The following was written some time ago. Now I have two more birthdays to catch up on!
It’s birthday season at our house and Mom is having a hard time keeping up! Josiah is three and we love third birthday parties. This is our third third b’day party, so we stuck to our tried and true formula of recreating a kids TV show episode. Sammy had a Dora party and Nathan had Diego. Josiah wanted WonderPets, so we set out to save the baby rabbits. Josiah had a blast being pulled along in the “flyboat” – our wagon with a paper sail. The finale was hunting carrots to feed the baby rabbits followed by a pinata to feed the party goers. A Mickey Mouse pinata, because to a three-year-old, that makes perfect sense at a WonderPets party and also because the WonderPets haven’t spread to Ecuador yet. I don’t know if they ever will since guinea pig is a delicacy here, not a pet! Josiah is still our little “travieso” (rascal) and tries to keep us all on his toes. He is a very enthusiastic boy. The best part of my work day is coming home to him running out to meet me as if I’ve been gone for weeks instead of just a few hours. He plays the little brother pest role as well as the rough big brother role well. He has his own logic and we can’t always follow what he is talking about. He likes to make up words in Spanish and sometimes understands the real ones. His only memories of life in the US are from our visit and he relishes his life as a jungle boy. His best friend in the world is the three-year-old next door – Katie. When we review our best and worst of the day as a family, his answer to both usually involves Katie. We love our loud, eager, active, sometimes-toddler, sometimes-preschooler and can’t wait to see his personality and talents develop further.