The number three has started to take on a certain magic around here. My son will be three years old a week from Saturday. And lately, everything is more exciting to him – and, subsequently, to me too.

Halloween was a kick-ass holiday. He totally “got it” this year and literally ran from house to house with the neighborhood kids like they were a little gang. The idea of his birthday and a party has intrigued him since the summer, as we counted down how many more friends and family would have a birthday before his would come. He’s out of his head with excitement about cupcakes and a piñata with his friends at school and the party at the Moonbounce place with his cousins and friends. And especially about the Lightning McQueen birthday cake that I’m planning to bake him.

If all of this excitement weren’t enough for his little brain to handle, we’ve been working on getting his “big boy” room ready. The furniture will be delivered any day now, the room (my former office) has been emptied and repainted, and all of his Cars bedding and accessories have been purchased. Once the room was cleared out, he asked me if he could sleep in there on a towel until his new bed came. The request was so simple and heartfelt that I actually considered saying yes.

He also talks about his baby brother in my belly and asks me almost daily when he will come out. He seems very excited about having a little brother, and I just hope that continues once the baby actually arrives in March.

I can only imagine how much fun the month of December will be and what Christmas will be like. I’m not sure who will be more excited, him or me.

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