He's 4 and 1/2!

My little buddy gets bigger and bigger every day.  I'm amazed by him and his maturity and intelligence. His primary teacher said, "He's just like a little man the way he sits there and stares into your soul."   He's also sometimes truly a crazy little 4 year old who loves to dance naked when he should be getting dressed for bed or who throws fits over the craziest things.  

He celebrated his 1/2 birthday in school because he's a summer birthday.  I got to come in for a few minutes and watch.  He placed paper candles on a paper cake and everyone sang to him.  The teacher said, "Will you smile while we sing?" so he pasted the funniest fake smile on his face and didn't shift the expression the entire time.  I had such a hard time not laughing.  Then he got to "blow out the candles" and be the calendar helper for the day.

Other things we've been doing a lot - swimming and ice skating.  He LOVES to swim and we go twice/week in addition to his swim lessons which he started in December.  He's getting better all the time and its just amazing how fast he makes progress in ability and confidence.  He hasn't figured out how to breath while swimming yet, so he swims, stops, breathes, swims again, etc.  But after only swimming for two months, I'm really impressed with him.  He's always the only kid in the pool without arm floaties.

I'd really hoped he'd like ice skating more because personally I love ice skating but hate swimming.  It's not really his favorite, though but sometimes I can get him to go skating with me after swim lessons.  He's not great at it but he's way better than I thought he'd be starting out.  I think roller skating so much already has really helped.  It's so much fun introducing him to all these new things.  Little kids are so much fun.

The weather has been so warm lately.  It's been amazing to go outside and play in warm sunshine in February.  Also, one of his favorite things has been going to library story time with his favorite librarian, Karen, and his besties from church - Marley, Annie, and Joan.  We four moms come every week and hang out while our kids enjoy story time.  It's perfect for all of us.