A Chat With a 3 Year Old!

My sweet birthday boy enjoying his lunch 3/9/12

I've started a birthday tradition (thank you Pinterest).  Beginning at 3 years old, every year on my children's birthday I'm going to have a little "birthday interview"....basically just the same list of questions each year.  I think this will be a wonderful memory to document for my children to look back on one day, us enjoy throughout the years, and of course provide some great humor!  So, here it goes....MJ's first birthday interview at 3 years old. 

My answers are exactly as he said them to me.  My thoughts are in parentheses. 

Recite your name:  M and J  (He's NEVER said his name this way before, go figure)

How old are you?  3!  ("tee")

What's your favorite color?  red

Who is your best friend?  Allison (this is a little girl in his class at school; I've yet to meet her or her parents though)

What's your favorite animal?  a pig  (reallly??  maybe mommy rubbed off on you)

What do you want to be when you grow up?  a dog  (LOL!!!)

What's your favorite movie?  Choo-Choo Movie (a tad obsessed with Thomas the Train movies)

What is your favorite book?  car book

What makes you happy?  Choo-choos  (as he says "Hmmmm," and puts his finger on his chin as if in deep thought)

What makes you sad?  cars  (Mommy's thinking uh-oh, there goes that great new room we made for you)

What's your favorite food to eat?  waffles

What's your favorite toy to play with?  cars (phew!)

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Cuddle Bear and car blanket

Mommy's Sidenotes:



MJ has really developed from a baby to a little boy this year.  I was thinking back how the last two years I would go into his room and around the time he was born (midnight) and pick him up and rock him.  Not this year.  He's his own little person now and would probably wake up and look at me like I am crazy.  Kinda hard on a mommy's heart, but I'm so thankful for all that he is!  March 8th always feels like quite an emotional day for me as I think back to what was happening three years ago and how naive I was at what was about to take place.  I thought once I had a positive birth experience, those memories would fade, but they didn't...not yet anyways.  And that's okay, I think.  There must be a reason for that.  I'm learning to focus on what is rather than what was, but to always keep that memory with me in my heart to remind me how thankful to be of his precious little life as well as to use that experience to provide sympathy and support for others.

 And trust me, some days I need to think back to that moment to remember how thankful to be for him!  ha!  I'm not sure if 3 is worse than 2 as I seem to hear many parents say, but MJ has been on a roll for the last week.  Time out has been used more times than I care to count, patience has been tested, and tears have been shed from both him and I.  It's all part of learning, testing the limits, and developing though, and when it comes down to it I wouldn't have it any other way.  He is my miracle, my sunshine, and now my little boy (although he'll always be my baby).