Benjamin - 3yo stats and humor

First for the stats - these came from Benjamin's 3 year old well-visit today where he was declared completely healthy.

height - 38 1/2" (95th percentile)
weight - 29lbs 4oz (25th percentile)

Second, the funny stuff (all very much indicative of a 3 year old!):

* The day after the Super Bowl I watched recording of the game with the kids and after explaining the last two big plays of the game (yes! Go Patriots!) Benjamin and I had a lengthy conversation. The subject? Why it was okay for the football player to take the ball away from the other players (interception!) but it is not okay to do that in real life! He has made a huge jump in putting things together lately and as soon as I explained an interception he immediately understood that somehow the rules were different for the player than they are for him and he wanted to know why!!

*Another example of him putting two and two together. At his doctor appointment today Benj was asked to stand on one foot. He can sort of do it sometimes but hasn't mastered this yet. The doctor told him it didn't matter because it's a 4 year old skill. We were discussing it at dinner tonight and Benjamin turned to Julia and said, "Julia, it's a four year old thing! You're going to be six so you can do it. Can you show me how?"

* When Benjamin was helping me shovel the driveway we worked for 20 minutes or so in silence and then out of the blue he made this statement, "Julia likes broccoli but I don't"... ok, then. Not sure where that came from!

* While helping to make dinner we had this discussion:
Benjamin: I don't like carrots
Me: You're eating a carrot right now!
Benjamin: oh yeah, right... Well I don't like carrots in meatloaf
Me: Got it.

* During quiet time a few days ago Benjamin wrote all over the walls around his bed with crayon. There are scribbles all over the walls. Andrew was home with the kids at the time and I'll just say that no one was happy when I got home. So we've been working on cleaning it off but there is still a LOT of writing on the wall. Then last night as Andrew was putting Benj to bed, Benj said (in a very "lets address the positive" kind of voice), "Hey Dad! You can't see the pictures in the dark!"