Our Three Year Old

Sawyer turned three at the beginning of April. His third birthday marked not only a major milestone in terms of years but happened the same weekend we moved into our home and the week that he transitioned to the junior pre-school class at his school. It was a big month.

Our three year old is an utter delight.

He sings his ABCs, counts to 30, and knows his colors. His vocabulary continues to astound us. My favorite sentence from a few months ago was "Mommy, would you please de-couple these necklaces?"

He still loves his trains but is beginning to develop a fascination for cars. He is learning to use his pedal bike but when he really wants to zip around he still rides his balance bike.

At school he is beginning to get used to being in the junior pre-school room. It is a big change from a 2:8 ratio to a 2:18 ratio. He will be in the class until he is 4 years old, which means there are some kids in his class who are almost a full year older. There are a couple kids he likes to play with but he has yet to make the kind of buddy connection he made with Taj.

He loves to sing and is in a music class at school. He learns lyrics very quickly and often can be heard singing as he settles down for sleep. He also loves loves loves books. He can recite a dozen of his books word for word. He is beginning to pretend he is reading by running his finger across the text, though he usually "reads" in the wrong direction.

He is obsessed with drawing maps (usually to a camp site), robots, and machines. He likes to help me in the yard and garden- he uses his dump truck to collect the dandelion "spiders." A couple weeks ago we built a sandbox in the back yard and he can spend hours in that sand.

He is excited to camp a lot this summer and really wants to take another plane ride.