So, Logan used to be a sweetheart ... and then he turned 3. You can still see the sweetheart peeking through sometimes, but he has become a very big and loud handful. Logan now throws fits regularly. Sigh. And he also is just ... obnoxious. He will make this weird laughing noise and then kind of flail around on the floor like a worm. Or spaghetti. Or something. If he wants something, he wants it right then and he will take it. He also refuses to potty train, but will hide if he is poopy and it is like this epic 30 minute battle to find him and change it every time ... and he poops like 4 times a day. He hides when he try to change his clothes and it is another epic 30 minute battle trying to do that. He has a super sensitive gag reflex and it takes another 30 minutes to convince him to clean his nose and then you have to hold him down while he is screaming and crying and then he is mad at you and hiding from you for another 30 minutes. He won't put on socks, puts his shoes on so loosely they continually fall off and takes both socks and shoes off anytime he can. He is lucky to be wearing anything on his feet by the time I take him out of church along with Noah. Between the two of them, we are lucky to last about 20 minutes in sacrament meeting. He has started having nightmares each night and then will go into his brothers room and wake them up early in the morning. We finally told him to come in our room instead - that is how desperate we are - because the whole house has been waking up at like 5:30 in the morning. And everyone is tired and grouchy. He asks for water about every 10 minutes but always spills his glass. Seriously, probably two or three times a day he spills his entire cup of drink. He asks for food about every 30 minutes. He probably eats twice as much as me. Lately, he eats too much and then complains of stomach aches, and then spits whatever is in his mouth that he no longer wants to eat out. Lovely. Suffice it to say, three is fun. In fact, today in his sunbeams class, he said he was a ninja and painted his face with red paint. At church.
He really isn't all bad, but he has seriously become a handful. I kind of want to hide from him until he is potty trained and well behaved again. At least he goes to preschool. He is a funny kid. He still talks in funny complete sentences. He loves Noah and loves to spend a lot of time entertaining him (yay!). He talks to him and tries to make sure that he is happy when he is going to preschool. He says funny things. Today it sounded like Noah said his name. Logan said "But he didn't say my middle name". I asked Logan if he even knew what his middle name was. He said "I like cheese sticks." It was pretty funny.
Logan does well at preschool. He hardly went this month because of all the snow days, but he really likes it. He was super excited about his Valentine's Day party, a little confused about how exactly the valentines worked, but excited. He picked out Star Wars valentines for his friends, because he likes whatever characters his friends liked. He ate all the candy he got in like one sitting.
Logan no longer bonks down the stairs. I guess he is growing up.
He is doing fine in Sunbeams. The first couple weeks were a little rocky - he wasn't sure and wanted me or Katsu to be there. But now he is great. His teacher buys him all kinds of little toys and treats. He thinks it is wonderful. When he isn't painting his face red or being a ninja. Ha ha.
He loves his older brothers and they are playing better together but it is still a bit rocky sometimes. They like to wrestle and fight and play light sabers and all kinds of active play. Playing with toys is a little more rocky because Logan is apt to break whatever they are doing. He is doing a lot more imaginative play and with toys now. He likes to play army and super heroes and build forts and pirates. He still really likes to play games and read books together.
I was trying to teach Logan his letters. He is awesome at recognizing "O". The other letters pretty much went over his head. I'll have to try again when he is a little older. He is good with shapes though. I got him a little Kumon book to practice tracing. (I am aiming for him to have better fine motor control and handwriting than Andrew - have to start young). He actually does a pretty good job and is learning to have the right grip. He just needs to press a little harder. He thought it was pretty fun. I think I will try cutting next. He really likes Play-doh. His counting is better - he understands how to count objects though still tends to forget the numbers 4 and 5. He has been doing geography with us. He loves to look at maps and is getting close at being able to find Asia and Japan and China. He has the funniest answers to geography questions. We were asking which country has the highest mountain and Logan said "American flag". Silly boy.
He likes to help around the house - vacuuming, dusting, cooking, etc. He likes to feed Joe, though tends to spill cat food everywhere. He is good at setting the table. He is probably the neatest of the children and is pretty good at remembering to put things away. He is very eager to learn the piano. I think he is too young but I don't want to squash his desire so I am not sure what to do about that. He especially likes our new piano.
So, he's a handful, but we love him. It kind of reminds me of the book about Leo the Late bloomer. I suppose one day he will just be grow up and then we will miss the crazy handful little boy he is.
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