Almost 3
Phillip will be three years old in about 3 weeks, and we can really tell that he will soon grow out of the terrible twos. He still has his moments of terrifying tantrums (which leave us scratching our heads, usually saying, “What did I do wrong? I put your milk in the blue cup? Why the drama?”), but his happy moments far outweigh the psychotic ones.
He is becoming an independent player, which is a big relief to me. His new passions are cars and trains, so if I can just remember to grab a handful of each, he is usually entertained wherever we go.
He is also going to a childcare class for a couple of hours on Tuesday mornings while Caleb takes geography and creative writing, and I go to a Bible study. I expected this to work out for me and for Caleb, but I didn’t expect the added benefit to Phillip. I think the little guy actually misses daycare a little bit. His teacher says he loves the coloring and the Bible story and the play time and snack time. He even goes to the bathroom by himself and washes his own hands when he’s finished (he never does this at home!). I guess a couple of hours a week of this is exactly what he needed!
I think it’s positive peer pressure…seriously.
You never know what will set them off. Luke threw a fit this morning in car because I did not stop long enough at the stop sign for him to read all the political candidate signs. Yeah, that’s my boy!
Luke also acts much more grown up when he is at day care, especially if Mom and Dad are not around.