Our little buddy Tyson is officially a 3 year old! Tyson is a whirlwind of a boy! He is full of personality, charm, and mischief all at once. Tyson has grown up a lot over the last year and he's had some big changes in life as well!
In the last year, we moved into a new home which means new neighborhood, ward, and nursery leaders. We also had Ellie. So Tyson's had a lot of changes to adjust to. In some ways, this year was rough with Tyson. He is a big, strong boy and he's had some problems being too rough or even aggressive at times. It breaks my heart seeing him be rough with others and I look forward to this phase of life to completely be done. Its worn on my patience a lot. He finally seems to be getting better with it though and is learning to verbalize his feelings rather than show aggression physically. He still likes to rough house though. I don't know if that will go any time soon.
Its also been stressful for me with Ellie and how rough the big kids are with her. When she was 5 weeks old, Tyson picked her up to carry her and when I screamed in fear, he dropped her. Luckily it was a soft fall and he's not too far from the ground but it scared me. Every day, I'm grateful that she's gotten stronger so she can survive the bigger kids. Tyson really adores Ellie but sometimes he gets excited and wants to play with her and she's not quite big enough for that yet. She loves him too though. She gets the biggest grin on her face when Tyson and Kayla play with her.
Tyson loves playing with cars. He's slightly obsessed with Lightning McQueen and Mater. He also plays really well by himself for long periods of time, which is nice. When he plays with Kayla, they are very imaginative in their play. They are always making up adventures to go on together. They love gathering everything they can find and moving it into a pile in a corner for said adventure, much to my dismay. As soon as they're done and I ask them to clean it up, its "too hard!"
Tyson is a great eater. He eats almost anything I cook for him, although I think he likes to give me grief because Kayla does and he gets attention for it. But he will almost always end up eating dinner. He loves hot dogs, pb&j, pizza, spaghetti, and now prefers hamburgers or chicken nuggets. His favorite restaurants are Pizza Pie Cafe and Freddy's.
He can talk up a storm. He repeats (and imitates) everything Kayla says and does. He can carry on the funniest conversations and is now coming up with dramatic play and giving directions for the games. People often comment on how well he speaks for his age and how vast his vocabulary is. He is very expressive and loud. He has a horribly high pitched squeal that is awful and we're working on that. I'm constantly reminding him to use an inside voice. He also thinks its funny to make a really loud monkey sound any time he sees Ellie has fallen asleep. Lately he's started saying, "That's disgusting!" He proudly told the doctor that his feet were gnarly at his 3 year check up. (he's struggled with athlete's foot). I never know what to expect out of his sweet and often loud little mouth.
Tyson also potty trained this last summer. He did a great job and was really quick to catch on, but every once in a while, he gets too distracted or doesn't want to stop what he's doing. When he got hit sticker chart filled up, he earned a Mack Truck and he LOVES it! He also likes to have one of us come watch him in the bathroom. I know he just likes the attention. We taught him the proper names of anatomy, which has been entertaining to say the least. He ran outside once without underwear on. I quietly guided him back in and Kayla ran outside and yelled, "Sorry everyone! He just wanted to show you his penis!" She said that because another time at my Uncle Tony's 80th birthday party, Tyson was in a little playhouse with several little girls. He had just finished potty training. All of a sudden, all the little girls ran out screaming followed by Tyson waddling out with his pants around his ankles. He was saying, "I just wanted to show you my penis!" ha!
Our little buddy gives the best hugs and loves to have either Brett or I snuggle with him at night before he'll go to sleep. He loves giving kisses and hugs to Ellie. He'll give all of us a closed-lip kiss like normal, and then open his mouth on our cheeks and say 'Ah-Va!'. He calls those kisses his Ah-Va's. Tyson does everything all the way. He loves hard, he plays hard, he screams loud, he runs fast, and he pushes limits. I'm so excited to see where he'll go in his life. I don't doubt he'll do big things. We sure love this buddy buddy!
Tyson is a great eater. He eats almost anything I cook for him, although I think he likes to give me grief because Kayla does and he gets attention for it. But he will almost always end up eating dinner. He loves hot dogs, pb&j, pizza, spaghetti, and now prefers hamburgers or chicken nuggets. His favorite restaurants are Pizza Pie Cafe and Freddy's.
He can talk up a storm. He repeats (and imitates) everything Kayla says and does. He can carry on the funniest conversations and is now coming up with dramatic play and giving directions for the games. People often comment on how well he speaks for his age and how vast his vocabulary is. He is very expressive and loud. He has a horribly high pitched squeal that is awful and we're working on that. I'm constantly reminding him to use an inside voice. He also thinks its funny to make a really loud monkey sound any time he sees Ellie has fallen asleep. Lately he's started saying, "That's disgusting!" He proudly told the doctor that his feet were gnarly at his 3 year check up. (he's struggled with athlete's foot). I never know what to expect out of his sweet and often loud little mouth.
Tyson also potty trained this last summer. He did a great job and was really quick to catch on, but every once in a while, he gets too distracted or doesn't want to stop what he's doing. When he got hit sticker chart filled up, he earned a Mack Truck and he LOVES it! He also likes to have one of us come watch him in the bathroom. I know he just likes the attention. We taught him the proper names of anatomy, which has been entertaining to say the least. He ran outside once without underwear on. I quietly guided him back in and Kayla ran outside and yelled, "Sorry everyone! He just wanted to show you his penis!" She said that because another time at my Uncle Tony's 80th birthday party, Tyson was in a little playhouse with several little girls. He had just finished potty training. All of a sudden, all the little girls ran out screaming followed by Tyson waddling out with his pants around his ankles. He was saying, "I just wanted to show you my penis!" ha!
Our little buddy gives the best hugs and loves to have either Brett or I snuggle with him at night before he'll go to sleep. He loves giving kisses and hugs to Ellie. He'll give all of us a closed-lip kiss like normal, and then open his mouth on our cheeks and say 'Ah-Va!'. He calls those kisses his Ah-Va's. Tyson does everything all the way. He loves hard, he plays hard, he screams loud, he runs fast, and he pushes limits. I'm so excited to see where he'll go in his life. I don't doubt he'll do big things. We sure love this buddy buddy!
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