Four Already!

Seriously, I can't believe it. I just can't. Maybe one year I'll say "Jeez this year dragged on, is he really only one year older" but I'm guessing that will be on his 27th birthday... At any rate, not any time soon.

He can be just the sweetest fella, bringing toys for his sister and giving Jude itches because he knows it will make them happy. Warms my heart.

Baby Luca

He has an incredible imagination, always playing games of make believe. With elaborate stories. Right now we're playing Pirate Ship and the ship is full of animals trying to find their homes. There's a cow driving a duplo truck and he's going to help them.

He's also really creative with duplo's and legos. Clearly he got his father's Master Builder genes. He passed my ability when he was about 2 I think. Big elaborate houses, cars with homes on them complete with slides. Josh comes home from work and Luca explains the things he built and you can just see the awe on Josh's face. It's impressive!

One!

He's still a pretty picky eater. Anything he doesn't like (or thinks he won't like and doesn't want to try) he says he's allergic to. In the beginning he had so many random allergies that there was a huge list of things he couldn't have. Now he's grown out of most of them, but it's like we missed the window on some foods. Like ketchup. He will have nothing to do with ketchup or any other dips. They're all "too saucy". Slowly he's expanding his palate, and I guess any progress is good!

Two

He is loving school, asks most every morning if it's a school day. The three days a week that are neither school nor the weekend are just huge bummers to him. Next year he'll move up from 2 mornings to 3 mornings a week, and I think about half of his class is continuing with him. I'm so glad that he's having a positive experience and hope it continues!

We should be starting tae kwon do in a couple weeks. I showed him a youtube video of a young class and he seemed pretty excited about it, it's just 7 classes--an introduction--and if he has fun we'll look at something longer. Maybe he'll follow in Bai's footsteps! I know it was a wonderful experience for her. 

Three

He loves Christmas music, specifically Jingle Bells. So he sings it all the time. All. The. Time. It's a little funny, because he sings it "Bells that like to ring, making sure it's bright" which is entertaining. But not quite entertaining enough to make it okay to listen to in July on repeat. So we tried to teach him new songs to sing. The Ants Go Marching sort of stuck. At least Jingle Bells is down to just a couple times a week, thank goodness. Until next holiday season, anyway.

Big 4 Year old!

He is a big hand talker. Waving them around the whole time he's talking. And his mouth works faster than his brain, so his stories take a little longer to tell because he says the same sentence a couple times while his brain catches up. So there's a whole lot of gesturing. I have to focus hard on what he saying or I just smile at how animated the whole thing is.