Dear Evan-36 Months Old

Evan,

You are three! I cannot believe it. I look back over this blog and see all of my letters and I can't believe three years has gone by. You make time go by so fast with all of the joy you bring to me and Dada. We are so proud of you!

This has been a full-packed month. First of all you potty trained yourself all in one day. We have been working on it for a couple of months. But the Sunday after Thanksgiving, you woke up and said, "Mama, no more diapers. Underwear". So-that is what we have done. I had no idea the night before would be my last diaper change with you. The first three nights I used pullups on you (thinner, pull-down style diaper". On the third night, you said, "Mama, no pull ups. Underwear." Do you know what? You don't need them. All you need is underwear. We had a few night time accidents but not very many. You sleep through the night and use only underwear. You are so proud of yourself. It was an amazing experience to watch you do all of this. You are getting to be such a big boy.

You like to test your boundries and will often tell us what you would like to have us do. You will say, "Dada play with me. Mama come and watch". You crack us up. You love to play and want to play all of the time. You love your trucks and trains the most. You love playing someone gets hurt and needs to go to the hospital. We will play that over and over again. You are getting good on your Skuut bike and wear a helmet now. You are getting so fast. You have excellent balance. We still go to My Gym and I think it has been good for you to learn so many physical things. You love the trampaline. You like to close your bedroom door to keep me inside. You will place my yoga brick on the inside of the door as a barrier. It is priceless!

Our days consist of waking up between 7-8am. Breakfast and then watch Thomas. Two times a week you spend the day with Dada. Three mornings 9-1pm you spend with Meleana. I am with you all weekend and everyday after 1pm. It has really worked for us. You are going to start to preschool Jan 3rd. We went to a holiday program there this past week. You were nervous and held on to me tightly. You hid your face in my chest. I kept you on my lap. Then, Sofia came out and all of the kids started to sing. Sofia came over and got you and brought you up to sing and ring bells. You did. It was fun to see you enjoying being with all of those kids. It is a precious place and I am so happy we can go there. I hope it will be an absolute joy for you and a wonderful foundation for school. It is steps away from my studio so now you and I can go to "work" together each day. You will be there from 9-1 and I will pick you up and we will go home together at 1pm. It is so perfect. I feel so lucky and I really wanted a place where we could walk together there. That is what we have!

We had your thrid birthday at the carousel at the SM pier. You love that place so much. It was such a great party. I think you had so much fun. All of your piglet friends came to give you their wishes and it was truly a celebration!!

I love you my sweet son. You are a constant joy in my life. I am forever thankful for you.

Mama