11 Things About Max on the 11th

Three and half years old - has had lots of challenging
moments...but, developmentally - has been the most
fun of all. Max understands joking (sort of), is with it
enough to play simple games, and brutally honest.
Case in point.  Last week, I asked him if he was a good
boy for Mims and Granpda.  He said "yes". Then, I asked,
"Did you throw any fits" - to which he pondered and then
replied very seriously "yes, but it was just a small one mommy". haha!

here are some other funny bits about Max:

1.)      His frame of reference for any story, comment, or anecdote 

and when it occurred is always, “yesterday”!

(fun at Polaris Mall)

2.)    He got slippers for Christmas and loves to wear them to bed.  

If he’s not wearing those, he is likely wearing his footey pajamas

(loves his coloring book)

3.)    He is obsessed with all things cozy/soft/cuddly – 

that includes all soft pants (like sweats), his reindeer blanket, 

all couch blankets, and flannel sheets

4.)    When he’s trying to stall bedtime – he asks you to 

change his pillow case, brush his teeth, 

or sing him a song (usually Rudolph)

(on a walk with Mims and Mama)

5.)    His favorite snack is a banana sliced and topped

 with mini chocolate chips.  He also loves

 all forms of lunch meat and applesauce. 

  He would eat applesauce by the gallons if we let him.

(on a trip to the Zoo with Daddy)

6.)    His current favorite book is “Bunny Slopes”.

7.)    Lately, he’s been taking lots of showers at night.  

Our shower head is detachable so we can stand

and monitor what’s happening in there while 

holding the shower head a bit lower for him. 

He’s also working on washing all his

 body parts while in the shower.

(wanted his milk with a blender ball ...like Mama)

8.)    He licks his lips constantly and thus 

has the tell tale red ring both above 

and below his lips. He won’t let me come 

anywhere near it with Vaseline though….

so I’m not sure how to help.

9.)    He loves to read “notes” – which is essentially me – 

writing a sentence or two – and then him “reading” 

the letters out loud to me. He is starting to 

notice the lower case letters too – and gets 

confused between the capital I and the lowercase l.

(coloring...our favorite weekend activity)

10.)  He loves arts and crafts.  If you are into
coloring, cutting paper, stickers, and glue....
Max is your biggest fan! His favorite
writing utensil is a Sharpie.

(mama filled up his spray bottle with colored water)

11.) We have been starting to play 
lots of games with him (mostly because he
got them for Christmas). As you can imagine -
taking your turn, waiting, and then
not winning are hard. His current favorite
games are "Zingo", "Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel",
and a Peppa Pig Spinner game (which he only
likes to play a certain way).

It's my plan to continue this on the 11th of every month...
so stay tuned to get the update on Max!
xoxo