My BIIIG Birthday

Sept. 14th we celebrated our boy's BIG 3rd birthday. All week Titus was saying "It's my BIIIG Birthday." Titus is a cool guy who keeps us laughing. He loves reading books and gets really jazzed about vanilla ice cream and Wallace & Grommit movies. For his birthday he received some great presents but his favorite was a little harmonica!

I baked a dilapidated pitiable cake for Titus' class. The good news is you can play it off like 'ooo this is an American birthday cake' so they mistake the awfulness for a unique cultural experience.

The other day Titus happened across an awesome power-wheels car. If Titus is rude we say 'You didn't use kind words so you can't have it.' Knowing he had one shot, Titus thought carefully, then spoke slowly and clearly.

T: Daddy... may I... please... have that one... please?

We reward (bribe?) Titus with ice cream if he eats his supper all gone. Our family was sharing M&Ms...

T: Where's the M&Ms? 

D: Mommy ate them all gone. 

T: (so happy) Mommy! Now you can have ice cream!

R: Titus, are you ready to start school next week? 

T: ...? ...No. 

R: Why not? 

T: Because I LOVE YOU!

Folks, please. This last one is sweet and innocent, don't take it any other way.

T: What's this?  

R: Your scrotum. 

T: Scrotum? ...Mommy, there's three balls in there!

(counting error, not anatomical anomaly)

Titus keeps us laughing (and sometimes, irked!) but like I said he's a really cool kid. The terrible twos have passed and you know? It wasn't terrible.