I recently realized that I rarely, if ever, blog anymore and that actually, I think it's a good way to remember what all is going on in our lives these days. So I owe Tyler a 3 year old and now 3.5 year old post since today is his half-birthday and tomorrow he will be closer to 4 than 3. WHAT!
Tyler is a rule follower- make them up before I even instate them- type child. He eases us into parenting on a daily basis. Grant, I am fond of saying, is another story. Over Christmas they shared a room for the first time at Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Buds house. The first night was smooth, I don't think they even knew they were in the same room! By the second night, Grant had wisened up. So we put them to bed, come downstairs, turn monitor on and hear silence. Successful second night! Then 10-15 minutes later out of the silence we hear Grant! Babbling out of the blue. Then nothing. Then more babbling then nothing and all is quiet for the rest of the night. Fast forward to a random moment the following day, Tyler says "mom last night I heard Grant and I opened my eyes and I realized Grant was standing up in his bed talking to me. So I said to him Grant it's bedtime good night."
So many take aways from this one brief moment, Tyler actually used the phrase "I realized" which I love AND it's just the perfect depiction of older brother, younger brother. This is 3.5 for Tyler, to a T.
He's getting more and more interested in letters, sounds, words and writing with no prompting from us. He is also getting into playing games, we got some great ones for Christmas for his age, and playing with more imagination and elaborate schemes. Also, he's recently starting to crawl up on my lap and "pretend I'm a baby". I think it means he is processing growing up and how our physical/emotional connection changes with him as he gets older. I haven't read the Love Language books for children yet, although it's on my list, but knowing what I know from the adult version one of Tyler's love languages, if not the top one, is physical touch. He is a hugger/kisser/cuddler when he wants or needs to be.
We have said often in these first 3 years that Tyler leans toward the shy/reserved side, although we try to spell those words out when he's around to avoid any kind of self-fulfilling prophecy he might pick up on. I have recently started noticing him growing out of these things in small ways- although I'm sure this is a large part of who he is overall. I've overheard him asking random children at the library "do you want to play with me?" which 6 months ago he just was not doing in any way, shape or form. I get a front row seat to his friendships- with our friends kids who we see often- and I love watching him interact with others. It's safe to say that in the last 6 months, Grant has made so many large strides in "interacting" that I think Tyler has really benefited from having a brother who's not in the baby stages anymore!
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