Jonathan's birthday -- No longer a toddler!

I'm three!

So all of my child development books only go up to 36 months....which means that Jonathan is no longer a toddler.  He is now officially a pre-schooler.  Time to pull out a different set of books I guess.  I need to review Ted Tripp's Shepherding a Child's Heart right away!

I thought about having a big (i.e. 5 boys) party for Jonathan this year...but I chickened out.  Instead we just invited Jonathan's friend Zephaniah over for cake and ice cream.  Here they are together watching a video of the Mars rover landing (one of Dave's favorites.) 

When you live overseas, sometimes your birthday presents are wrapped like this!

Another birthday tradition when you live overseas is a Birthday Skype with family!  Every year Aunt Ruth and Cousins Emily and Erica have a birthday cake with candles in Spokane for Jonathan's birthday.  Here he is showing his birthday presents to Grandma Arlette and Emily.  The "bi-air-plane" is a gift from Sammy and Reuben (really, their daddy made it) and Jonathan LOVES it!

Here are a couple of videos of what our big three year old is doing these days.  :)  Enjoy!

Learning new moves

When Jonathan turned 2, we told ourselves he would be getting a bike as a late birthday present.    Finally last month I was able to find his bike!  See for yourself how he's doing!

A few things to watch for in the video .....Joshua practicing his wave and a surprise ending!  (No band-aids necessary!)   (P.S.  Gem, if you're out there, thanks for the great sun hat for Joshua!  We're using it a lot!)

Joshua is continuing to work very hard on his motor skills.  He just turned 9 months old yesterday, so check out what he can do!

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