Happy
3rd birthday sweet Solomon. Here’s an update of you at 3 years old.
Personality
– Happy, Shy, Independent, Silly, Affectionate
We
ALWAYS have people come up to us to share that you are the happiest little guy
they have ever met. Your teachers gush that you are just the happiest and
sweetest boy and make friends with everyone. You are always smiling and your
eyes light up people’s days. As we tell people, you are a happy guy….until you
are not (especially around your parents) and then you are a true 2 year old –
yelling, biting, hitting, all the fun stuff).
I’ve
noticed you can sometimes be shy. Emphasis on sometimes. When we walk into
school and you know there is a line of people you have known since you are born
there to say hello, you will shy away and stand behind my leg. However, you are
also very quick to make friends. You just flash that bright smile and big eyes
and you are quick to draw people towards you!
It
is also very clear that when you are in your element, you want ultimate
independence. Whenever someone new or someone other than your Mom or Nanny
comes around and you want to play with them, you will ask that we not be
around. You will yell at us to “go away and leave” – you want to be with this new
person (yes, breaks my heart sometimes when you yell, “go away”). Or when we
are in Izzy’s class a few times a week for morning meeting or Shabbat, you
often just want to sit on your own with Izzy’s friends and fully participate in
the class. It is very cute!
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| you sitting with Izzy's friends when Izzy was Shabbat Helper |
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| at birthday party with izzy friends |
You
totally have your Grandpa’s humor. You are very silly and love to make people
laugh. You have been quick to pick up several of you Grandpa’s tricks and jokes
and often like to perform these over the Portal/Facetime or with your friends.
This could be going down in the pretend elevator, making this disappear,
zeberts and funny faces.
Affectionate
– You are a very affectionate boy. You LOVE giving kisses, hugs and cuddling. You
are always coming up to me and just saying you are going to give me a kiss or a
big hug. Sometimes these turn into zerberts, but I love them so much and hope
you never stop!
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| with Uncle Will |
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| Your friend Julien |
Such
an athlete!
You
have one mode…running. You never walk and are ALWAYS running. I’ll use your
non-stop tendency as one of the excuses this blog took so long to write😊
You love sports and are always wanting to play baseball, soccer,
basketball…anything with a ball. This winter you were on ski’s for the first
time near the cottage in Canada. You had a private lesson and were already
going up the lift and skiing down in the 30 minutes with the instructor. You
had no fear and it was amazing to watch! You also continue to be a monster on
your scooter. If you are not running,
you are on racing on your scooter. You love to do jumps, ride it like a
skateboard and are constantly on your scooter or kick bike.
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| at our first Greenmeadow 4th of July Parade |
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| We were at a park and you watched a boy and his dad play baseball forever. Finally, they offered you to try it out. You were in heaven! |
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| Your first time on skis - a pro after a few moments! |
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| Watching your first professional soccer game. You love watching live sports. |
Boo!
You
get scared very easily, but (most of the time) you love it! There is a very
scary witch in your Grandma and Grandpa’s basement that they use on Halloween.
You always want to run downstairs and “touch the witch.” When we facetime with
them, you still want to “see the witch.” On our annual trip to the Menlo Park
Library Comicon, at first you always want us to pick you up around the dressed
up characters but by the end you are giving them high fives! Another favorite was when we waited in line forever to meet Daniel the Tiger and then as we went up to see him, you freaked out and try to make a break for it, shortly after, you changed your mind
Likes
Babies
– You LOVE little babies. It is amazing how much you like little kids and how
good you are with them. Your baby cousin Maia is one of your favorite people
and even though you’ve met her a few times is small increments, you talk about
her all the time! You usually hang around and try to make babies laugh in all
the right ways. It is very, very sweet. Just not sweet enough for you to have a
younger sibling😊
Favorite
things – anything your brother does (you have to do too or have), a bath before
bed, a bottle of milk after your bath (that we need to stop asap), reading
books (I’ll often just catch you flipping through books), firetrucks, trains,
guitar, dressing up in Halloween costumes, playing construction worker. You
also LOOOVE horses. You could be looking at any book and in the corner of the
page there will be a horse and you will just scream and have to show me. For
some reason you are really drawn to horses. When you got to pick a book to buy
this year from the Library sale, you bought one all about horses.
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| you and your brother LOVE anything creepy and crawly! |
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| One of my favorite pictures of you just a few minutes after being at your Grandparents house in Georgia. In your element with dirt and making a mess! |
Dislikes
Loud
noises. If you think there will be a loud noise, you will cover your ears (even
if for a long time). When we took you on a train ride the other day you covered
your ears forever thinking there’d be a loud noise. You LOVE watching any live
sport – we took you to a soccer game and baseball game this year and you did
not like the loud cheering or announcer.
Not
getting your way. You are very quick to break down into a 5 alarm cry if you
don’t get your way. Especially if it has to do with your brother not doing what
you want. A true toddler!
More
talkative
You
really have come a long way and we can now understand the majority of what you
say (at least your parents and nanny can understand). Of course there still a
lot of “Poo Poo.” You are constantly asking Alexa to do things like “Play the
Poop song” or your favorite “Old McDonald.” When asked your name you say it is
Solomon Berel Shomair and tell people that you go by Solomon and not Solly. One
of my favorite things you do is when you want to confirm something or instead
of saying yes, you will give a thumbs up and make this crazy clicking sounds. I
think you even throw in a wink. It is very cute!
Happy
Birthday Solly Bear.
We love you so much!Mom, Dad & Izzy
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| First day of Preschool in Marva 3xweek |
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| After getting 5 staples in your head. You were playing the Melissa & Doug worm tunnel and instead of crawling through it on the ground, you were walking around vertically like a monster and fell and hit the back of your head! |
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| All the kids on Tioga Ct! |
