Tidbits with Timmy: Three’s a Breeze

More Tidbits with Timmy, memories of my eight year old when he was younger.

Oct 17, 2003

I know over at the “Little House” they just love the “two’s”, but here at our home, we just adore the “three’s”. Don’t get me wrong we love the “two’s” also, but at “three” they’re just as sweet, with increasing wisdom and able to do sooo much more on their own.

Take little Timmy for example, who is 3 and a half. He can buckle and unbuckle his car seat, put on his shoes and sandals, and has been going potty all by himself for almost a year now. And as for being adorable and witty, he’s all that and more. This morning he woke up and went down stairs. Not finding me there, he came into my room where I was still in bed. I opened up the covers for him and we snuggled. I asked him if he would stay three forever and he replied, “No, I get big like Joey.” I asked him why he wanted to get big like Joey and he said, “So I can play.” I asked him, “You can play when you’re little.” He thought about it and said, “Yeah, but I still gonna be big.”

We were at the mall the other day and we saw some “Ugly” skeletons and other Halloween decorations. I told him not to look at them because they were “Ugly.” He snuck a peak,and today he remembered the “Uglies” and asked me if we could see them. I told him “No, because they were ugly.” He very infacticaly replied, “But mom, boys like uglies. I’m thwee and thwee year olds like uglies.” I just had to smile to myself.

I wonder if Grace will also like the Uglies. She is so much like her three older brothers. I thought having a girl would be different. But it’s not much different except for the biology and what you get to dress her in. She’s just as bald as the boys were and she’d rather play with balls than dolls. Her favorite words are “Ouww!” When she’s hitting YOU in the face or on the head. And she loves to make doggy sounds. I heard girls were to speak in full sentences when they’re ten months old??? But I did catch a glimpse of her feminine side this morning when I tried to put on some new shoes I bought for her. She screamed and said, “No,no no,” as she grabbed at them. I guess she’s already starting to express her own fashion sense.