Happy 'Thirty-fourth month', Fabi!

"Quiero comer con mis amigos!" (I want to eat with my friends!) This is what Fabi says now about going to his playgroup. This year he went from not crying, to just sighing with a look of resignation and then to actually looking forward to go and play with his friends. I am enjoying those 6 hours a week by myself more than ever!

A few other favorite phrases:

"No quiero cortar mi pelo!" (I don't want to cut my hair! - See picture above!)

"This is mine!" / "Das ist meine!" (They sound the same, but I think he says it in English, not in German).

"Quiero Shu-Khan!" (MasalaDad's favorite phrase, which means he gets to play a song video of the famous Indian actor for Fabi.)

"I love you!" (He says that to family members over the phone -- very cute!)

Fabi wears shoe size 24/25 and clothes size 98.

He's good at cleaning up and doesn't like anything dirty or messy. (I'm told this is just a phase and that -unfortunately- it will go away). A few days ago MasalaDad was enjoying rice and dal in the typical Indian style, eating it with his hand. Fabi was appalled by this and kept telling his Dad to eat with a fork so that his hands didn't get dirty :)

Whenever we go to a gathering with a group of people, Fabi will be very clingy and won't want to play with other kids. It takes some time to warm up and by the time the meeting/party is over he doesn't want to go. He makes friends with children or grown-ups easily (once he was warmed up) and admires the bigger kids.

Fabian enjoys doing things "all by himself" now, but I always end up convincing him I can help him (to finish things up or get them done faster!)