Harrison is 3!

My little Harrison is 3 years old! It's hard having his birthday so close to the holidays. Most people know that we also celebrate his half birthday so we spread out the celebrations a little. However, this year his birthday lasted almost a whole week!

We took him and Sam to Santaland at Macy's to see Santa and the Elf display. This would be a normal outing, but they have opened a small Build a Bear in the gift shop which we decided would be a fun little birthday gift for Harrison. He very quickly picked the Elsa bear from Frozen and a basketball. We saw Santa as well. Sam was enthralled and Harrison asked for dominoes (the stacking kind, not the pizza).

Harrison's little party we had on Sunday, just close family, gifts and cake. We kept it short and sweet. Harrison is thrilled with his new Curious George bed. He also got pizza on his actual birthday (and a very sick mommy...) and another birthday dinner courtesy of Grandma.

3 year old Harrison loves Curious George, chocolate, playing ball, juice, legos, watching videos of dominoes being knocked over on YouTube, our kitties, Cinder, his brother whom he calls "my baby." He can't wait to go to school or playgroup and run around with other kids, those are his favorite days of the week. He says he loves snow, but he also likes to be warm. He loves being praised, I think he feels it's his greatest reward. He also likes being rewarded with stickers.

We've been nerd-training and watching a bit of Doctor Who and Star Wars. He really likes both. He actually has requested both over Curious George in the past week, which says a lot. While watching Star Wars the other day he asked, "Where's Doctor Who?" and it was really adorable. He says Darth Vader is his favorite and doesn't want to watch Return of the Jedi yet because Darth Vader's picture is not on the cover of the DVD case (we've told him Vader is still in it!). When asked what color light saber he would want, he says red... because of Darth Vader. I also asked why he likes Darth Vader so much- "he's cool!"

I officially have an opinionated (very opinionated) 3 year old.

Housebound

I feel like we've been so busy, yet have barely left the house so much has happened that I keep thinking "oh! I should write that down," but just haven't had the time. 

We're all currently fighting colds. It's so heart wrenching listening to your 8 month old coughing so hard and not being able to help. Thankfully, Harrison is on the mend. We should be able to go back to his ECFE class tomorrow. 

In the last month- 

• Sam has gotten two teeth! He seems to be constantly teething, so I have no idea when the next ones will be. 

• I consider Harrison pretty much potty trained! His last accident was thanksgiving, and that was very likely because we weren't home (he's now getting much better at going while out). He's not night trained yet, though, but I'm fine with him using the potty at least while he's awake. He loves getting stickers every time he uses the potty. 

 (The picture is from a couple weeks ago)

• Harrison will be 3 in one week!

• We'll be going to Santaland and attached build a bear for his birthday. I'm very excited. Harrison will be once we get there, but he doesn't really know yet what we're doing. 

• Harrison is done with naps. He also refuses to do quiet time in his room. He wants to do quiet time downstairs. So, my normal day break is gone. It's been a good three years. Here is what it looks like now. 

• Harrison also finally gets out of bed on his own. He never used to get up without me. He would wait in his bed for me to come and get him, but with him potty training, I urged him to get out of bed on his own. I half regret the decision. He was in our room at 5:30 in the morning. I was able to convince him to go back to bed, but it was a little unnerving waking up to him next to the bed. 

• Bathtime fun!

• He's so silly!

Now I'm just hoping to get some sleep tonight, but Sam is not sleeping well. He was in bed an hour early, full of tired tears. 

• The cats act as though they have been given the best gift. 

I'm so ready for Christmas now! I'm getting excited!