3.5 Years!! I'm going for 42 facts about Evan
1. Complete Mommy's boy, he tells me he loves me, will kiss my arms out of the blue. The only downfall is he always wants to be with me. If I go anywhere he wants to c
ome along.
ome along.2. CARS we are obsessed with them, he plays with the die cast cars all day long.
3. CARS again,he calls me Sally (the beautiful porshe and Lightening McQueen's girlfriend) all day long and he tells me I'm not Evan I'm lightning. So I hear Sally, Sally and of course I'm not paying attention and he keeps calling me it until I respond.
4. He still loves his blue bear and his monkey pillow pets.
5. Evan loves to sing, rhyme, and dance. Anything he can learn the lyrics to quickly he is happy with.
6. We love our neighbors Joe and Dominic. Everyday Evan asks to play with them and they play very well together.
7. The color yellow! Last summer we had to wear yellow everyday fortunately we outgrew that but he loves yellow clothes, flowers, and food.
8. We love to go places, Evan often wakes up and asks where are we going. In the winter I think he gets cabin fever and wants to escape even if its a trip to Target or Wegman's.
9. Evan loves summertime, he will tell us he loves wearing sandals, going barefoot, wearing shorts, and having Mommy home!
10. We love candy corn, lollipops, and gummy bears.
11. Evans favorite vegetable is broccoli, corn, and peas.
3. CARS again,he calls me Sally (the beautiful porshe and Lightening McQueen's girlfriend) all day long and he tells me I'm not Evan I'm lightning. So I hear Sally, Sally and of course I'm not paying attention and he keeps calling me it until I respond.
4. He still loves his blue bear and his monkey pillow pets.
5. Evan loves to sing, rhyme, and dance. Anything he can learn the lyrics to quickly he is happy with.
6. We love our neighbors Joe and Dominic. Everyday Evan asks to play with them and they play very well together.
7. The color yellow! Last summer we had to wear yellow everyday fortunately we outgrew that but he loves yellow clothes, flowers, and food.
8. We love to go places, Evan often wakes up and asks where are we going. In the winter I think he gets cabin fever and wants to escape even if its a trip to Target or Wegman's.
9. Evan loves summertime, he will tell us he loves wearing sandals, going barefoot, wearing shorts, and having Mommy home!
10. We love candy corn, lollipops, and gummy bears.
11. Evans favorite vegetable is broccoli, corn, and peas.
12. Favorite fruits are grapes, apples, raspberries, and peaches.
13. Favorite dinners pizza, mini ravioli., chicken and chicken noodle soup (Moms soup he tells me) but he will eat Campbell's Cars soup.
14. He loves to take a shower by himself. He will play forever in there and if I give him his color changing cars and a bowl of ice cubes its like a babysitter!
15. Our vocabulary is very advanced, he uses tenses correctly and sentence structure is very advanced. Sometimes I don't notice it until he is around his peers. Hopefully Sara will catch up to him this year! He has asked me for Thomas the train with the cylinder ( he meant Thomas and the Jet Engine). Today he showed me his left knuckles (not sure where he learned knuckles)
16. Evans memory is amazing. I told him we were going to the beach and he asked which one the one near where Daddy works? It took me a minute to remember that we stopped by and saw Marc at one of his deliveries last year on the way to the beach. Evan also remembered that we stopped and I bought him an orange juice. This was last July or August and we never talked about it after that day. I wish I could remember what happened last week!
17. The past few days we have been busy with left and right, 90% of the time he'll ask is this my left hand and it is! He then shows me left foot, right foot, arms, fingers, etc. I never initiated this, so its always a surprise when he comes up with these things.
18. Evan prefers Mom to anyone and often gets very upset (okay I'm putting it mildly, he gets furious) when I leave and have a babysitter. Earlier this week a former student of mine who has been here a few times came and he threw a temper and then wouldn't speak to her for 3 hours. Today I had a moms group at Fisher Price and Evan did great with Kaley a neighbor. He even is upset when left with Daddy.
19. Evan is of average height but is thin he is around 28-29lbs and still wears 12-18 month swim trunks and 18 month shorts. Without an adjustable waist we are in big trouble!
20. We gave up naps this summer. I made the mistake of letting the pacifier go on way to long, he only used it to sleep, we gave it up at night first and then in July gave it up during naps. Giving up the Binky made him refuse to nap. We went from a 2-3 hour nap to occasionally falling asleep on the couch. Oh... I was so tempted to give it back to him. After I adjusted to it, he plays quietly and I can still get things done.
21. Although he is very spoiled by us and Grandparents he always displays gratitude. He will tell us thank you throughout the day and tell us I had a great day with you. It melts my heart every time.
22. At the beginning of the summer I thought our extensive train collection would be packed away but Evan has fallen in love with it again.
