Jones' birthday morning

3 years old - April 17

We celebrated with a party a couple of weeks before Jones' actual birthday, so when the 17th arrived and we sang to him, he interrupted us and said "I already had an animal birthday!". Fair enough.  His birthday fell on a Wednesday, so we celebrated that morning with a special pancake breakfast. He was in heaven. It may have been his first pancake, which makes me feel like a not very fun mom!

At three Jones:

• is super strong-willed and very busy. The kids loves life!
• is hilarious
• sleeps great in his big boy bed, though he rarely naps on the weekends
• is a picky eater, which breaks my heart
• still loves animals, but getting more into super heroes and cars as well
• loves to read and goes through at least 5 books at bedtime
• loves to take bubble baths, but also takes showers, which cracks me up
• is potty trained!!!!! He still struggles with #2 in the potty, but never wets his pants anymore. He still sleeps in pull-ups, but they are often times dry in the mornings
• knows his ABCs and can recognize every letter - upper and lower case
• can spell his name
• goes to speech two times a week now with a new speech pathologist, Mrs. Jennifer. Still has what we call "Jones language" and Trey and I still interpret a lot of his talking, but it is getting so much better.  When they did his 3 year old evaluation, they determined that he has the vocabulary of a 5 1/2 year old and the articulation of a 24 month old.  This explains the long sentences and full conversations! It is hilarious - he says things like "You need to obey" "You need to apologize" "I don't think that is a very good idea" and "Be careful! It is very dangerous!"
• loves his teacher, Ms. Linda, but knows that he gets to go to the BIG KID room in the fall with Ms. Essie.  He is very proud of this
• loves Anna Joy so much. No jealousy there, thank the Lord
• is my biggest accomplishment, biggest joy and biggest challenge...all rolled up into one.

LOVE this kid!

Jones three year old school picture proof - we say it is his fraternity composite. I die!!