Otso: 3 Years, 2 Months

Summary
When he is tired or hungry, he is terrible to be around. But mostly he is cheerful and quite observant.

Learning/Development
He knows that the letters O, T, and S are in his name and claims them as "his" letters.
This month he learned that he has a middle name (we have told him before but this is the first time it seemed to sink in) and that it is John, and that Grandpa is also named John.
We bought him some bigger underwear and leggings (size 110-116 from H&M) and since they are not as tight, he can get them up and down more easily by himself. We are working on this.

Language
At Thanksgiving, everyone is enjoying his parrot capabilities. A favorite was "preschool scholar", which is the title of his exercise book.
He had a great time with his cousins and grandma in Georgia, but his language really blossomed with all the one-on-one time he got in Florida. There we were 3 adults and two kids, and Grandpa and Mama Dollie indulged Otso's chatter and engaged with him. He got braver and better about describing what was going on.
He still has trouble pronouncing consonant blends like "gr" and "th" and "thr" and so on (the color green is "been", "thr" is "f", etc).

Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: legos, marble run, perler, anything Paw Patrol
Our Christmas calendar this year is building a Lego set, and adding stick-on googly eyes to the Christmas monster. Each day we alternate who gets to build Legos and who sticks on the eye.  Last year Lumi was jealous of the eye sticker, but this year both kids are most interested in the Lego set.

Social
20.11 we're staying at grandma's house in Ball Ground GA. Uncle Troy and the cousins are here.
He enjoyed the cousins and especially Samari. The day they left he kept spontaneously saying "I miss Samari."
29.11 he stayed the day with Grandpa and Mama Dollie while Lumi and äiti went to Disney world. He had a great time.
He bit a kid in barnehage during a fight. He can go from peaceful to enraged very quickly. He also bit Lumi once while they were fighting. When he gets frustrated at someone he yells as loudly as he can and then starts hitting them.
He also (when he's feeling petulant) grabs Lumi's things just to irritate her. For example, if she is getting dressed and working on her shirt, he will grab her pants and take them to another room. When he gets called out on this, he insists that they are his pants.

Eating
Very weird eating in Georgia. He refused many favorites. Even ice cream! The only thing he liked was Hershey kisses.

In Florida, he has resumed eating. Not always the healthier stuff (large amounts of Ritz crackers, etc) but at least his mood has improved.

Sleeping
At grandma's house, he shared a bed with äiti. Same in Florida.
We had a rough time switching back to a central Europe time zone, but he sleeps most of the night in his own bed, but most nights he comes to sleep next to äiti at some point.

Health
8.12 in the early hours of the morning, he vomited a huge amount (unfortunately, he was in the parents' bed at the time so all 3 of us were affected). but then he seemed perfectly fine and ate a normal amount at breakfast.

While in the US, he used the regular toilet with the help of a stool and an adult. So now that we are back home, we're encouraging this too. It makes getting to the toilet a bit annoying for everyone else, though!

Stats
Clothes: size 104/110. Shoes: size 26.

Teeth: 20
Weight: 15.8 kg on 31.7
Height: 96 cm on 9.9

Events
24.11 Thanksgiving
26.11 Troy and family left
27.11 drive to Florida
30.11 Blue Springs Park, St John River cruise
1.12 Legoland
2.12 Christmas steam train (with Santa!)
3.12 flight home
4.12 arrival home in Oslo
10.12 muskari, playing at eino's house
11.12 christmas market downtown: ferris wheel and carousel
13.12 Lucia day
17.12 visit Nelli
18.12 visit Helena's new baby

Random
He called his big candy cane his 'lolli-cane'

He has moved from wanting to be carried everywhere (because he is so heavy that it's not even comfortable for him, i think!) to wanting to hold hands. But he doesn't say "hold my hand", he says "hold me" instead.

He was watching an airplane in the sky and a bunch of birds flying "near" it and determined, "the birds are gonna get it. And one has to eat it!"