A Braedon Update

Where do I even begin?  Braedon is 3 1/2 going on 16.  He is full of attitude, he’s funny, crazy, full of energy, but still gives the best cuddles.

Like most three year olds, Braedon is a sponge and absorbs everything around him.  He is very fast to pick up on things and will be the first to correct you if you misstate a fact.

Braedon still loves all things cars and trains.  He enjoys reading books even more now and has a at least a few memorized from us reading them over and over.  He loves to sing and has quite a few songs memorized as well.  If you ask him if he knows a song, be prepared for a 10 minute serenade of all the songs he knows strung together.  He loves doing crafts and coloring.  He can count and recognize numbers up to 100, knows his ABC’s, knows the medical terminology for a few bones in the body, knows he is a human (and will tell you that), and he will talk your ear off.  He is quite the wingman, so if any of you single ladies out there are looking for a guy, you can borrow Braedon.  He is great at starting conversations and will get the basics like age, name, and number for you, without you even asking.

Braedon goes to preschool a couple times a week and loves it.  He loves his teachers and all the friends that he has made.

Braedon is also all boy.  He won’t miss a mud puddle, he loves to go for trail walks, look for bugs, and is fascinated by spiders.  He likes to collect rocks and leaves, play at the park, and ride his bike.

One of the cutest things Braedon does right now is instead of saying, “right next to,” he will say, “banext to.”  He also has no concept of time whatsoever.  He will say, “oh, it is only 6 in the morning,” when it is actually noon.  He will say he has been awake for 10 hours when it is in fact only 8 am, or he will say he did something yesterday when it was 2 weeks or a month a go.  I think it is so cute and still reminds me he is only three.  Sometimes it is hard for me to remember due to a lot of our conversations being a little advanced.

All I know is this kid is a crack up!  He adds so much to our family and I love him so much!  I just wish he would stay little a bit longer (he has told us many times that he wants to stay 3 forever) because he is clearly growing up way too fast.