I think Bennett deserves a post once. Like I said, I'm behind... I can't believe it but Bennett will be 3 in a month! He is such a good boy. Sure he has his days where he is messing up faster than I can clean up, having tantrums, not listening etc. but for the most part he is such a good kid. He is so sweet and gives Ashley a hug and kiss every night before bed. He actually gets upset if she falls asleep before he gets to. He also will say "goodnight, love you" over and over when he's going down for a nap or to bed at night which is the best.
His speech is coming along. He is constantly talking - it's just not that clear. I can pick up on alot of what he is saying but there are many times during the day where I'll need him to repeat it a few times and I still can't quite figure out what he is saying. If it is something that is really important to him though, it is usually a clear word that we can understand. Like I said though, he is constantly talking (which sometimes gets so annoying) but is great to hear. We're still trying to determine if we're going to have to get him in a speech program in the next year or not. I think we're still going to play it by ear for the next few months and see how it goes. At the beginning of summer he was barely talking so in the past 6 months he has made huge improvements!
He has been fully potty trained (except for nights) probably since about September. He rarely is in pull-ups anymore when we leave the house. He does really well using bathrooms at public places and will tell us if he needs to go. He can stay dry during nap time but is usually pretty wet in the mornings. He has started standing up to pee - his choice - which scares me cause I don't feel like washing my bathroom rug all the time. But so far no accidents! He does a funny thing, he will wave and say "bye bye pee pee, love you" many times when he flushes.
He is able to dress himself now which is awesome! His socks slow him up but other than that, he can get himself from naked to fully clothed in probably 2 or 3 minutes! I love this!!!
Ever since going to Kristen's volleyball games and watching the pep band play, he is in love with anything music related - from the drums, horns, directing - you name it, he loves it. He directs songs on TV, he will make anything in to a drum (my pots being his favorite), and will blow in to anything that he thinks will make noise. Me being a former band member, am psyched that he is so in to music and I hope this continues. But, it is pretty loud and annoying in our house though these days.
He still loves anything to do with farming, anything building or construction related and basketball. His favorite TV show is Curious George, his favorite movie is Veggie Tales and his favorite books are Berenstain Bears (or Curious George).
They made a band! Josh is always such a good sport.
This picture makes me laugh.
He took a bite out of this apple and started freaking out. I couldn't figure out what was going on but he kept saying "Bob" over and over again. Then I got it - he thought that the apple looked like Bob from Veggie Tales!
We made turkey hats for Thanksgiving. He "helped".
He sounds so much like Peytra. She does the "I love you, goodnight" thing, too, and if we forget to say it (doesn't happen), or she THINKS we forgot to say it, she will scream until we go back up there and say it (again).
ReplyDeleteI love the Bob thing! He's right, it does look like Bob!
I laughed about the waving to to his pee and Bob the apple. :)
ReplyDeleteThat third picture made me laugh out loud!
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