Max loves to tell his brother "No baby."
He does puppy dog hands and bounces when he is really into food.
He sticks out his tongue and smiles super big when he gets embarrassed.
He sits on his knees with his ankles crossed under his bum when playing at the edge of the couch.
He likes to play "freeze" and "ready go" when dancing.
He likes to watch Disney channel on the Roku (specifically Cars, Planes, and Frozen).
He LOVES Blues Clues and will sing along to the songs and call out clues when he sees them by saying "Coos coos!"
He sings alone to the Frozen soundtrack, even doing the tick tock of the clock.
He likes to steal toys from the baby.
He likes to play in the tub long after he's done and won't get out until he has said good bye to all the water down the drain.
He will put his dishes in the sink.
He will put trash in the can and says icky about anything gross or smelly.
He will get a tissue to wipe his own boogers.
At 8:30, we read scriptures, brush teeth, say a prayer, and give kisses before Mom or Dad takes Max to bed. He is tucked in with his owl and left with his Cars light or his moon light on.
He will pray by repeating what Mom or Dad has him say, and he kneels and closes his eyes without being told.
He likes to have us "watch" when he jumps off of curbs or does something he thinks is cool.
He likes to get on Mom's phone to watch Cars clips and ends up on obscure videos where people who speak poor English give reviews of Disney toys. It's strange. He sometimes ends up watching clips in foreign languages.
He still loves milk more than any drink.
He loves mac and cheese, toast with honey, hard boiled eggs, cheese, yogurt with honey and vanilla, chicken, chimichurri turkey w/ zucchini, homemade yogurt popsicles, grapes, blueberries, tortilla chips, crackers, orange juice, bananas, and cereal.
He loves gum and will steal it from Mom's purse whenever she leaves her purse out.
He loves chapstick as well.
He calls all meat "chicken" unless corrected.
He will pull out the bench before he sits down at the table so that he has more room to eat.
He has fallen off the bench a few times because he plays instead of eating.
He sometimes lays on Oliver and thinks it's funny.
It upsets him when something is out of place... like if one of Oliver's socks comes off, he makes me put it back on.
He recognizes church and the doctor's office.
When Deborah comes over, he expects to go on a walk or to play on her Ipad.
He loves to throw rocks and go on walks.
He's ticklish, especially on his thighs, diaper line (front and back), knee caps, and back.
He can count to five on his hand by holding certain fingers down with his other hand.
He recognizes the letters in his name and that they spell Max.
He puts stickers on his cars and all over the couch.
He pulls the baby around by his feet. When Oliver is in his high chair, Max will pull it around the hard flooring.
He likes to play catch and bat balls.
He insists on saying goodbye to whomever is leaving the house by waving in the doorway until the car is out of sight.
He also insists that we put on "bum bum" every time we change his diaper.
He likes to have his ears cleaned.
He still holds ears when tired.
He still uses a binky, although if we tell him to "get that binky out of your mouth," he'll smile and spit it out. He knows it's for sleeping only.
When playing at another kid's house, he finds the toys, gathers all the cars, and tries to take them home with him.
His toothbrush lights up, so he won't let us brush his teeth before turning it on.
He likes to zip up his own zippers, especially his hoodies.
He likes to have his hood up if he's cold.
He likes to put on lotion.
He always dries his hands on the towel after I wash them at the kitchen sink.
He sometimes make me carry his toys up and down the stairs if there are too many for him to carry.
When I tell Max I need to vacuum, he'll pick up his toys and hop up on the couch. When I'm done, he says "all done" and hops down and unplugs the cord for me.
He opens the fridge and freezer himself and looks around for something he wants to eat.
He likes to help me cook by mixing things in bowls.
He likes to watch things cook in the microwave.
He likes to push the button to turn on the blender for his shakes.
He randomly sings the Star Trek theme song using "bum bum bum" for the notes.
He talks a lot and repeats anything you say, but he doesn't have the best pronunciation still.
Some examples of his own words: grandpa - bugga
grandma - mugga
chocolate - chocette
orange - o'nge
banana - bun
vacuum - bacuum
Mater - ma'er
McQueen - MaKeen
Maddy - Ma'ee
Big - beeg
He likes to watch the garbage truck.
If the doorbell rings during the day, he knows to be quiet because I don't like to answer to someone I don't know. He says "Shh!" and then whispers "Package!"
When Nate took him on his first bike ride, he yelled "Weeeee!"
He says "owie" a lot.
He hides behind the living room curtains when he's pooped and doesn't want me to find him to change his diaper.
When he wore underwear for the first time, he ran laps upstairs because he liked how they felt.
When he is shy, he does a sideways look with his eyes and then falls down.
He sniffs loudly when he smells something strong.
Aside from me, Nate, and Oliver, Logan is his favorite person. Then Sandra. Then Keith.
He rolls his cars through anything that has spilled... milk, food, baby spit-up, etc.
He's friendly and loves playing with other kids no matter their age.
He loves to read books. His favorite right now is his John Deer tractor book "Johnny's New Friend" about an apple festival. It has tons of flaps.
He knows triangles and circles and points them out wherever he sees them.
He knows all the colors of the rainbow and black and brown.
He immediately starts crying at the doctor's office because he knows being there means he is getting a shot.
He loves "treats," especially his fruit leather.
He likes to eat things in twos.
He points out trucks, planes, buses, etc. when outside.
He categorizes things as big vs small by calling the big things "big." He still doesn't say little, but he knows the difference. "Big truck!"
He basically understands everything we say to him.
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