23. Today at the Fisher Price Moms group for moms of 3-5 year old boys I was the only one that does not have an electronic preschool game for my child. The neighbor boys have them and Evan wants one because they have CARS but he has never shown any interest. We have all the preschool basics down and are working on reading. Am I the only one out there without a house full of electronics? We don't have the Wii or anything else exciting. I figured we have many years that our Christmases will be overshadowed by those items.
24. Evan has started watching Disney shows with real people in them, he also likes Phineas and Ferb (sp?) and Sponge bob( not my favorite).
25. He will finally drink 2 cups of milk a day and won't eat any dairy products other than eggs. We buy all juices fortified with Calcium.
26. Evan is quirky that if he has something one way in the future he wants it the same way. He will only eat homemade Chicken noodle soup with alphabet letters, he likes his sandwich cut in triangles, and will only try Orange smoothies.
27. Evan loves ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and he will alternate between chocolate and vanilla. He also loves Freezy Pops.
28. Evan is the easy child that doesn't get into things and will ask before touching something or doing something. I can leave him in the house alone for short periods or leave him downstairs while I shower and he will sit and play or watch cartoons. I'll cross my fingers and toes this behavior continues.
29. Evan likes to kiss Sara goodnight and to get her to say new words. Tonight he had her say "bad guy" and was very proud that she said it.
30. Evan is a shopper and loves to go to the store. Of course we always have to look at CARS toys he is generally pretty good when I say no, many times he is happy to hold a toy while we shop and then put it down before we leave. So far we have only had a handful of meltdowns.
31. We recently taught him to play tic tac toe and it was fun to watch him try and cheat and get very excited each time he "beat" us!
32. Evan loves going to our cottage, riding the boat, feeding the fish, and drum roll.... going on the tube with Mom! He won't do it with Daddy but will with Mom. Luckily we bought a huge tube and we don't get wet on it. I'm not a cold water person.
33. We love the playground, he loves the slides but prefers to sit in the toddler swings. His friends climbed the rock wall and he was upset that they did it. He won't attempt it. Sara proceeded to climb the entire wall by herself. This didn't bother Evan but he won't try it.
34. Evan loved spring and asks me when the Daffodils and Tulips will be back.
35. "Will you play with me?" is often heard in our house. He plays very well alone, but loves to have anyone else join him.
36. Sharing is not always smooth. Evan has favorite toys and will hold on to them so others can't touch them. He often does this with the neighbors or he will ask me to hold onto them. We have had many talks about sharing.
37. Marc travels a great deal and Evan misses him but sometimes takes a bit to warm up to him. Resulting in the preference for Mom to do everything with him, for him, etc.
38. Another favorite snack introduced by Dad are Doritos. The smell of them grosses me out. I came home today and cuddled Sara and noticed she had nasty breath, after seeing her hands I knew why. Evan had the babysitter give them Doritos. YUCK.
39. Evan loves nursery rhymes and still loves Ring Around the Rosy - he loves to do it with Sara.
40. Evan knows we are in New York and Grandma lives in S. Carolina. He can name 10+ states on a map correctly. Although he tells us Michigan is his favorite because it is yellow on our puzzle and has a car on it!
41. We haven't graduated to a big bed yet, we told Evan we would do it when he gave up the pacifier and he doesn't want to yet. I guess there is no reason to rush it. I'll continue to save for new bedding.
42. Whew, this was more difficult than I thought it would. Okay Potty time. Evan has been fully potty trained since 31 months. He still prefers to go on the baby potty or the potty seat and doesn't like to stand. Since we have hardwood in our bathroom I haven't pushed it. He hates the loud flushing in public bathrooms and tells me not to flush. The automatic ones at the airport caught him by surprise.
13. Favorite dinners pizza, mini ravioli., chicken and chicken noodle soup (Moms soup he tells me) but he will eat Campbell's Cars soup.
14. He loves to take a shower by himself. He will play forever in there and if I give him his color changing cars and a bowl of ice cubes its like a babysitter!
15. Our vocabulary is very advanced, he uses tenses correctly and sentence structure is very advanced. Sometimes I don't notice it until he is around his peers. Hopefully Sara will catch up to him this year! He has asked me for Thomas the train with the cylinder ( he meant Thomas and the Jet Engine). Today he showed me his left knuckles (not sure where he learned knuckles)
16. Evans memory is amazing. I told him we were going to the beach and he asked which one the one near where Daddy works? It took me a minute to remember that we stopped by and saw Marc at one of his deliveries last year on the way to the beach. Evan also remembered that we stopped and I bought him an orange juice. This was last July or August and we never talked about it after that day. I wish I could remember what happened last week!
17. The past few days we have been busy with left and right, 90% of the time he'll ask is this my left hand and it is! He then shows me left foot, right foot, arms, fingers, etc. I never initiated this, so its always a surprise when he comes up with these things.
