Lincoln is 3 1/2

This is really long, but Scott and I wanted to write down everything we could think of, so we can always remember our 3 1/2 year-old Lincoln and what he was really like. He has been our little angel over these past few years and I wish I had written down more about him! One day he will read this, laugh and be so happy that we actually wrote it down!

Likes:

• Shooting bad guys and monsters with his orange guns or sticks
• Wants to be a cowboy
• Cuddling
• Dora the Explorer
• Bobber the Bobber (Bob the builder)
• Learning his letters and words
• Books about animals and trucks
• Playing with sticks
• Chocolate Milk
• Teddy and Monkey (his stuffed animals)
• Wrestling
• Pretending to fight bad guys
• Jumping on mom’s bed
• Swimming
• Running in his “fast shoes”
• Playing “Mr. Fox” and “Redlight/greenlight” with mom and dad
• Grandparents
• All of his cousins
• Playing with friends
• Going to the library
• Throwing rocks in the water
• Race every where (it was how we got him to move at human speed because he was sooooo slow)
• His blankets but his moon one is his very favorite
• Pretending to be a doctor and giving shots
• Talking on the phone
• Candy Land and other board games
• Building forts with pillows
• Taking baths (a relief because he went through a stage where he hated taking baths)
• Holding and kissing Maverick
• Checking the mail and getting “bills”
• Checking how tall he is
• Helping clean the bathroom and scrub the toilet
• Transformers

Dislikes:

• Cleaning up his toys
• Going to timeout in our walk-in closet
• Having dirty hands
• Slugs and Snails (he is terrified of slugs and will literally shake with fear when he sees one)

Wears/ size:

• 3T
• weighs 30 pounds
• Height 38.25 in

Sleeps:

• From 8:00-7:30
• Stopped taking naps

Fun Facts About Lincoln

• He learned all of his letters A-Z and their sounds in three months and the last 13 letters in a week. He won’t learn until he wants to or is interested, but when he wants to, he learns fast. It took him for-ev-er to learn his colors and then one day he decided he wanted to know them and he knew them all.
• He is the most stubborn child I have ever met. He will go into timeout ten times over and still not break. If he has his mind set, there is no changing it. We usually have to find middle ground to get around his stubbornness.
• He is very well-behaved. He never makes messes, besides with his toys, and has never broken anything on purpose. He has always understood right and wrong and just doesn’t do things that he knows he will get in trouble for.
• He is a rule follower. We have rules and he sticks to them. When friends come over he makes sure they follow the rules too, which is always awkward.
• He is bossy. He loves to play with friends but he wants them to play what he wants to and how he wants to.
• He has a big imagination. He is always pretending to be someone. I would say “pretend” is his favorite thing to play.
• He likes to tell stories and tall-tales. If he has a bruise or scratch he will make up an awesome story about how he was run over by a truck and then Optimus Prime saved the day.
• Soft-Spirit. He hates getting into trouble and whenever he does something wrong he starts saying sorry and will even cry occasionally. He is very good at self-punishing, which is nice for us.
• He can be really, really whiney and talks in this high-pitch baby voice. It’s probably what drives us most insane, but we still love him.
• He is a sweet talker. Oh boy, he can work over anyone with his sweet words. He will tell you how pretty and nice you are. He will say you are his best friend and then give you a big hug and ask for kisses. He knows how to get what he wants.
• He gets SO excited over getting a “yes” to his question and will starting hugging your leg, laughing and giving you lots of kisses.
• He gives the best thank-you’s in the whole world.

Our favorite things Lincoln says:

• I saved the day
• Mommy you are so beautiful. Maybe you can wear your princess dress too?
• Daddy is SOOOOOO mean to me. (or about anyone being mean)
• This lil fella is soooooo cute (talking about Maverick)
• Do you want to be my little kid? (Asking me or Scott when talking about how tall he is)
• Can I be loud? (Anytime he wants to shoot his gun)
• I slept two days (Whenever he wakes up)
• Best.Friends! (When he hugs mom)
• Peace out! Love ya! You’re my best friend! See ya later! I will miss you! Love ya! Bye! Peace! (Whenever me or dad leave he yells as much as he can until we are gone).
• I love to laugh
• You are ruining my life (When we tell him no)
• Hey guys, I’m back (when he comes into the room and was gone for like 30 seconds).
• White keester (And he pulls down his pants a couple of inches to show us his white butt)

His First Questionnaire:

What is your favorite color? Blue

What is your favorite treat? Candy

Who is your best friend? Cohen

What do you want to be when you grow up? Huge like daddy

What do you like to eat? Sour Cream

What is your favorite movie? Letters

What do you go to timeout for? A tantrum

What makes you angry? Stop asking me that!

What makes you happy? Goats

What is your favorite toy? A truck. The one that has a dirt bike.

What do you like to pretend to be? Transformer bumblebee

What are you scared of? A real monster

What’s your favorite thing outside? Grass

What’s your favorite sport? Skim board

What do you like to play inside? Coloring and playing too and paint.

What makes you laugh? Mav or a car on my leg

Do you like to dance? A monster turned off my song so I cant dance. But yea. He was scary.

Do you have a job? Yea, on the computer at the library.

What makes you cry? Owies.

What do you like to clean? Grandmas house

Where does daddy work? On the couch

Where does mommy work? She works out

What’s your favorite thing about church? I love treats.

What do you eat for breakfast? Food with socks. No dinner, not socks.

Pictures

Pictures taken from May-October 2012