Miss Three Years Old

Jedi alphabet practice

Zaeda is making good progress in potty training. It’s a lot of laundry but I’ll take that over the money spent buying diapers/pull-ups.

The potty training has led to a lot of discussions about her becoming a big girl. The other night we had quite a few big girl accomplishments. She rode all the way home in her underwear and then came home and promptly went upstairs to go potty. She helped with dinner including taking a plate of bread to the table. She finished up by taking a little shower. Our kids hate showers so this was a big deal.

A self-styled rats nest of hair bands

Zaeda talks a lot. She still has a bit of trouble pronouncing the letter “s” but I find it kind of cute. Some of the things we hear lately are--

“Hey guys….”

“Hey Mommy, I need to tell you something.”

“What the heck?!”

“You are the weirdest brother.”

“You are the meanest mommy in the whole world.” (I’m getting this a lot as we go through the terrible threes with blood curdling screams.)

“That is sooo cool.”

Zaeda is a bit bossy and being 3, almost 4, everything revolves around her or so she thinks. During Zaeda's parent-teacher conference, her teachers told me the following story:

Zaeda's boyfriend at the time had chosen not to play with her one day. This did not go over well with Zaeda so she threw a fit. When her teacher tried to explain that this little boy, in fact, did not have to play with her, this was her response:

"He's my boyfriend! He HAS to play with me!"

 

Zaeda and Phineas