my favorite 3 year old

johnathan is 3 now and despite his moodiness at times, he is my favorite 3 year old. he is always coming up with creative things to do and say. he is 300% boy and too much like his daddy. if something can break, he will figure out how to break it. when he was 1 someone gave us some flash cards from baby einstein that were supposed to be indestructible. well within 2 weeks our little johnathan had figured out how to destroy them. that is johnathan. johnathan is also always nice about everything he does, even if it is disobeying. johnathan does not throw himself on the floor and pitch a fit when we ask him to do something, he just doesn't do it. he does not talk back or say no, he just pretends we never said anything. johnathan also loves to repeat anything anyone is saying, whether or not he is using it right in his sentences. some of my favorite phrases from johnathan are, "i can't want to do that" (for "i don't want to do that") and "it is too easy" (for "it is too hard"). johnathan always has us on our feet trying to figure out who he is at the moment. some days it is one person the whole day, where there are other days it changes by the minute. my favorite was when he told me the other day that he was "lightening mcqueen buzz lightyear horse". i guess he couldn't decide which to be so he picked all three. johnathan also loves to talk on the phone. the other day he had me call like 3 or 4 different people, so he could talk to them. one of the phone calls was to mom and she asked him if he had pooped in the potty (this is big deal at our house right now). he was honest and said, "no, my daddy pooped in the potty." you never know what is going to come out of his mouth. johnathan also has a dog. his dog is named brownie dog and he has to go everywhere with us. the only thing is johnathan is the only one who can see brownie dog, so we never know when we leave him places. the other day in the car he started freaking out about something. once i calmed him down i realized that we had left brownie dog outside the car, so i had to roll the window so brownie dog could get back in the car. johnathan loves his little sister more than i can begin to tell you here. he takes such good care of her and makes sure that she stays out of trouble. he is also very quick to tell me when she does something wrong. yesterday, johnathan made sure i knew that his sister had knocked my vase of flowers off the table onto the floor from 3 feet away. i was amazed! but, then he confessed that really he did it. i love watching johnathan learn and love watching him just be him. i can not believe my little johnathan is growing up so fast. so for now, i am just going to enjoy my favorite 3 year old, even if i think he is from another planet sometimes.