3 Year Old

Time flies! Andy turned 3 already. Here are some pictures taken on this birthday, including one around the tree that he was photographed under 3 years ago, in the same car seat.
Three years ago:


Today:


At the magic age of 3:
- Andy talks a lot, and is cheerful usually. He asks "why" a lot lately. He does the natural switch of speaking Chinese to me and English to others. He understood he is 3 now, and asked where did 2 go. We are volunteers in this Plagiocephaly study so Andy goes for an extensive Child psycholgy evaluation at 18 mo. and 3 years. The researcher at his 3 year visit said his language skill was impressive. At school, his teacher was surprised that he knew octagon in their shape lesson.
- He loves reading and doing Chinese flash cards on computer. He also loves Elmo CD's and Chinese children music (MeiMei was his fav, losing out to Elmo recently) and has taken over car music selection.
- We are switching him to a bilingual school called Little Dinosaurs starting November (next week)! Will see how that plays out.
- He is mostly potty trained since the summer. I think hanging out closely with Cedric (5 months older than Andy, potty trained before 1) had a large influence on him, so did intently watching elephants peeing and pooing one day. He just kinda got it after that. He was doing really well at night too, waking me up at 3AM because he had to go. The night training seems to have regressed now that the nights are longer and the bed warm cozy.
- He learned a couple more yoga moves. His favorites are down dog (learned a year ago), up dog, and side stretch. He likes to turn on the "yoga TV" for moma in the mornings.
- No doctor visiting all year. Andy has been very healthy.
- Andy is a foodie. He loves to sample everything and help cooking. His favorite is same as mom's: pbb.

It's been a blessing and adventurous 3 years. Andy brought us so much joy that I'm grateful for everyday.