magical three

in some context that i can't quite figure out, one of hugh's teachers told him that he is 'magical three'. he's taken quite a shine to telling us that he is 'maaaaag-ical three!'. i have to say that i agree:

• the other night he requested marching songs at bedtime. after a rousing round of 'the ants go marching on', he asked for another. the only one brent or i could come up with was 'the battle hymn of the republic'. it must have struck a chord because he requested it again the next night.
• still on the bedtime song theme, he added some new-fangled lyrics to 'swing low, sweet chariot'. in hugh's world the chariot is comin' for the monkey's going to bite you and a band of monkeys is comin' to carry you home.
• somehow found something scary in a 'max & ruby' episode. i'm not quite sure what it was, i mean, it's 'max & ruby' but something struck such a chord in his imagination that 'max & ruby' has been banished. along with elmo.
• he regularly wears his underwear backwards and insists that it is more comfortable that way.
• loves his little brother so much it makes me cry when i see him hug, exclaim over and/or comfort henry. i think that one of the highlights of his day today was when we went to get henry up from his nap.

three really is magical.