Since we’re getting ready for baby #3 and I’ve totally
dropped the ball on this blog, I decided to update with a summary of what the
boys are like now.
Sweet Pea, age 4. He is so different from age 3. He is much
more little boy than toddler, with boy features, boy interests, and boy
annoyance with the ol’ parents. We still occasionally get the toddler melt
downs but, heck, I’m ten times his age and still go through those. Right now he
is enrolled in pre-school 2x per week at our church. He goes through periods of
dreading it and crying when he has to go, then periods where he is more
resigned. Hate to tell him that the future is going to be long and arduous if
pre-school isn’t agreeing with him. He’s a bit more on the shy and introverted
side which is making it harder to make friends. If someone doesn’t want to play
with him, he just goes off and does his own thing rather than attempting a
different strategy to play. I don’t know how much of it is immaturity and how
much is his personality. He is a chatterbox at home and rules the roost but
doesn’t seem to know how to navigate peer relationships.
Even though he is non-descriptive when he talks about what
he’s learning in school, he will shoot out some random nuggets days after the
fact. “Did you know that we have electricity in our bodies?” We’re not allowed
to say Hallelujah until Easter.” “Gravity is what keeps us on the Earth.” He
seems to mull over things, putting together different concepts until he has
questions or has formed an idea that he wants to share. I think he’s pretty
bright – he’s already figured out that he needs a lot of money in order to not
work when he’s an adult. There’s some vagueness about where he’s going to get
this money (and some laziness) but, come on, that’s brilliant for a four year
old! 
His vocabulary is impressive and ever growing. He can now
read his name and knows most of the alphabet. Counting to 20 is still a bit of
a challenge. For some reason his preferred order is thirteen, fiveteen,
fifteen,…. He loves playing video games and wants to be a gamer when he grows
up, or at least post some videos on youtube. He will talk to you incessantly
about his current favorite game and all his imaginary play is in video game
terms: boss fights, battles, energy, lives, etc. He, also, likes playing card
games, with his current favorite being Crazy Eights. He likes cooking and
baking (but only real stuff – not using his play kitchen), the playground,
Peppa Pig, story time, chasing his brother, fighting his brother, tic-tac-toe,
hidden picture games, pepperoni pizza, Chilis (because of their game console),
science, money, space, and superheroes.
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7/11 update: He is
pretty officially potty trained now. It happened over the last couple of months
and, besides a few accidents, has been a champ. So proud of him. He also really
likes swimming now and isn’t too afraid of putting his face in the water. He
has said so many funny things that I always want to jot down but forget. Bad
mommy. He is quite witty though. He is kind, generous and good natured. We love
the Sweet Pea so much. 
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