Of course you're welcome! 
Like I said, I think that there are fewer changes from month-to-month at this age than there are when kids are younger. There's still a wide variety of normal (you don't have to have an advanced three year old to join this thread!) and that's all good. 
I'm curious, though: Do most of us have kids that we would consider advanced or even gifted in one or more areas?
That would certainly be interesting and noteworthy. What reasons do you have for thinking this way? Are all of our kids "different?" (I'm making graphs and charts in my head... I'm such a dork! 
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Like I said, I think that there are fewer changes from month-to-month at this age than there are when kids are younger. There's still a wide variety of normal (you don't have to have an advanced three year old to join this thread!) and that's all good. I'm curious, though: Do most of us have kids that we would consider advanced or even gifted in one or more areas?
That would certainly be interesting and noteworthy. What reasons do you have for thinking this way? Are all of our kids "different?" (I'm making graphs and charts in my head... I'm such a dork! )
Thanks! 
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There are other card games, too; Phase 10 is loads of fun (maybe a teensy bit difficult for threes?), Old Maid, War (which you can always give a different name), Go Fish, etc. One of my favorite games was Rummy, I always loved that one... Ooooh! Othello, that game rocks! Goodness, I can hardly wait to get my hands on these... 
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I am 
: and 
: that we won't have the annual trip to the ER for his asthma. (I still owe on medical bills from last year's visit 
...) The pollution is absolutely horrible in the valley lately, it hasn't rained for 90 days or something like that. My allergies have been bugging me today, so if anyone knows how to do a rain dance, please send the vibes down to the desert!
: If I don't eat anything between now and then I might be able to fit into them. 
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Poor little guy. Wheezing sucks 
) for about a month and a half. Yick.
BeanBean started talking very, very early and has always been extremely verbal (and social; for him, the two are a package deal). His gross motor milestones were all hit on the early side of average, but nothing to write home about; his fine motor skills seem to be right on target for his chronological age, but I think that like me, he will use his other abilities to counter that a bit (for example, he's got a veeerrrrrry long attention span, so he's willing to sit and try to tie his shoes for an hour at a time, rather than trying once or twice and giving up). We're home educating him for loads of reasons, and I tend to think of him as a k-1 student because he talks like a first grader (except when he sounds like a miniature adult 
) and is, for the most part, doing k-1 work. I call it "Grammar Stage A" rather than "first grade/kindergarten" because it's totally a mix of levels, suited to BeanBean. 
Sometimes I compare her and try to stop myself b/c she really is such a fantasickly funny kid who truly gets along great with her brother. I have to remember that it doesn't matter if her little friend can draw Dorothy from Wizard of Oz complete with braids and DD can really only draw a jellyfish 
, she is the best little mommy. She carries her babies around all day long, breastfeeds, pushes them in the stroller, changes their diapers, changes their clothes, wears them in a sling.... And she's the best big sister too. She will be an awesome mommy one day 
He was irritated with me for the rest of the afternoon. 
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