Bode 3 1/2

Your best friend is Zeke (Ze-key). I often hear "Mama, Ze-ke is my best friend."

You love to dig in the dirt with your shovels, tonka trucks. You say you're building a house for me

You're favorite foods are mac & cheese, pizza, M&M's, chips, green beans, anything from your treat basket or discovered during a pantry raid

You are so happy to help. Everything from doing the dishes (love the sprayer) to watering the flowers outside, cleaning toilets, moving rock. You aren't interested in cleaning up your toys though

One of your "chores" is unloading the silverware from the dishwasher. You stand on a chair and sort them out

You love to greet Keegen in the morning when you hear him yelling from his crib. You give him a shrill "Hi Keegen!"

You ask if you "may be 'scused?" when you're finished eating

To help you with your sensory issues, we "brush" you--sometimes just 1-2 times a day, sometimes every 2 hours depending on how you're doing-- and you're starting an auditory listening program to help with the way you process noise around you. I see you coming out of your shell more and more, talking to people you never would have in the past and being less overwhelmed by things, and i love seeing that!

You love to have friends over to your house. Everyone is your friend and you want them to play all the time. You were so thrilled to have so many buds over during the 4th of July

You are doing great in nursery (2-years later! HA!). You have no problem going in and playing

You are loving the pool and can stick your face in and blow bubbles

You are starting preschool next week at Woodmen Hills Elementary and I hope it's GREAT for you. I think you are to a point where you are bored being home with me all the time. It's been a good thing for you to be at Zeke's twice a week while I work, but I think the structure and new pals will be extra good for you

You ask a million questions and talk non-stop. You've always been pretty verbal, but just recently you've really turned it up!