Checkups

Last week Tigger and Tilly both had checkups and they're both doing great. Tilly had her 18 month checkup and Tigger had his 3 year checkup. Here are their stats:

Tilly

• 31 1/4 inches tall
• 21.4 lbs
• 18 1/2 inches head circumference
  

Tigger

• 39 inches tall
• 31.6 lbs

To check his development in several areas (speech, etc), the doctor had a short conversation with Tigger. It was so cute - I don't think I'd ever heard him have a conversation with another adult. He's getting so big! Here was the exchange:

Doctor: Hi, what's your name?
Tigger: (points to Tilly) That's Samantha
Doctor: I know, but what's your name?
Tigger: Caleb
Doctor: And how old are you?
Tigger: (holds up three fingers)
Doctor: Are you a boy or a girl?
Tigger: A boy
Doctor: And who's your bestest friend?
Tigger: (points to Tilly) Samantha

Aww......

And here are the kids on the way home from the doctor. We stopped for a few minutes so they could play at the fountain in Dupont Circle. They ran around in circles and both managed to dip their hands in the water, getting their sleeves wet all the way up to their elbows!

Papa TT was getting Tilly ready for bed tonight and started playing with her. She loved it - watch her ask for more.

Fire Truck!

Tigger and Tilly were very cute on the fire truck the other day. They were actually riding on it together and when I got back from grabbing the camera, Tilly had gotten off:(

At the beginning of the video he says 'My brother gotta ride.' That's because before I started filming I asked Tilly if she was riding with her brother. Tigger gets his pronouns mixed up sometimes but he's very cute with the brother/sister thing.

And don't be concerned with the bandaid on Tigger's eye. He's obsessed with bandaids lately and demands them all the time. Nothing was actually wrong with him, I just gave in when he went digging in the drawer for them!

Tigger is 3!

It's been quite a busy few days. Tigger started school then turned three. G-Ma and G-Pa T came into town and we had a great party at a nearby fire department.

Tigger's birthday started with present opening. Tilly and Papa TT helped:




Tigger loved his handyman dress up kit and Steelers jersey!

After presents it was time to head to the fire station for the party.

We had lots of balloons!


As usual, I made the birthday cake. This year I did cupcakes to make a fire hydrant. Not too shabby, but I couldn't get the icing red so Tigger had a pink fire hydrant.

The kids got a tour of the fire station...


..then a gear demonstration by fire fighter Eric.

Tilly was enthralled!

Then it was time for pizza and cupcakes. Everyone ate up!

First Day of School

Today was Tigger's first day of school! Our local elementary school offers not only a pre-k class but a preschool class for 3 year olds so we enrolled him and his first day was today!

He looked like such a big boy with his dinosaur backpack. He also has to wear a uniform - white top and blue bottoms. Both Papa TT and I and his teachers at day care have been prepping him for school so he was all ready to go.

He was a little hesitant in the big crowd of kids going in - he was definitely holding our hands. But then we got to his classroom and he was fine. Look at his cool classroom!

He followed the steps (with his name!)..

..to his cubby and put away his backpack.


Then breakfast came out and he was happy as a clam! We kissed him goodbye and headed out.


When we picked him up he was perfectly happy. His teacher said he was friendly, happy and told them about his baby Samantha at home. He did great and only Mama TT cried!