Aaron continues to bring joy and laughter to our lives every day! At 3 years old, Aaron weighs 36 pounds (75-90th percentile) and is 37 1/2 inches tall (50th percentile). He is active, adventurous, mischievous, smart, curious, and loud! Aaron's language skills are amazing- he speaks in long, complex sentences with all kinds of age appropriate speech errors! (glides his l's and r's, substitutes f for th, reduces some blends) He is as smart as a whip, questioning everything (why, why, why), and challenging our authority constantly!
Aaron loves to:
-read books (favorites are Dr. Seuss, Froggy, Arthur, SkippyJon Jones)
-play outside (is currently in love with his stomp rocket and scooter)
-climb on anything and everything (he really enjoys trying to climb trees and climb on the top of the monkey bars at the park)
-help with cooking and washing dishes (he loves to use his little cooking gear and control the sprayer at the kitchen sink)
-play with sticks, tools, and all kinds of 'real' things
-sing songs (especially the theme from the tv show, Little Einsteins)
-play pretend (rocket ships, dinosaurs, zoo animals by putting a 'cage' around himself with an upside down laundry basket!)
-play with play dough
-paint, glue, and cut with scissors
-garden and water plants with Daddy
-watch tv shows (favorites are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, Bob the Builder)
-watch movies (favorites are Toy Story, Cars, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Despicable Me)
-play games (Pop Up Pirate, Memory, Cootie, Trouble)
Aaron usually gets up around 6:30 (often thanks to his little sister) and naps from about 1-3 (usually takes a nap for about 3-4 days and then skips a day). If he takes a good nap, he gets to stay up until 8 and watch 1 or 2 tv shows before bed. If he doesn't nap during the day, he goes to bed at 7 pm with Maggie. Aaron sleeps with his monkey and softie at night. Aaron & Maggie share a room and generally get along pretty well. They pester each other, but each get bored when the other is not around!
Aaron is very excited to go to preschool next year and is definitely ready for a new challenge! He can spell his name, say the alphabet, recognize his letters most of the time and can identify their sounds. Aaron can rote count to about 15 and count to 6 or 7 with one to one correspondence. He's a sharp guy and we know that it will be good for him to learn from someone other than his mom and dad!
Aaron is an amazing little guy and we are so proud of him!
Aaron is pretending to ride a motorcycle (the arm of the chair is the cycle and the thing on his head is his helmet!)
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He is an amazing 3 year old! We love you Aaron :)
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