Big Boy

We've got a big boy on our hands these days!  Much to our surprise, we found on Monday at school that Jackson would start his transition to the "yellow" class (what we've been calling the "big boy class") that day, with a goal of completion by today. 

We were told he handled it all really well, and that he seemed like an old pro in the new class by the time they came around to take photos of him and his friend Jamers who was also transitioning.  Lunch time is later, naps start later, they drink without lids on their cups, and they start potty training, so lots of big boy things going on around here.

Outside of school, he's still willing to try new foods when prompted, but his latest development is to try something and when he determines he doesn't like it, spit it out and hand it to Corey while saying "garbage" in the hopes Corey will throw it away.  He did this out of the blue the other day (after only doing it once before, a few months back) when trying some sausage in his soup, catching us off guard and making us laugh, and has done it a few more times since.

And sometimes, especially when eating, if we pay him a compliment (i.e. "wow, you're eating like such a big boy", etc), he'll respond saying "thank you!" or "thanks!", like he actually understands how to accept a compliment.  Love that.

Here are a few videos of our boy.

Saying "silly songs" --- one of my favorite things he says (like I mentioned in my last post).

Love how he says "mac & cheese"!