Looks Who's Three!

We started out the morning with presents. A couple of books, and mom and dad made a cast for CJ's baby doll to match her green cast. 

Then on to breakfast. Strawberry power o's with strawberries. Can you guess one of CJ's favorite foods? 

It wouldn't be a CJ day without Blokus.

Later we tried on the new church dress and went to the first day of our last year of nursery. 😳 (only one more year?)

CJ saw me scrolling past a recipe on my phone and said, "I want THAT for my birfday dinner!" So I made that. It's chipotle stuffed sweet potatoes and charred broccoli. I think she liked it less than Dad and I did. 

CJ had begged for a bubblegum cake. In a last minute flash of genius, I figured out how to make these gum ball machine cake pops. 

A pretty good birthday for a three year old! 

Jan 13-14

We played with the geo boards on Monday. 

Counting and sorting. Also cutting. Always cutting. 

Spelling pre-test. Look at that face. 

Tuesday we played more with science. Lemon and pickle batteries are in the books. 

And then he ate his science project. Sigh. 

Last week

I didn't post any pictures of what we learned last week, but we did learn! 

We did a lot of math since that seems to be an area where more work is needed. 

And also science. Still in our electricity unit. Pretty sure there's enough material here to keep us busy until next year. 

CJ

I wanted to catalog some of the cute things CJ is saying these days. 

Biper is her word for diaper. She says, "I don't yike it!" A lot. Mostly about clothes. She's a nudist at heart, apparently. 

She also refuses to allow easy diaper changes. "CJ, you are wet. Let's change your diaper."

"No change biper! MY wet!" 

I'm not exactly sure what to do with that one, frankly. 

For being my third child,me sure have had a lot of firsts. 

Yesterday, she told me, "I. Go. For a WALK!!!!!" Repeatedly. And with great gusto. It was interesting to see her little brain work at putting together such a complex sentence for a 23 month old. 

In case you were wondering, we did go for a walk. 

She is very sure anything that has to do with the kitchen should include her, so we do lots of pouring and measuring and stirring together. The other two also think they belong in the kitchen and we have the occasional squabble over whose turn it is to pour or mix. 

All the pillows belong to CJ. "My pallow! It's mine pallow!" And also all the gankets. Otherwise known as blankets. 

She is my very favorite child (ask any of my kids, they ALL think they are the favorite), even when she never sleeps. We did some lab work recently and have spent a decent amount of time at the doctor trying to figure out WHY she won't sleep. Still no real answers but having an almost two year old who still doesn't sleep makes a daddy think we don't need a newborn. Mommy agrees. Oi. 

I'm looking forward to her birthday and the magical blanket I got her that is supposed to make babies sleep. 

Oh, please, sleep guardians, let the sheep blanket work.