Anthony is a big kid (approaching 3 years 3 months) and can use the toilet to make a pee-pee all by himself. But he's not so big that he's no longer gleeful when he's successful, so it still is somewhat of an "event" that he's generally happy about.

Yet, for some reason (probably because he's a kid) he's often is reluctant to use the toilet. For example, this evening before bed, as I always do, I said "let's make a pee-pee before we sleep" to which he responded (as he always does) "I don't want to". This is [...]
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We've been wondering when it would start, and like a switch it started last week. One day Anthony just started asking "why" at any and every chance.

Here's a representative conversation:

Anthony:What are you eating? Daddy:(some answer) Anthony:Why? Daddy:Well, because it's dinner time and I'm hungry. Anthony:Why? Daddy:Why is it dinner time or why am I hungry? Anthony:(thinks for a bit)Why is it dinner time? Daddy:Earlier we ate lunch, and now it's getting dark, and so now it's dinner time. Anthony:Why? .... continue ad infinitum ...

We're thrilled that he's curious and we try to answer [...]
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Santa brought Anthony a new truck, and even after he'd played with it for several hours, I was awe struck by the concentration he showed, paying rapt attention to every detail.

Unlike most of the 15,000 photos I have of him (would you like to see them all? 🙂, these actually reflect the real Anthony that we see every day in person.

I'm totally enthralled with this whole series of a dozen or so shots, which I took at the kitchen table while he played.

 

 

 

 

 

(Daddy side comment: I remember [...]

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I was sitting this morning on the livingroom couch having a cup of coffee watching Anthony play nicely by himself, when suddenly he started the following conversation:

He seemed satisfied, so went quietly back to his play -- playing by himself, and, as I mentioned before, doing so quite nicely.

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I had a cold when Anthony turned three years old (two weeks ago), which may explain why this picture turned out so blurry. Or, it could be because I was holding the camera with one hand (holding a video camera in the other). Or, it could be that my camera isn't spectacular in low light, and needed a long exposure.

[ UPDATE: the picture from when he turned four years old was much better ]

In any case, I think that the overall effect is quite nice. Happy Birthday my little stinkpot.

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