Tyler is three and still as ridiculous as ever! We sure love our silly boy, even when he tests our patience with the things he does or says. He is definitely becoming a "three-nager," and while that brings on a lot of hard times, it also brings on a lot of joyful and rewarding times. He is still very active, smart, loves to make people laugh, and makes friends easily. He still also hates to sleep. I guess this will just be how he is for life.
The poor kid has wanted to be potty trained since before he turned two and I have yet to do it. He often takes off his diaper and goes to the bathroom on his own or wants to wipe himself after having a messy diaper. I really need to help the kid out.
He wants to "do learning" but it is hard for me because he acts like he isn't paying attention so I get discouraged and then later on he will just start identifying letters and numbers that I have taught him. I guess I better help him out with those too.
He loves loves loves Christy and being a big brother, sometimes a little too much. Christy struggled with him at first but has been doing better since she got older. He has enjoyed her being able to smile and interact more and more as she gets bigger. I hope they remain close for life.
Well, guess it is time to show who Tyler is instead of telling...
April 6
Me: We have to change your diaper.
T: It's not a problem for you!
April 11
I am arguing with Tyler right now and he said, "I can't believe this." I am thinking, "Just go put the dumb sandals on with no socks!"
April 17
"Is the pool guy covering the pool in toilet paper?" (It is a plastic tarp while they do repairs).
It is funny to hear Tyler explain the house rules to his new friends that come over. It's like oh, so you understand the rules, you just chose not to obey them.
April 18
"Ok Christy, I know you want to eat but that's enough." Can you tell he wants me?
April 19
Me:Tyler is talking about how much he likes his new friend "Isis" (Iris).
Jeanette: I'm glad he has a new friend. Even if she is a terrorist.
David: I'm not glad he has a new friend if it's a terrorist.
Me: Sometimes you gotta take what you can get.
April 26
T: I have to go pee pee.
Me: You have to go pee pee?
T: Oh, no, just my buns was moving.
April 27
Tyler was just pretending to shop at Walmart. Makes a momma proud :)
He add "B" to the front of everything, "ba-bi-olin" (violin), "ba-quisito" (mosquito), "ba rage"(garage).
May 4
Jeff playing tag with Tyler.
J: Count to 10.
T:10
J: No, count 1-10.
T: 1...10!
T: Can I organize the food in the fridge mom?
Me: No.
T: Ya, let's just take it out and organize it.
May 5
"Cat diddle diddle, jump over the moon, and the little guy laughed and laughed."
May 9
Waiting to get into the "Frozen" show at Disneyland, "Mom! We are waiting to get in the freezer!"
May 11
He was pretending to fix things around the house. I said, "Time for me to pay you" and pretended to hand him money. He got mad and said, "No! Real money!" Ya you wish kid.
May 12
Tyler is playing with Batman and "Mr. Freezer" legos. He knows Mr. Freeze is bad yet he is happily having him defeat Batman, "Ha ha! Baby! Sorry! Next time!" It troubles me my child likes the be the bad guy all the time.
May 13
I was near Tyler and Jeff and it smelled. I thought maybe Jeff needed to shower. Turns out Tyler had a bad diaper. I told Jeff what I had thought and he said, "I smell like a dirty diaper to you?!" One time I thought Jenn was passing gas, but again, it was Tyler and his diaper. Guess I better start blaming my kid first before the adults.
Tyler has been obsessed with Mother's Day since last night. When Jeff was trying to explain to him what it was, Tyler interrupted him and said he already had a Mother's Day present. He came in and showed me five different colored pages from his coloring book, saying "Happy Mother's Day" after each one. Then this morning he woke up and told me and Christy Happy Mother's Day. Jeff took him the other day to make my Mother's Day gift and Tyler came in talking all about it, "Mom! We painted something for you! But I can't tell you we did something because it is a surprise." The painted a bowl together for me. Jeff said Tyler was very particular and the worker kept coming over to see if they were done but was surprised each time to see Tyler still working diligently on it. My sweet boy.
May 16
Tyler is playing trains and repeating, "This is irritating." Courtesy of Jeff for sure!
He also asked me to "dead him" aka shoot him.
T: Do you want to see my naked jaked? (Shakes his buns). Do you want to see my other naked jaked?" (Turns and shakes his front).
Me: Don't do that, that is disgusting.
T: No it's not, it's fun.
May 19
T: Careful there is pee pee right there!
Me: Where?
T: Oh, where did it go?
Me: Next time tell me when you go potty so I can wipe it up right away and it doesn't dry up.
May 20
Tyler has been singing "Under the Sink" aka "Under the Sea."
I tried to get Tyler to eat a cooked onion but he wouldn't because he said it looked "dead".
June 9
We visited the Gilbert temple tonight. He was convinced the "pirate" on the top of the temple was following him because every time he looked up, he could see the pirate. He was very upset that he was being followed. He wanted to know if the pirate was a boy or girl. He was finally convinced that he wasn't being followed once he got out to the parking lot.
Tonight I was giving Mummi a tour of our house and he chimed in, "And this is a wall, and this is a towel, and this is another wall...". Haha. Silly boy!
His new favorite thing to say is "Oh cap (crap)", "by the way", and "seriously". He doesn't know how to use seriously in the right context though. Whenever he messes up while trying to do something silly he says, "No seriously, seriously, that's not it."
June 11
Tyler made a bad guy "kill" a good guy (of his toy characters). I said, "You want the bad guy to win?" He said, " I sure do."
June 13
We were in a Super Target yesterday and I bought a pair of shorts. After I went to the food section. Tyler asked, "Are we in Walmart now?" Guess he knows where we get our food!
June 15 (His birthday)
Tyler cut his hair. Luckily you can't tell.
I about died going down the water slide into the cold pool water. Tyler told me "It will be ok."
I handed him his ball in the pool and he said, "Really thank you sir!" I am grateful it is supposed to be so hot next week and will warm up the pool water.
June 16
I told Tyler it was bath time and he said he didn't have time for a bath, "So sorry" he ends with.
June 17
Tyler is more OCD than me, believe it or not. Whenever we go to my mom's he freaks out about different "dirty spots", some that aren't even dirt. For example, she has an old fold up chair with dried paint on it. Tyler will not sit on it because he thinks it is dirty. He made Mason mop the kitchen floor before he would go on it. So today when he was in my shower and saw some of my hair that had been left on the floor he said it was going to kill him.
He saw a bug and said he wanted to "dead it" by stomping on it.
June 21
Tyler is playing ghost and saying "moo." Better work on that... anyway, he has been fighting the bad ghosts and saying "Stay away from my girl! Stay away from my sister!" But the ghosts just killed him so I guess we're hopeless.
Tyler put on his swim googles and said he was an airplane guy and had to go ride in his car outsdie. I asked him why, if he was an airplane guy he was riding in a car and not a plane. He said someone was borrowing his card. What a creative little liar I have :)
June 22
I thought Tyler was down for his nap, but after being in the room for 40 minutes just came out and asked me to fix his swim googles because they were too loose. I told him that he didn't need them to nap and he just insisted he did. Not sure on what planet he thinks you need to sleep with goggles on.
