October 8th, 2009
Dear Carsten,
Wow, here it is. Your third birthday. I’m sure I say it every year, but it’s just amazing to me how very quickly time flies by. This morning when you were still sleeping, Alexis snuck downstairs and said to me, “Mom today is Carsten’s birthday, right?” I said “yep, it is. He’s 3 today.” And then she said “right now?” And I looked at the clock and it said 8:30 – the exact time you were born three years ago today!! How cool is that? Just now, you came up to me and asked me to sing “Happy Birthday” to you again.
You’re such a charming little boy, and a flirt at that. You love to have fun and play with your brother and sister. When one of them sits next to you in the van, you make it your plan to continually kick or hit them the entire trip! Right now, your favorite cartoon is Curious George and also Tom & Jerry. You love to read and look at books and play with Play-Doh and ride on your bike. A lot of times you and your cousin Dom fight, but you guys also play together very nicely, too. Sometimes you are a picky eater and mommy and daddy have to coerce you into getting enough food into your belly. I want you to be strong when you grow up!
A cute thing you say a lot right now is “momma, I want to go on the skoo (school) bus.” I told you that you have to get a bit bigger before you can go, and so now all the time you’ll stand on the floor next to a chair and say “I’m getting bigger (then step on the first rung of the chair), and bigger (then climb on the very top of the chair), and BIGGER!” You’ve also recently learned the rhyme “This Little Piggie” and love to say it over and over! Brown Bear, Brown Bear is your favorite story right now and you have the whole thing memorized!
You’ve yet to realize that going potty on the big boy potty is better than going in your diaper, but I’m hopeful that this year you’ll figure that out.
You are such a sweet little guy, and I love you with my whole heart. Happy third birthday, Carsten! Thank you for coming to our family!!!
Love,
Momma
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