Fuller’s third birthday is next Friday. We have been working with him to understand the answer to “How old are you?” will be changing.

Right now I ask him, “How old are you?” and he answers “Two!” Then I ask, “And how will you be on your birthday?” and he answers, “Three!”

These last few days of his twos have been very pleasant. The cooler weather helps because he can be outside a lot more and we have made it to the playground to burn off steam on several occasions. I took him shoe shopping (gasp!) and he behaved beautifully (a steady stream of crackers helped). And his diet seems to be branching out from PBJ and grilled cheese.

But my favorite development has been his willingness to adapt a certain phrase into his vocabulary. Instead of coming up to me and demanding more juice (often shoving his sippy cup in my face), Fuller has been taught to ask “May I (pause) Have More (pause) please?”

He doesn’t always specify what he wants more of, and sometimes he uses the phrase even when he is asking for the first time, but it is so much nicer than him being demanding and pushy. The pauses come from how I made him repeat the phrase to me when I was teaching him how to ask politely. It is really a cute thing to behold.

And I look forward to his birthday next week. I think it is only going to get better.

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