Jacen turned 3 in January. He had 2 birthday parties, so he got a duck cake...
And a sailboat cake!
The littlest kids always get the biggest gifts! This one was a basketball hoop from Grandpa and Grandma.
Papa helped Jacen read his cards.Whenever Jacen hits a milestone, I like to make a list of where he is developmentally. Here are some of the things he's doing at age 3:
~Has a lot of interest in letters, recognizes all upper and lower case letters, and can name their sounds. He's also starting to point to specific words in books and on signs and ask what they say.
~Counts to 14 without help and 20 with help. Recognizes written numbers 1-5 always and 6-10 sometimes. Can add 1 to a number and give the right answer. Knows that a number minus itself is 0 (3-3=0) using pictures or counters.
~Strings together longer sentences ("Mommy, I wanted to ask you something, where are we going today?") and begins conversations with people. Especially likes to talk about what happens to the characters in his movies ("Lightning McQueen has a friend. His name is Mater.")
~Loves all books, but is becoming interested in non-fiction books. Loves books about animals and fish. Likes to help choose books when we're at the library.
~Loves to build with Legos and Duplos, and is starting to build recognizable objects, like an airplane, a car, or a house.
~Plays computer games and can use either the mouse or the laptop touch pad to navigate through a game or website.
~Has memories of events up to 6 months ago, and will talk about things he remembers (when I mention Uncle Brandon and Aunt Sarah, he will tell me about our trip to their house in June).
