Halfy Birthday Avery Boy

Our favorite 3 year old boy is half way to 4!
Saturday was a great day to celebrate because Papa and LouLou were already here for a wedding!
We had a great day of playing at the park and dessert after lunch, how decadent!

Please note the baked cheeto in one hand and the cookie in the other.  Totally disgusting in my opinion, but it made his half-birthday so I looked the other way while he alternated bite by bite!

 I have to say 3 1/2 year old smiles can be a little sad, when the subject isn't in the mood. 

CHEESE, Mamma!


Just in case you were wondering we think this 3 and a half year old boy is pretty great! 
We love that he loves school & church.  Every single day when he wakes up he asks if he can go to his 2 favorite places. 
Avery loves to laugh, and make others laugh.  He has developed a cheese ball laugh to deliver after all his funniest bits and it never stops making me laugh.  I don't think he realizes we are all laughing at the fake laugh not his 3 1/2 year old jokes. 
Avery loves to count, but not to talk about letters.  This year in school they have a letter of the week and he has decided he likes that because it leads to show and tell.  Apparently At 3 1/2 show and tell is as cool as it gets.  He was over the moon that he got to bring the very first basket of items that started with A just like his name.   
Avery has a memory like an elephant.  Last week we read our memory verse once on Monday night at dinner.  Tuesday night my Mom read it to him and he promptly informed her she got it wrong because she forgot to read the chapter and verse at the end, nothing gets past this guy. 
Avery is becoming a better big brother every day.  It is more and more fun to see the boys play together because Avery will help Hank join the fun, but if we are being honest there are plenty of other moments where toys get yanked and stolen when he thinks no one is watching. 
Avery is noisy!  I was at a party not too long ago and some women with grown children were remembering that the difference between little boys and little girls was that boys are just loud, for no good reason.  Avery definitely got the memo.  He loves to yell, shout, and just make strange noises. 
Avery for sure got the memo that 3 1/2 year olds say why all the time.  He says it at least a thousand times a day, pray for me! 
Avery continues to love to read.  It is so fun when he "reads" to Hanky.  He will almost always chill out to look through a book for a few minutes.
Avery is a budding chef, he loves to help cook and it is one of my favorite things to do with him. 
Avery loves to play chase.  Every night after dinner Michael will ask him what he wants to do tonight and he always answers play chase or play hide & seek, but beware on the hide and seek.  You need to count to 20, but he will probably count to 5 maybe 10 and seven is still totally optional. 
Avery phrases things like a little old man, I love it!  If you say "did you have a good day at school?" he says "i sure did."  if you ask him to carry his plate to the sink he says things like "i sure will mamma, no problem."  it cracks us up!
Happy Halfy Birthday Avery boy, we sure do love you!