18. Evan prefers Mom to anyone and often gets very upset (okay I'm putting it mildly, he gets furious) when I leave and have a babysitter. Earlier this week a former student of mine who has been here a few times came and he threw a temper and then wouldn't speak to her for 3 hours. Today I had a moms group at Fisher Price and Evan did great with Kaley a neighbor. He even is upset when left with Daddy.
19. Evan is of average height but is thin he is around 28-29lbs and still wears 12-18 month swim trunks and 18 month shorts. Without an adjustable waist we are in big trouble!
20. We gave up naps this summer. I made the mistake of letting the pacifier go on way to long, he only used it to sleep, we gave it up at night first and then in July gave it up during naps. Giving up the Binky made him refuse to nap. We went from a 2-3 hour nap to occasionally falling asleep on the couch. Oh... I was so tempted to give it back to him. After I adjusted to it, he plays quietly and I can still get things done.
21. Although he is very spoiled by us and Grandparents he always displays gratitude. He will tell us thank you throughout the day and tell us I had a great day with you. It melts my heart every time.
22. At the beginning of the summer I thought our extensive train collection would be packed away but Evan has fallen in love with it again.
23. Today at the Fisher Price Moms group for moms of 3-5 year old boys I was the only one that does not have an electronic preschool game for my child. The neighbor boys have them and Evan wants one because they have CARS but he has never shown any interest. We have all the preschool basics down and are working on reading. Am I the only one out there without a house full of electronics? We don't have the Wii or anything else exciting. I figured we have many years that our Christmases will be overshadowed by those items.
24. Evan has started watching Disney shows with real people in them, he also likes Phineas and Ferb (sp?) and Sponge bob( not my favorite).
25. He will finally drink 2 cups of milk a day and won't eat any dairy products other than eggs. We buy all juices fortified with Calcium.
26. Evan is quirky that if he has something one way in the future he wants it the same way. He will only eat homemade Chicken noodle soup with alphabet letters, he likes his sandwich cut in triangles, and will only try Orange smoothies.
27. Evan loves ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and he will alternate between chocolate and vanilla. He also loves Freezy Pops.
28. Evan is the easy child that doesn't get into things and will ask before touching something or doing something. I can leave him in the house alone for short periods or leave him downstairs while I shower and he will sit and play or watch cartoons. I'll cross my fingers and toes this behavior continues.
29. Evan likes to kiss Sara goodnight and to get her to say new words. Tonight he had her say "bad guy" and was very proud that she said it.
30. Evan is a shopper and loves to go to the store. Of course we always have to look at CARS toys he is generally pretty good when I say no, many times he is happy to hold a toy while we shop and then put it down before we leave. So far we have only had a handful of meltdowns.
31. We recently taught him to play tic tac toe and it was fun to watch him try and cheat and get very excited each time he "beat" us!
32. Evan loves going to our cottage, riding the boat, feeding the fish, and drum roll.... going on the tube with Mom! He won't do it with Daddy but will with Mom. Luckily we bought a huge tube and we don't get wet on it. I'm not a cold water person.
33. We love the playground, he loves the slides but prefers to sit in the toddler swings. His friends climbed the rock wall and he was upset that they did it. He won't attempt it. Sara proceeded to climb the entire wall by herself. This didn't bother Evan but he won't try it.
34. Evan loved spring and asks me when the Daffodils and Tulips will be back.
35. "Will you play with me?" is often heard in our house. He plays very well alone, but loves to have anyone else join him.
36. Sharing is not always smooth. Evan has favorite toys and will hold on to them so others can't touch them. He often does this with the neighbors or he will ask me to hold onto them. We have had many talks about sharing.
37. Marc travels a great deal and Evan misses him but sometimes takes a bit to warm up to him. Resulting in the preference for Mom to do everything with him, for him, etc.
38. Another favorite snack introduced by Dad are Doritos. The smell of them grosses me out. I came home today and cuddled Sara and noticed she had nasty breath, after seeing her hands I knew why. Evan had the babysitter give them Doritos. YUCK.
39. Evan loves nursery rhymes and still loves Ring Around the Rosy - he loves to do it with Sara.
40. Evan knows we are in New York and Grandma lives in S. Carolina. He can name 10+ states on a map correctly. Although he tells us Michigan is his favorite because it is yellow on our puzzle and has a car on it!
41. We haven't graduated to a big bed yet, we told Evan we would do it when he gave up the pacifier and he doesn't want to yet. I guess there is no reason to rush it. I'll continue to save for new bedding.
42. Whew, this was more difficult than I thought it would. Okay Potty time. Evan has been fully potty trained since 31 months. He still prefers to go on the baby potty or the potty seat and doesn't like to stand. Since we have hardwood in our bathroom I haven't pushed it. He hates the loud flushing in public bathrooms and tells me not to flush. The automatic ones at the airport caught him by surprise.
