Jack 3-years-old

Jack 3-year-old Interview

(Done 1.5 month late...oops!)

What is your full name? Three, Eliason Bates! Haha Jack!
Where do you live? I live in this house. In Las Vegas.
How old are you? 3
When is your birthday? At April 2nd
What do you want to be when you grow up? Maybe a teenager.
Who is in your family? Mom, Cole Baby, Papa, Sawyer
What do you like to eat? Macaroni. Maybe cereal.
What do you like to do outside? Play soccer. I want to play kites out there.
What do you like to do inside? Play with you and Chelsea. I like to do, do, do!
FAVORITE:
Color: Blue
Song: Chuggington! And Working on the Railroad, Pass My Time Away!
Toy: Uhhh my special ball.
Food: Uhhh I already told you. It's spaghetti and cereal.
Cereal: Mini-wheats.
Show: Go Diego!
Animal: Sheeps
Book: It's like the Honeybees (The Big Honey Hunt -Berenstein Bears)
Dessert: Strawberries and ice cream. And raspberries and blackberries.
Favorite thing to do with Papa: Uh ride in the truck!
Favorite thing to do with Mommy: Ride in the van with you.
Favorite thing to do with Sawyer: Play tennis ball.
Favorite thing to do with Cole: Play with him. Like what? Like with toys.
What do you want for Christmas? Uh maybe light up candles.
Where does Papa work? Um maybe in his work. Where? It's in the trees. You can drive in the trees and to the left and to the left and go through trees and there is Papa's work. (Hahaha there are trees on the road right before you get to George's airport.)
What does Papa do for work? He flies helicopters.
What does Mommy do for work? Uh I don't know. I don't know what mom does for work. Maybe make cereal for us?
Who do you love? Mom! And Papa! Anyone else? Chelsea and Brandon! And our neighbors. What about your brothers? What brothers mom? Oh, Sawyer and Cole Baby!
Anything else you'd like to say? Maybe push the 'J'. Now can I maybe push '3'. (I was interviewing him and taking notes on my phone - very distracting!)

This boy makes me laugh all the time. He's so sweet and loves to snuggle. Abbie came up with a great term to describe him...'ding-a-ling'. He is in his own world a lot of the time. But right when you think he's not listening or paying attention, he'll bust out with some great bit of knowledge. He's been my 'finder'. If I can't find something (which seems to be a lot lately, moving will do that to you!) I'll ask him and he'll usually know. He doesn't do this anymore, but a few months ago when I'd tuck him in bed I'd say, "I love you Jack." And he'd reply with, "I love your hair, Mom." Ha! He loves snuggling me and stroking my hair and rubbing it on his face. Touch is definitely his love language.

Life was a whirlwind from February through April with a cross country move and living out of suitcases for a couple months. I'm blogging, so that must mean things are settling down! We celebrated a low-key birthday for Jack at Grandpa & Grandma's house in Colorado (where we were staying at the time. George and I made it back in time for his birthday after driving all night from Vegas and getting there the morning-of. It just so happened to work out to be George's day off and we'd signed on a house that afternoon so things were finally falling into place.

Jack loving on his squishy baby brother.

 Cookies and ice cream as requested. He's never been much of a cake lover.

This kid loves to accessorize. Too bad he left his new sunglasses at the park less than a week later!

Baba & Dido nailed it - his favorite is Dusty the Crophopper, thank you!

A popular birthday present!

Jack piloting the maiden flight.

Of course all the adults had to try too. I dare say, Grandpa & Grandma were the best pilots!

Uncle Chris teaching Cole how to blink for pictures :)

It was a rough few months only getting to be with Papa a few days here and there. The boys loved every minute they did get to see him though. It's wonderful to be back together as a family now!

Jack and his Papa - so handsome!

Happy Birthday little man, we love you!!