I Wish I Wanna....

Sterling making his silly face, which is what he likes to do for the camera, most of the time!

This sweet boy wants to be and do MANY things as he grows up!

He always says, "I wish I wanna..."  The funniest part is that most of the time they're not things he can "be".  Some of our favorites are:

• I wish I wanna be an alien.
• I wish I wanna be a comet.
• I wish I wanna be a bird, a cardinal, a woodpecker, a shark, a fish, a tree, etc....
• I wish I wanna go to a volcano.

He also has the funny ways he says some words and then just funny things he says.  I wish I could put a recording on here of all of them so I'll do my best to write out his pronunciations.

• Pull - Up (Pool-up) - Sterling still wears a Pull-Up at night.  Wade LOVES to call it a diaper just to hear Sterling get made and say, "It's not a diaper, it's a Pull - Up."
• Dr. Pepper (Doc-chur Pepper) - Sterling has developed a love for my Dr. Peppers....I love hearing him ask for a drinks!
• Thing (shang) - Sometimes I think his brain works quicker than his mouth.  In return we are always trying to figure out what "things" he's talking about.
• Yeah baby - I have no idea where he got this, but Wade asked him he wanted to go outside and he said, "Yeah, baby!"
• Well, - this one makes me crazy.  After a few days of him saying to me, "Well, ....." usually in protest to something he did or didn't want to do, I realized I SAY well all the time to begin a sentence.  "Well, it's time for bed.", "Well, we're about to eat dinner.", "Well, I'm sorry, not right now." You get the idea.

A few more things to LOVE about Sterling at 3 1/2 years old:

• ATTITUDE - He can get one at times (see saying, "well..." above) I don't know if I should love it or hate it and it sure is hard to keep my cool OR to keep from laughing sometimes. 
• PICKY EATER - unfortunately, he did inherit this from me.  He says he doesn't like fruits and vegetables,or spaghetti sauce and he only likes a certain type of bread just to name a few.  He does however like some odd things, well, odd to me since I'm a picky eater.  Stinky cheeses (this is what I call them), pickles (which I despise), salad, and any kind of fish.  He will at least try things which is more than I can say for myself when I was younger.  Who am I kidding, I won't even try stuff I think I don't like now! HAHA
• NEVER FORGETS A THING - I'm liking this, sometimes!  He remembers when he needs to take his lunch, where I leave his things and what he did weeks ago.  The other day he was telling Wade how rainbows are made and Wade mentioned not seeing a rainbow in awhile.  Sterling remembered when we had a seen a rainbow 2 months before that that we didn't even remember.  I hope he doesn't forget anything he learns in school either.
• A WRITER - now that Sterling has learned to start writing letters he writes them on everything.  Any and all paper, Wade's Sudoku book, his easel, the mousepad, pretty much any where that has a pen or pencil lying near it.  So far he can write letters - A, B, C, D, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S (backwards), V, and W - all uppercase, but I'm sure he'll have us working on lower case letters soon.
• A BALL PLAYER - Sterling is getting ready to start playing t-ball.  I was never very sporty and unlike my sister, I had horrible hand-eye coordination.  For a 3 year old Sterling is pretty good and hits the ball most of the time.  We hear, "I wish I wanna play __________." Last night before bed he told me he wanted to play, baseball, soccer, golf, football, basketball and tennis - all the balls he said!  I guess we're going to be busy the next 15 years!
• A GOOD BIG BROTHER - While Sterling wanted nothing to do with Hudson when he was a baby, he's starting to like him a little more.  Sterling will share his snacks, dinner and even desserts with Hudson.  He's very good at making sure he doesn't try to go up or down the stairs without Wade or I.  He can't pick him up, obviously, but he can stop him!  They also like to play ball together and make each other laugh.  I have a feeling this will get them in a some trouble as they get older because if one of them thinks it's funny they're going to keep doing it.
• LOVES TECHNOLOGY - I think he can work my iPhone better than I can.  I download games for him, not me on it and he plays it mostly while we're in the car.  There are some great toddler apps and educational games on there so I'm not complaining.  He recently discovered my iPod also, he likes to sit with the earphones in his ears more than he actually likes listening to the music, but I'm sure he'll be asking for one in a few years.  Starfall.com is his favorite website (another educational one) and the best part is, he doesn't need my help.  He can play it while I'm cooking dinner and I'm still able to be right there while he's on the computer.  Last, but not least, is his Leapster!  This was another FABULOUS hand-me-down from the Brighams and it is the BEST.  
• ANIMAL GENIUS - There is a game for the ever fabulous LEAPSTER called Animal Genius and it has truly turned Sterling into just that.  It takes you all over the world, discovers and explores different animals and teaches facts about them.  Sterling can recite them word for word: "Ostriches are birds, but they can't fly", "Sharks don't have any bones in their body", "Sea Turtles lay their eggs on land" We may have an exotic animal veterinarian on our hands!

Sorry for the LONG post!  I was afraid I was going to start forgetting these things if I didn't write them down and I'm sure there are some things I still forgot!

 Such a sweet smile!