had decided we would give it a rest until I was home with him on my leave.

We've been talking about it, and he says that he is ready to give all of his diapers to Chase.  We've also told him that he can do swimming lessons when he goes in the toilet all of the time...so we will see how it goes! 

I was actually really luck with Addy, so I really don't know what I'm doing with potty training!  Addy decided about a month before I was planning on training her that she was done with the diaper thing, so she just sort've taught herself. 

Any tips --- feel free to send them my way.  Especially boy training tips!



Messy Faced Kid!

 Blake is really a sweet, fun kid almost all of the time.  That being said - when he gets mad --- he gets mad.  He definitely has a temper.  I try to ignore him when he does this, it is hard at times.  Aaron is willing to admit - it's a bit of an Anderson temper (he might be a bit proud of that, actually!). 

I think this kid is going to keep me on my toes through the years, that is for sure!

Mad about something at the pumpkin patch...pictures of my kids mad make me smile...does that make me a weird mom?!!!

Group Hug!

 He may have some spice, but like I have always said since day one --- he is MY CUDDLER!  And, I will hold on to this for as long as I can.  He still uses the phrase "I want to hold you" when he wants me to hold him.  I should correct him to say "hold me"...but I just can't!  I will hold on to him wanting to hold me for as long as I can! 


Cuddling with my babe

Speaking of words and speech -- he is really talking up a storm.  Definitely increasing his vocabulary and the lenght of his sentences by leaps and bounds within the last few months/year.  We have full conversations and for the most part, you can tell what he is saying.  He does mix some letters up, like sometimes for the 'd' and 't' sounds when they are at the beginning of a word, he actually says 'g'.  For example - Hot Dog is "Hot Gog".

I have also recently noticed that sometimes his 'm' is a 'b'.  Like the other day when him and Addy were playing house, he was referring to Addy as "Barissa" when she was playing me (Marissa!). 

I am debating starting him in the night time preschool class that they have here in town starting in January - just once/month for 3 and 4 year olds.  We'll see - it might be hectic with me starting back at work then, but he would love it!

I can't wait to see what this next year brings for Blake --- being a big brother, school, new daycare, etc...so much change and all good!

I love him!