There was a time when I was cursing the terrible threes, when I was at wits end, confused and frustrated and wondered what had happened to my sweet little boy.
We do still have days like that, when even with his vast vocabulary, he doesn’t have the words to express his anger or disappointment, but those days are few and far between.
Thank goodness!
3 1/2.
Where does the time go?
We have turned a corner and this is really a great age.
Lucas is as curious as ever, insightful and astute, funny, polite and kind. He charms everyone from grocery store clerks and waitresses to his teachers and his father’s colleagues at work.
Like most three year olds, he loves playing games, especially Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Go Fish, Connect Four and Buckaroo. He also likes to win!
Lucas loves puzzles and is a master Lego builder.
If the house is quiet, he can often be found curled up in his bean bag with a book (be still my heart). His favorites right now are Do Not Open This Book, Ira Sleeps Over and Pirates Go To School.
He loves watching The Fresh Beat Band, Octonaunts, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Scooby Doo and Sofia the First.
But his greatest OBSESSION right now and for the two years has been with “Car movie cars”! It isn’t quiet out of hand, but close…
He has Cars Micro Drifters, Squinkies, Die-Cast models, tracks, carrying cases, magnets, puzzles, sheets, dominoes, towels, clothes and of course both movies.
Do you know how many Cars characters there are? He does!
What is your child(ren) current obsession?
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When my Ash was little she was obsessed with Nemo and my Bean was obsessed with Monsters,Inc. We had all of the toys you could possibly find on the internet. Now that they are older, they love their Littlest Pet Shop toys and to be honest, so do I. I get so excited when new ones come out. They are so cute and my girls really enjoy playing with them.
Does watching YouTube videos of other kids do stuff like count, eat, laugh, sing, dance, etc count as an obsession?
If yes, then um, my 3 year old is obsessed. 🙂
My son is 22 months and in our house Kipper rocks.
My daughter is 3.5 too! And I remind myself all the time that this can be such a frustrating age (for both of us.) They are so big! and yet, still little in many ways. It’s certainly a fun age despite the frustration. I find myself shaking my head in amazement at the things that come out of her mouth, the mannerisms that are emerging–really just the kid she is shaping into. Let’s see…she’s into babies and princesses. But when my dudes were this age (which wasn’t all that long ago) it was cars and animals, animals and cars ALL THE TIME. I feel you on the cars thing.
My son just turned 3 and oh my! I thought two was bad but dear god I may not survive 3! It’s good to hear / see that it does get better. It’s hard to remember that when you are in the middle of it all.
My son is obsessed with Cars too. It’s kind of sickening how many we actually own!
Aaaaahhh cuteness overload here!! He is sooo cute I just want to eat him up!! I loved this video of him!! It’s so funny that you and Todd now know all the names of these cars now too. 🙂
Eddie is obsessed with screens. I hate it. I want him to love toys again.
L is obsessed with being a princess right now and wearing all of big sister’s fancy dresses. It’s cute and it’s not.