36...

Xander turned 3 last Friday, and I was inspired (though delayed) by someone else's post to think of 36 things (for 36 months) about my kiddo!

1. He has the best laugh.
2. He has the sweetest smile--seriously, he could be a model or something.
3. His most ticklish spot is on the inside of his thighs.
4. His favorite new toys are Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
5. He can blow bubbles in the water.
6. His legs aren't quite long enough for him to pedal his tricycle.
7. He usually falls asleep twirling his hair (or with a finger in his nose).
8. He easily navigates around Playhouse Disney on the internet.
9. He knows all his letters, but sometimes gets J and K mixed up.
10. He can almost count to 20. Sometimes he leaves out 13.
11. He doesn't like to be called anything but Xander.
12. He often goes to bed with very little dinner because he's so picky and refuses to eat what he's served.
13. He still sleeps with the same blanket that his Godmother Andrea gave me at my baby shower. He calls it his snuggle blanket.
14. He pretended to be potty trained, but often refuses to sit on the potty when we send him. Instead, he'll wet his pants right there in the bathroom. It's very frustrating.
15. His one job is to set the table at dinner time.
16. He can hold onto a doorknob or the fridge handle and put both feet up. That's why I call him a little monkey.
17. He loves to sing. He even sings along with the instrumental parts on the Little People CD, and he knows the second verse to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
18. He's had stickers the past couple of times he's gone to church with me, and when he peeled them off and stuck them on the paper, he sorted them.
19. He wakes up way too early in the morning.
20. He likes to snuggle in our bed in the morning.
21. He likes to wake up his brother in the morning, despite our wishes.
22. It tickles him when I wash between his toes in the bath.
23. He doesn't like to clean up.
24. He's an expert at puzzles.
25. If it weren't for goldfish, hot dogs and chicken nuggets, he would probably starve.
26. He loves to drink white milk, but he won't touch chocolate milk.
27. He likes to close his own door when he gets in the car. Problem is, he usually closes it before I buckle him in.
28. He always has been a Mama's boy!
29. He randomly tackles, hits or pushes his big brother. He's kind of a bully sometimes.
30. His favorite books are Bark, George, The Cat in the Hat, The Very Cranky Bear, and Frank Asch books.
31. He can recite most of all three of those books by heart.
32. He hates getting his hair cut. So right now he has a shaggy cut that goes down over his ears and makes him very sweaty when he plays hard.
33. He loves his Gramma!
34. He loves his Aunt Mo!
35. He doesn't like the vacuum cleaner or hand blowers in public restrooms.
36. He's the sweetest little boy I could ask for!!!

Happy Birthday, Xander!!!