Daniel is Three Years Old!

Today started as any other - happy babies playing together. But then we had a birthday party!! 

Daniel took four of his friends to Monkey Joe's for a couple hours of crazy play time and then we went back to Grandma's house for more playing, lunch, and presents.  The kids all seemed to have a great time and I am pretty sure many naps were had in the afternoon!  Daniel loved his presents, he got a Cars shirt (which is good because he seems to only want to wear shirts if they have Lightening on them), a Match box car, and puzzles from his friends and some trucks, Handy Manny truck and tool set, baseball bat, drum set, and a super giant ball you can play inside of from us and the family (among other things).  I had a great time too although I am very glad for only one birthday a year!

We'll have Daniel's 3 year check up with Abby's 9 month in July but he seems to still be average height and skinny - about 31 pounds I think. He is still super healthy most of the time, seems to be exceptionally bright for his age, and loves to interact socially with other kids. His exuberance does tend to display a bit aggressively sometimes and he can be very bossy, but he is a kind sweet boy for the most part. We'll start home school preschool in the fall to see if he will be able to sit still and focus on one thing long enough to learn some new skills (although he is sure he knows everything already!)! Already he is doing up to 60 piece jigsaw puzzles, can do very simple addition and subtraction, and is starting to read small words phonetically. Next on the agenda - learning to listen and obey!!