Tag and I am it

I am finally getting to a tag. I was tagged by Annie to do a post about Kanoba. Thank goodness he has been as good an angel a 3-year-old can be this last week! I have lots of good things to talk about. I will try and keep this somewhat short though.

Kanoba was born in March, 2005 at 9:58 PM, just 2 hrs and 2 mins. shy of his dad's birth day prediction (made many months before). He was breech so he was born by c-section. He was so adorable! He was a very good baby and slept well, ate well, and has been very healthy.


He is the second grandchild on my side and 16th on Koby's side of the family. He had two favorite blankets shown in the picture above. One was made by grandma Nina and the other by aunt Rynell.


He was a late crawler (he liked to scoot on his back) and an early walker.


He absolutely loves his daddy although he was a momma's boy until about 6 months ago (right about when I was going to have the baby). He mauls his daddy when he comes home and hangs on him until bedtime.


He is also a snuggler and frequently fell asleep on his daddy while watching movies.

He is very funny and is always doing something to make me laugh. He has an incredible memory and will remember things after only seeing them once. He knows exactly where we are when we are in the car.

His favorite colors (I think- it changes all the time) are green and purple. His favorite thing is candy. He loves juice, cheese, noodles, all fruit, avocado, chips, pizza, smoothies and hot dogs. He is constantly running and he is very active. He is fairly outgoing and will make himself at home in any person's house. He has a cute laugh and his cry often sounds like he is laughing. He is extremely accident prone and always has a cut, bruise or bump. Probably because he is always running!

Kanoba loves to play outdoors, swim, play with his ninja turtles and super heroes, watch movies, play the computer, play with his cousins and friends, eat, read books, go to the dinosaur museum or the zoo, make messes, imagine up things, and be with his family.


Kanoba adores his little sister and she absolutely adores him. He likes to pretend he is a baby like her. He says when he grows up he wants to play all types of sports, go on a mission (to Madagascar), be a daddy, and do everything the big kids do. To my dismay, potty training doesn't seem to be on that list. He is a stubborn and strong willed boy. He has become a little man and he is very independent. He gets his own food, makes his bed, dresses himself, and helps his parents. He is very sweet natured. We love him!!!

Men in tight TIGHT tights

Look who found Pumpkin's tights.
They are a tad small but hey, he's got the legs!

Scary Monday

We had FHE last night. I know, wow, right? Ours are 10 min. little let's-talk-really-fast-and-sing-lots-of-songs-so-we-can
-keep-the-2-second-attention-span-of-our-3 year-old FHE nights. Last night I took the lesson part out of the Friend magazine. We sang the prophet song, talked about prophets and how Pres. Monson is our new prophet, and how we should follow the prophet. We took the picture of Pres Monson out of the magazine and wrote 3 things Kanoba wanted to do to follow the prophet (Say prayers, Read scriptures and hint, hint, Obey parents). The third one needs lots of practice. I was very happy that we were making good progress in the lesson despite Kanoba jumping on daddy the entire time. He was listening, what more can you ask? I then said with enthusiasm, "Let's go tape this to your wall!" Kanoba said "WHY?? That would be scary..... Let's go put it in Pumpkin's room". Needless to say, it is now hanging up in the hall after I got a picture.

Bite me

Kanoba was watching this video with me a little while ago and he thought it was pretty funny. He thinks all kids are funny.






Well several weeks later I heard him in Pumpkin's crib playing with her (she WAS taking a nap) and he started saying ow, Ow! OW! I went in and he was saying, "She bit me!, Ow, she bit me!" and he had his finger in her mouth. At first I tried to figure what in the world was going on. Then I remembered the video we saw together. He is a clever little boy and doesn't forget things he sees or hears!





I wish I could have gotten the video when he was doing it the first time- he got a little camera shy when I pulled out the camera. Oh well, you get the point. By the way, Pumpkin was a trooper and didn't cry at all while Kanoba was shoving his finger down her throat. I eventually became a merciful mom and stopped the silliness, after I captured it on video.

3 Years Old

Oops, wrong people. You wouldn't know the one on the left isn't three though.

Waiting for people to come to the party so he can open his stash.
As soon as they walked through the door, he ripped into them. Didn't wait for anyone!

Can you guess what he got?

Happy Birthday to my sweet little boy!!
I love you!

Boy Moments

Two nights ago Kanoba woke up every 1 1/2 hrs. complaining his foot hurt. I didn't see anything wrong with it and didn't know how to help it. All I could do was rub it. After the LONG, tiring night, I asked Kanoba that morning if his foot still hurt. His reply, "No, all better now!". Arg.


Scene: Putting Kanoba down for his nap, Kanoba picking his nose.
Me: "Don't do that, that is gross"
Kanoba: "Mom, you go out of the room and I will pick my nose."


Scene: Reading Kanoba books before his nap.
Me: "Yuck, you stink! You have a yucky diaper!"
Kanoba: Turning to put his smelly bum towards my face, "I'm a skunk, I spray you!" Aiming his bum at the baby, "I spray the baby too!"
Thanks Kanoba, thanks.....


Scene: Getting Kanoba ready for bed. He is currently naked.
Me: "Come'on Kanoba, get your jammies on."
Kanoba: "Mom, I wear these naked jammies."

Crazy

Setting: Bathroom. I'm "helping" Kanoba wash his hands because he won't do it himself.

Kanoba: "You're driving me crazy!"

I have no idea where he got that phrase.