Liam: 3 yrs, 4 mo

Liam turned 3 yrs, 4 mo. on April 7th.  His imagination has been exploding lately.  He plays with his trains all the time, and tells stories like the show does. "Thomas says (fill in the blank)".  It seems the more his imagination is developing, the more intense his dreams are getting too.  A few weeks ago, he picked out Snow White to watch right before bed, and he ended up having bad nightmares, and Dad had to sleep on the floor next to his bed.  We learned a lesson there, not to let him watch scary movies right before bed!!  The next night, dad told him to dream about Georgie riding Thomas the train, and the next morning he told me that he had that exact dream!  Their minds are like clay, and it just makes us realize even more of our huge responsibility to form them correctly.

 

The other day on the way home it looked really gloomy out, and the wind was blowing.  He told me that a storm was coming, and we better get home quickly.  He also asks me 'what city are we in?' as we drive to and from home.  He will say 'We are in Orem now', 'We are in Pleasant Grove now', etc. 

 

A few weeks ago we ordered a swing set from Costco.  It said that it would take a couple weeks to arrive, but I guess because it was a local company that made it, it was ready to be delivered the next day.  We set up a delivery time a couple days later, and the following weekend when the weather was better we started (mostly Mike) to assemble it.  We were able to get the big frame part up, then the next day it snowed, and the next weekend the weather was bad too!!  Finally the next weekend the weather was good, and Mike finished it up.  Liam absolutely LOVES it!  Although the first time going down the slide wasn't so great because it was soooo fast that he fell right on his bum, so the next day we put Sequoia's old dog bed at the bottom, and now he has so much fun going down.

 

Another cool thing we got for Liam that seems to be about as entertaining as the swing set, but WAY less money, was we got him a Beta fish.  He loves to watch him swim around, and especially likes to see him eat his food.  He is mostly blue/green, and his fins are red with blue/green streaks.  He's very pretty, and we think he's pretty young since he's still on the small side, and he's really active.  We haven't given him a name yet, since Liam comes up with a new one everyday...which we find quite amusing.

 

So back to the topic of Liam's imagination...Below is a conversation we had about a week ago on the way to work: 

 

(Liam saw the big plume of steam where Geneva used to be)

 

Liam: Mom, look it's the abominable snowman!!!
Me: Wow, it's amazing! (Thinking to myself...did he just say abominable??!! Do 3 yr olds really use that word? I'm pretty sure he got that from 'Frosty the Snowman' movie, but still...pretty amazing vocabulary.)

 

(As we got closer)

Liam: That's not the abominable snowman, that's a nightmare!

 

That kid never ceases to amaze me.

 

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination. ~Sam Levenson