- can pedal a tricycle by himself around tomato lake

- understands the word 'consequences'

- loves thomas the tank engine and roary the racing car

- thinks the 'kindy room' at daycare is 'kindy'

- best friends at daycare are jacob, daniel, kael, joshua

- loves his friends thomas, david, jaxon, jaycee, eloise

- understands that chelsea is dad's football team

- knows what cricket is and how it's seeya's life

- has only ever seen one full length movie - alvin and the chipmunks

- has never been to a cinema

- loves tinned spaghetti (spaghettios)

- eats weetbix, or sultana bran, or rice bubbles, or special k for breakfast

- still sucks his thumb

- has a teddybear

- loves stroking the tag of things

-enjoys music, especially singing, dancing, playing drums and guitar

- loves sitting on the kitchen bench involved in the cooking

- points a finger at me and says 'pew pew pew' - i think it's a gun thing

- gets up to 5 hours of tv a week

- has a great dribble when playing football, although also has a tendency to pick up the ball

- loves playing in the sandpit

- is almost toilet trained

- absolutely adores being read to - around 3 - 4 books a day

- favourite authors include eric carle, pamela allen, rev audrey (thomas)

- vocabulary is amazing - speaks clearly and in complete sentences

- can sing songs like incey wincey spider and a version of jingle bells that melds with old macdonald

- can conduct telephone conversations

- almost always says please and thankyou

- loves watching trains on youtube

- sleeps every night at around 7.00pm and wakes between 6 and 7

- doesn't eat great, but enough - enjoys pasta, noodles, toast, chips - although these can change on a daily or hourly basis

- weighs around 12.5kg

- can eat by himself

- can use a glass

- can put things into the sink

- thinks he's hiding if he covers his eyes