Have I mentioned who is my favorite lately? Well, Mads has been at the top of the list more often than not. He is so cool. He is at such a fun age, and I am soaking up all the boyishness he is throwing at me.
He loves flashlights. He carries one around all day. He has already broken 3 of our flashlights we keep around the house for emergencies. I don't even know how he found them. He currently has another one he found somewhere. Hopefully it lasts longer. I think I will just get him flashlights for Christmas. He will be in heaven.
He has a talent for quoting movies. He gets the voice right, and uses the gestures too. Recently we have heard, "Fire power!" a lot. It is from Night at the Museum. He says it just like the Thinker, and he flexes his muscles. He is also a big fan of quoting Nacho Libre. Often times, when he is getting his jams on, he pulls the bottoms up really high and says, "stretchy pants". And I'm not surprised when he calls me or the girls, "Queen of filth." (The Princess Bride.)
He loves the snow. Playing in the snow is one of the only activities he will do by himself. He knows I won't go out there with him, so he won't even ask. The other day, when he was playing outside, he came in saying his eyes were burning. (It was really bright- lots of white and lots of sun.) He doesn't have any sunglasses, so he asked if I could get Dare's for him. After that he was good! I loved that he would rather play than care that he was wearing his sister's sunglasses.
He whines a lot. But he is trying really hard to get out of the habit.
He never gets the names of meals right. He asks what we are having for lunch at dinner, and what we are having for breakfast at dessert time. I think he gets this from Dare. She still gets them wrong.
He is slightly obsessed with video games. I am kind of embarrassed to admit it. He is only 3, and he can beat the New Super Mario Bros. Okay, I am a little impressed too. He must get that from me. Nate has nothing to do with that talent. (Ha ha.) But we have limited his time drastically. It is just hard because I know that if he picks up the DS, he will be quiet and content for an hour or so.
He is learning to read. He knows all the letters and sounds, so we are starting to sound words out. He loves books. I only wish I could read to him more often. Two of his favorites are the Arthur books we have- Arthur's Glasses and The Reading Race.
He loves Wesley. Seeing them together really makes me feel like getting a puppy was a good choice. When Wesley went to the vet one day Mads was really sad. He kept asking when he would be home. And he told me he missed and loved him.
He has been sleeping in my room every night for the past week. He gets scared.
Every day when I drop the girls off at school he asks if he can sit in Dare's seat. His seat is in the back, and he likes to move up when the girls are gone. Then he and I talk non-stop until we get home. He always has lots to say.
He loves to play "Cars". This is when he has a car, and I (or anyone else he can sucker into playing with him) has a car, and we pretend they talk. His car always boasts about how fast he is, or how he can fly. Sometimes we save other cars from utter destruction, or go on trips to the store. Let's just say that his attention span for this game is much higher than mine.
He wants me to sing to him every night when I put him to bed. Sometimes he sings with me, but other times he just watches me and smiles. Most of the time he requests 'Popcorn Popping'.
When I tell him he is my favorite 3 year old, he gets grouchy and says he wants to be four. It is coming all too soon I'm afraid.
