Celebrating Miles

We did it! Miles made it to his 3rd birthday. Miles has actually been a pretty easy child. He has always wanted to try and listen to me. He is thoughtful in his actions and is usually aware of his surroundings. He was very specific of what he wanted for his birthday celebration. He wanted, balloons, a square chocolate cake, and a trip to the beach. So easy to please! He loves being outside but has a limit (so different than Charlie who would be outside all day and night in whatever weather if we let him.) He loves to make people laugh! We have to be careful and not laugh at things we don't want him to repeat or else he will repeat them a lot. For his 3-year old photos, we made our way down to the Portland waterfront, in hopes of seeing the beautiful cherry blossoms. We didn't see any, and found out later, they were much better up river. Oops. Anyway, we still had fun.

And this is at our house before we left. He's a clown.

Miles is a very grateful child, he says thank you to everything. Whether you are giving him food, or buckling him, playing with him, he usually thanks you. One time we were mentioning something about it raining outside and Miles said. "mom, thanks for telling me about the rain"

An exciting accomplishment for Miles is that he has gone through the whole Harry Potter series. Max read it out loud with him starting a little over a year ago and they finished the last book the night before Miles' birthday. A lot of the reading was done after he had fallen asleep but Max continued to read out loud so I'm sure he is already absorbing his love for Harry Potter.

Some Miles quotes over the last year...
Miles comes up with interesting and thoughtful things to say everyday! I haven't been very good at documenting them but here are a couple I remember.

"Tea is a yummy thing, and T is a letter, that rhymes!"

"I'm eating because there is nice cheese"

We had a family lesson on service, and shortly after that, I asked Miles to pass me Edwin's binky, this was his response. 
"Yes, I can serve you and Edwin"

"You're a nice girl, but I don't want you to button it." I think I was asking him if he wanted help buttoning his pants

"Your heart is my treasure"

"Mommy, you're not a good Spanisher...but you're a good Spanisher with Ur-menian"(My personal favorite)

"Charlie is learning me how to talk"

After a little girl at the park asked me if Miles could talk, he spoke to the little girl and said "You have one purple boot and one green boot, they are not the same!' Which was completly accurate!

Bohemian Rhapsody came on the radio, I turned it up and said Miles, this is a good song. He said "I don't like it can we listen to the instrument music" (classical)

Miles: "My penis is hurting me." Mom: "What happened to your penis?" Miles: "It broke, it broke off"

"You are a beautiful Christmas queen, you have christmas lights on you!"

After throwing up, in a calm voice he said..."I kinda dripped"

And of course, a birthday interview. This took quite a while to complete and there was a whole lot of silliness!

Name: Miles

Nicknames: Barles  , Everett... (I don't even know...it was just his answer...)

How old are you? 3

What is your favorite color? Gray

What is your favorite animal? Lion

What is your favorite book? The Cat in the Hat

What is your favorite TV show? Little Einsteins

What is your favorite movie? Little Einsteins

What is your favorite song? "We're going on a trip, in our favorite rocket ship, climb aboard get ready to explore, little einsteins, little einsteins" (The Little Einsteins theme song) 

What is your favorite food? Brocolli

What is your favorite drink? With the red water bottle.

What is your favorite snack? Z bar

What is your favorite treat? red vine

What is your favorite outfit? The clothes that I'm putting on. 

What is your favorite game? "The one that has a fishing pole in it."

What is your favorite toy? "The one I'm playing with, my new train"

Who is your best friend? "It's only Edwin"

What is your favorite thing to do?"Rolling cookies"

What is your favorite thing to do outside? "Run around and try to catch Charlie"

What is your favorite holiday? "You're a holiday mommy!" I then explain what holidays are and Miles responds "My birthday"

What do you like to take to bed with you at night? "My monkey I got from the library with Grandma Sharolee at the zoo."

Where is your favorite place to go? To the beach for my birthday

What is your favorite restaurant? The restaurant that has pizza and pancakes

Where do you want to go on vacation? "Maybe the beach"

What do you love?  "I love Pizzas"
What did you do on your birthday? "I go to the beach, and play with my sand toys."

What do you do really well?"Hopping around"

What makes you laugh?"Charlie does"

What are you afraid of? Um..a scary bear"

What do you like to do with your family?"save scary things"

What do you love to learn about? "I like to learn about...umm..treats"

What is your mom good at? "Ummm...jumping jacks"

What is your dad good at? “Ummm...going at home"

What is Charlie good at? "pushing you"

Tell me a joke? Silly robot....silly robot, I'm a silly robot!"
What is something you learned this year? "flying home"
 What makes mommy laugh? "Being silly"
 What's a nice thing you have done for someone?"Tell if there is a bad giant in our house.

And there is a post about our Miles. I'm sure I'm forgetting some details but we just love our Miles so much. 

Pictures of a square chocolate cake and beach trip coming up soon...