Living, Laughing & Learning: From the mind of a 3-year old

Tate: (scratching at his neck)
Me: Hey buddy, the 'skeetos bugging you?
Tate: Yeah, momma. These 'skeetos must think I am a restaurant, or somethin'

Coy's Stats

Counts to 13 - 30 months
Can identify all letters of the alphabet - 28 months
Can say the alphabet - 26 months
- Counts to 6 - 26 months
- Speaks in 3-6 word sentences - 26 months
- Jumps - 24 months
- Can count to 3 - 21 months
- Knows all his colors - 20 months
- Words at 20 months - milk (moke), juice, drink, banana (nana), Elmo (momo), Bob the blob (bobo), dinosaur (roars), choo choo, monkey (hee-hee), outside, door, yo-gos, cereal, thank you (sign language)
- Animal sounds at 15 months - elephant, fish, dog, cat, tiger/lion, aligator, duck, chicken
- Words at 15 months - book, please (sign language), flower, doggie, football, ball, mama, cheese, socks, shoes (these sound the same), bee-bo (belly button), balloon
- Running - 14 months
- First steps - 13 months
- Crawls (9.5 months)
- First words - Mama, "da" (dog), "ee-a" (Thea) (9 months)
- Scoots (8 months)
- First fruit - Bananas (6 months)
- First tooth (actually 2 teeth, on bottom) (6.5 months)
- 6-month weight - 16 lbs, 12 oz
- 1st veggie - green beans (6 months)
- Sits up (5.5 months)
- Rolls over from tummy to back (5 months)
- First solid food - Rice cereal (4-months)
- 4-month weight - 13 lbs, 12 oz
- Birth weight - 5 lbs, 15 ounces

Tater-isms

"Phineas and Ferb is the best show on TV, ever"
Recognizes and knows lyric's to nearly all popular Black Eyed Peas songs. Claims this group is his favorite
- Knows and sings all the lyrics to Taylor Swifts "You belong to me"
"Let's get this party started" - said before leaving for the day
- Sings all the lyrics to "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz
- Randomly sings the lyrics to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce, and "Applebottom Jeans" (artist unknown)
- Sleeps with 3-5 books under his pillow every night
- "I'm good" - as in, 'Tate, do you want some more dinner?" - "No, I'm good"
- After he sneezes, he always says "Bless you me"
- When Tate eats his Frosted Mini Wheats, he makes sure the frosted side is up, before putting it in his mouth.
- "I haffa be mo careful" (said after almost falling off the couch)
- "So anyways . . . " (his new way to change to subject)

Thursday, November 5