Birthday update

I wrote about the party but haven’t mentioned Brett’s accomplishments now that he’s three. First, the basics: he’s 36 and a half inches tall and probably weighs 32 pounds or so (haven’t weighed him since May, but he doesn’t see a whole lot heavier). He can wear anything from a size two to four, depending on the garment and the make. He wears a toddler size eight shoe.

One of his favourite shows is still Dora the Explorer, and he could probably watch the movie Robots almost every night (although less in the last couple of months). He got Curious George from Baba and Zaida and he’s already watched it twice. Other movies we’ve rented so often that we probably should’ve bought them: A Bug’s Life and Ice Age.

Favourite toys are anything with letters or numbers and any of the dozen or so puzzles he has. When we’re outside, he likes climbing stuff, going down slides, and throwing rocks in the river. He asks to be carried when we go for walks until he finds something interesting to look for: birds, footprints, rocks to throw.

His favourite foods are still watermelon and grapes, which he often eats with a cookie on the side. His favourite restaurants are Smitty’s for the macaroni and cheese or A&W for chicken strips. His fave Tim Bit is chocolate, although he sometimes opts for jam-filled. No coffee though.

On car rides he likes to listen to his ABC song disk or Saturday Morning Cartoon songs.

Brett can count to a hundred with only one or two reminders, and recognizes too many words to count (probably over a hundred): tons of food words, animals, colours, numbers up to 20 (spelled out), Canadian provinces and a few cities (the important ones, like where he knows people). He read this birthday card from Baba and Zaida and only had to ask for help with “deserves” and “simply” (he says he knew “absolute" and "terrific,” but I’m sure he asked for help with them the first time through).