So anyway, I'm finally getting around to doing this post that is all about my precious Fenn. He is so much fun right now and he surprises us every single day with something new he has learned, something funny he says, or something sweet that he does. Yes, he's not perfect and is a typical 'almost' 3-year old. But he truly is a special little boy and so, so smart. Here are some of the reasons we love our Fenn...
.: He says, "Let's go on a 'pic-pik' at the pahk'." {That's a 'picnic at the park'.}
.: He and his daddy have green bean races at dinnertime. He really does like green beans, but he's going through a phase right now where he won't eat certain things, even things he says he likes. So he and his daddy race to see who can finish a green bean first. Fenn usually wins.
.: We also have this thing we do where we hold our hands together (with thumbs facing up) to form a 'shark' and do the Jaws thing {you know... "duhhhh DA, duhhhh DA, duhhh DA, duhhhh DA, duhn duhn duhn duhn duhn duhn duhn duhn..."}. While we're doing that, we're moving our hands toward the boys and then tickling them. They both laugh hysterically and love it. And Fenn does it back to us, except his version comes out more like "daaa NO, daaaa NO, daaaa NO...".
.: His version of the blessing is "God is gwate, we are fed, tank da Lord, our day-yee bwed. Amen!"
* He says "gog" for 'dog'. We have no idea why he does this because he can clearly say other words that start with a 'd'.
.: One day recently, we were playing baseball in the family room (with one of those plastic Little Tikes bat and ball sets) and I was pitching the ball to him. When he missed, he said, "That's okay mommy, you can try again." It's like he thinks it's up to me (and my pitching) to make sure the ball hits the bat.
.: He's going through a phase right now where he gives me silly faces when I tell him to smile for a photo. Oh, and sometimes he tells me to put down my camera because he doesn't want me to take a picture of him.
.: He loves to sing. He will sing along with the Little Einsteins intro song now and the other songs within the show. Sometimes, he'll just start singing the songs even when he's not watching the show.
.: Speaking of his beloved Little Einsteins... he has started losing interest in them a little here lately. Some new favorites are Timmy Time, Curious George, The Cat in the Hat Knows a lot About That, and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He's starting to sing some of those theme songs, too.
.: And speaking of those new songs, he really likes the theme song for Timmy Time. The show is all about this little lamb named Timmy and his adventures at school with his animal friends. There are no words to the whole show, except for the theme song. The animals all communicate with their various sounds... "Baaaa" for the lamb, "Meow" for the kitten, "Quack" for the duck, etc. So, the theme song goes something like, "Timmy (baaaa), It's Timmy (baaaa), He's a little lamb with a lot to learn..." Dan will start singing the old M.C. Hammer song, but instead of singing "it's Hammer time", he'll sing "it's Timmy time!". And Fenn will say, "No daddy, that's not right."
.: He has started calling us 'Mom' and 'Dad' sometimes instead of mommy and daddy.
.: He refers to the kitchen as the 'kitchen room'... makes sense because other rooms are the bedROOM, the bathROOM, the family ROOM, and the dining ROOM.
.: Sometimes he likes to pick out his daddy's clothes. And he has also started picking out his own clothes more often. He definitely has more of an opinion about what he wears. So if you see him in something that totally doesn't match, just know it's because I'm trying my best to let him be Fenn.
.: He is completely potty trained except for nighttime. He has even had several nights where he hasn't peed in his diaper at all and waits until he wakes up to pee.
.: His first chore was to set the table. He has actually sort of lost interest in it now. But he does sometimes still want to help out in the kitchen.
.: One of his favorite things to say is, "Look at all the animals!" in reference to all of his stuffed animal friends.
.: He has stopped this now. But for the longest, when he counted to 10, he would skip the numbers 4 and 6.
.: Right now, he is really into being polite and says "thank you", "you're welcome" and "please" on a regular basis.
.: He really loves Petey. And Petey loves him, too.
.: One night in mid-September, he pulled out his "book of prayers", told us to close our eyes, flipped through the book until he found the one he wanted (which is his favorite at the moment), and 'read' it out loud.... "I see the moon and the moon sees me. God less the moon and God less me." {that's supposed to be God bless the moon and God bless me, but he leaves off the 'b'}
.: He has started memorizing a lot of sentences, phrases, and prayers from his books.
.: He recognizes a lot of his letters and can even associate them with people's names and/or objects. B for Boone, M for Marley or Micah, W for Wes, T for Tyler, etc. {Those are some of the kids in his class.} He also recognizes all the letters for his name and can spell his name. He says, "F E N N Fenn" as he points to the letters.
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what a cutie! can't wait to see you guys on Sunday! love his prayer. too cute!
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