My big boy is three now! In some ways, I can't believe that he is three years old, but in other ways, it feels like he has been with us for much longer. We had a wonderful birthday party, full of friends and relatives. Grammy made Jared a Rocket cake from the Little Einsteins, and I made a Put the Kids Inside Rocket game, a la Pin the Tail on the Donkey. We had a kazoo parade and general raucous fun. Steve grilled our dinner in an unfortunately timed thunderstorm, but it still turned out delicious!
I just realized that Jared's age ticker reached the end, so I'll have to make up a new one for him!
We've been keeping ourselves really busy and having many adventures...
We've been having quite a hot summer in Maryland, and Jared has discovered the fun of running around the sprinkler. He doesn't like to jump over it, but he still gets really wet. It's a lot more fun than the baby pool, where he just tries to splash all of the water out of the pool.
Scott has 5 teeth now, and a few more are coming in. He says Mama now, which is so cute. Jared said Dada months before Mama, so it's nice that Scott said Mama first. Scott also waves hi and bye. Scott is a climber! No steps yet, but he was standing on top of his parking garage toy to try to climb the fence that we have around the TV. We found this out when Steve heard Jared say "Scott, no stand on toys. We break them."
Jared can now gives a thumbs up. That doesn't sound like much, but he's been working on it for months! I think he still prefers the fist bump though. We've now even progressed to the double fist bump. :)
Scott is getting close to walking. He used to crawl laps around the house while Jared was running laps. Now he uses the Hungry Hippo walker or Winnie the Pooh train to walk laps around the house. I just have to do the steering. He loves it! He also likes walking around if you hold his hands.
Jared had the best time at our local carnival! I was hesitant to spend the money on an unlimited ride wristband, since I thought that he might be scared. But he loved everything! He loved the tall rides, the spinning rides, the fast rides. Scott and I got to accompany him on the tea cups, the carousel, and the ferris wheel. He keeps asking to go back - we'll try to take him to our county fair soon.
Scott still puts everything into his mouth, which is why we've mostly avoided the beach this year. Jared has a great time, but if I don't watch Scott every second, he puts sand in his mouth (yuck!). Scott does look cute crawling around carrying things in his mouth though. I remember calling this the "puppy phase" with Jared. Always exploring, always in the mouth!
Our friends the Deeneys came down to see the house and visit on the 4th of July. It was a hot fun day with lots of great food and great company!
In Maryland, you are allowed to change your kid's name without going through the courts for the first year. So we always come up with silly names for the kids until they're one. Jared was Grabby McBite Pinch. Scott's current names are Smiley Danger ("Danger is my middle name," plus he likes to chew on power cords) and Scott Puft Marshmallow Boy. Scott looks a lot like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, they both smile a lot, and they both have an appetite for destruction.
We crashed my NASA group's picnic, and it was nice to introduce Scott to everyone. Jared was super excited to get on my boss's sailboat. We even got to go out for a ride on the boat! Jared was so excited. Scott was less excited, especially since his life vest kept pushing up into his chin. Scott managed to fall asleep during the boat ride, so I ended up laying him down on one of the tables to sleep.
Hopefully I'll get the pictures up soon.
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