(Writing this almost a year late, so I'm just going to write what I remember!)
At three years old:
Donny is still pretty easy going and usually the easiest child. His smile and laugh is infectious. He speaks very well for is age, but his voice is still so little. He has the CUTEST voice!! He is crazy smart and picks up on things very quickly. You can tell that big head of his has some good brains! He still sucks his thumb and says "w's" instead of "l's." It sounds adorable. He is our media kid and if we would let him, he would watch TV nonstop. He is and always has been a very affectionate, snuggly boy. He is sweet and loves his sisters. He plays well with Josie and looks up to her so much. He took a gymnastic class recently and rocked it. It was for 3 and up, but they let him in at 2. He follows directions very well and does great in class settings. His facial expressions when he talks are the most hilarious things ever. He has always been an expressive speaker. Oh, that face. He is still a petite thing, but he is growing! I'm pretty sure he is on his way to being average on the growth charts soon. For now, it's still 18 month to 2T size!
He looks like some sort of puppet or marionette to me in this picture, lol.
Celebrating at our favorite lunchtime restaurant (El Maguey) with daddy.
Donny asked for a Spiderman cake (I think?). Just make a blue cake and put a Spiderman mask on it. That's how it's done, right? ; )
Daddy took some real time setting up and decorating. Really, the whole party was daddy's doing. He did almost all the work. Here is the "fire" breathing piñata.
The Bat Commander doing battle with the T Rex.
Dancing in the basement together.
Friends!
Ok, so the weirdest part of the day. Right as the party was getting started, Josie and some kids went out back. We were sitting there watching as one of the squirrels came up onto the deck. Someone warned the kids to stay away from the squirrel since they carry rabies (not true). Right as soon as he said that, the squirrel randomly ran toward Josie and jumped (climbed?) up on her leg. She freaked out and screamed, of course, and the squirrel ran off. (This was a squirrel that we saw everyday. It lived in one of the trees and the kids named it "squirrely." How appropriate.) Anyway, she had a few little scratches from his nails and everyone started freaking me out over it. "Quick! Take her to the ER! She has rabies now!" "Rabies is deadly. You never know!!!" I know I should have googled first. Always google first!!! So out of peer pressure, I took her down to Urgent Care and waited. And waited. And waited. We waited about an hour before I started googling on my phone and asking around the waiting room. Turns out, squirrels don't carry rabies and cannot transmit it. There is no real danger in a squirrel scratch. Just wash with soap to keep away infection. Meanwhile, Kevin kept texting updates and pics and we got to see all the fun stuff we were missing. Finally, I decided this was ridiculous and took Josie home. (She was totally fine and the UC trip was completely unnecessary. Stupid peer pressure!!) By the time we got back, we had missed the whole party. I was soooo bummed!! I missed my son's 3rd birthday party! Josie was devastated. Donny tried to make her feel better by sharing his new toys. The only thing that perked her up was when the Bat Commander came back at bedtime to meet her. She was sooooo confused!! She kept saying, "Wait....is that daddy? Who is that?? Is that really him??" Kevin makes a convincing Bat Commander, apparently! Sad we missed the party, but at least someone took a bunch of pictures and video. I guess it makes a funny story now and Josie loves to retell it!!
Squirrel attack!!
