Last week, I shared about the milestones or rites of passage most Moms experience when their children are between 2 and 3 years old. If you’re loving that age, there is even more to look forward to when your child hits his third year.

Here’s my bucket list for Moms when their kids are age 3-4:

1.            Deal with potty training. Swear not to get frustrated. Get extremely frustrated.

2.            Try to decipher her random non sequiturs:  “Mommy, the firetruck came because my eyes are brown. And so that’s why I have to go ride my bike now.”

3.            Watch him get obsessed with the oddest things— the bell on the firetruck (not the entire truck), wearing one sock (never two), cherry tomatoes (only yellow ones).   

4.            Watch your kid throw that completely embarrassing, only-seen-in-the-movies, mother-of-all-temper-tantrums in the middle of a parking lot. And you’re carrying armfuls of groceries. And you forgot where you parked the car.  And it’s raining. And you’re in a white shirt.

5.            Witness unbearable crying the first day he goes off to preschool. (Yours, not his.)

6.            Find it adorable the way she keeps asking “Why?” about everything.  Find it less adorable after the 100th time. 

7.            Get introduced to your child’s imaginary friend and have tea with him.

8.            Be amazed at how she figures out in 2 minutes something that took you 2 days to learn:  how to play a DVD, how to navigate your mobile phone, how to set the TiVo.  Hide the keys to your car.

9.            Be sad as the baby fat finally falls away from him.  Note: this is not to be confused with the baby fat that finally falls away from YOU — that you’re PSYCHED about!

10.        Cheer like your team has just won the Superbowl when she pees in the potty for the first time.