X at 3.5

The last six months for X has changed in one major way...He was introduced to Star Wars!  His life will never be the same.  Everything has a Star Wars slant now.  He shoots (bazoom-bazoom) everything.  He either has a light saber in his hand or a gun (however, to the casual observer, it probably appears to be a stick).  He loves Luke and Chewie.  My favorite quote from him this winter was, "Chewie thinks Pedialite is nonsense".  The "no wookie noises at the table rule" had to be instituted this winter.  Life has irrevocable changed...a whole new world of boyhood has entered. C has taken over the world of trains as X has whole-heartedly jumped into the Star Wars world.  All pretend play has elements of Star Wars in it.  Now, he hasn't seen the movies in their entirity, but he has seen pieces of Episodes 1, 4, 5 and 6.  They are currently watching 2.

X was hilarious when Jut told him that Darth Vadar was Luke's father.  "What?!  Darth Vadar is Luke's father?  I can't believe it!!!"  We all almost fell off our chairs laughing.  His voice inflections and utter surprise were hilarious.  I wish we would have caught it on video.

X has really matured throughout the school year.  He loves sitting at the table with E and I during school.  He picks up so many random facts about things during our lessons.  He loves to read with us and explore the world map.  He can identify the Eiffel Tower and find Michigan on the map.  I love to see his mind absorb so much from our schooling.  He loves to sit and paint with us or color or complete puzzles when we are working on lessons.  He had a 'workbook' that he enjoyed doing with us this winter.  It was on mazes and practicing his fine motor skills.  He did great at it.  Now, he is fairly good at the mazes within coloring books, too.  Just today, he started at 5 and subtracted 1 until he got down to zero using the language, "I take one away and now I have..."  I was impressed.  He is a quick learner right now.

Reading is a favorite pastime.  He loves to sit and cuddle and read books.  I think he'd spend all rest time each day reading with me if I'd allow it.  Every once in a while, I'll even read him to sleep in the evenings.  He is just so sweet.

He still is my little cuddle bug.  He'll still climb into bed in the middle of the night.  When I ask him about it in the morning, he'll tell me, "Mom, I thought you needed a cuddle so I came to give you one!".  Melts my heart every time.  If he gets tired or frustrated, all he wants to do is sit on my lap for a bit.  Cuddling is one of his major love languages.