Wow I thought Eli turning 3 warranted a whole blog about him. He is an amazing little boy and I cannot believe three years have gone by! This is my chance to brag on my little guy. Eli is extremely smart, he has always been very advanced verbally and socially. If you have met the kid you know he is not afraid to walk up to anyone, say hello, ask them there name, and strike up a conversation. He cracks me up sometimes, he knows alot of the clerks at Fred Meyers by name! Eli loves to dress up as characters- I think his dress up box would put any little girls to shame. He does have a genre he sticks with, mainly military, construction, police, firemen, and lately garbage men. He has a love/hate relationship with garbage trucks- he runs as fast as he can to the windows to see them when they come, but cries at night going to bed asking "there's no garbage trucks coming to get me?" Daily he accessorizes with boots, belts, hats, gloves, and the latest suspenders! For months we had to tie things around his body to look like suspenders, but just the other day we found some at the mall. He was in HEAVEN! They were our most recent bribe to successfully finishes potty training. He does pretty good staying dry most days and naps, but night-time is a no go. Eli loves, loves, love the military and is such a character when it comes to his soldier attitude. He sings, loudly and proudly "The ballad of the green berets" all the time. He stands at attention and salutes anytime he hears a song that sounds "military" to him. This involved him standing and saluting at the movie theater when the Universal pictures song came on, and standing up at church and saluting when he heard the sound of a snare drum. Good lord, this kid is funny!! Eric cracks up because it is all ELI! No military push from him at all. He hasn't even really seen Eric in the Army- since he has been off active duty the last 2 years. Eli will get a kick out of real Army life in a few months.
Eli's stats 3 year check-up
34 lbs in the 70th percentile for weight
37 inches in the 50th percentile for height
Favorite quote:
Eli: singing...fighting soldiers from the sky...
Eric: nodding his head to the beat
Eli: "stop dad, this isn't a dance party!"
Eric: "oh sorry I was just nodding"
Eli: "soldiers don't nod dad!"
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, 3 really does sound so grown up! I love that he's such an army fan, he must crack you up with that daily.
You Found Some Suspenders!! Hooray! that is still on our Christmas list, you can't have enough suspenders! I am so excited to see them, Grandpa will be surprised with Ashur. We can't go too long in between visits because we miss all the current happenings.
I printed the words to the Green Beret song so now we sing it together. I am corrected when I make a mistake. Gotta Love These Guys!
Grandma Linda
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