C is 4!

My vivacious boy turned 4. He is fun...challenging at times but very fun. He takes life at 90 mph. It is all or nothing with him.

He loves Star*Wars. He got money for his b'day and chose to spend it on a Kilo*Ren mask along with the matching light saber.

However, he did love dressing up as TinkerBell all fall. Mom sent the costume home with his cousin Lydia and he was very upset when he found out it was missing. He did make an adorable TinkerBell.

He embraced the roll of a big brother wholeheartedly this spring after he decided that baby wasn't leaving. While he doesn't always enjoy sharing the limelight and cuddles, he does love his little brother very much. He ALWAYS wants to hold him and cuddle him. It seems like almost all of my pics of C involve M. He loves him to pieces.

C spent the summer riding his "XWing" down the driveway. It is amazing how fast he can get the balance bike to go. He could ride X's 2-wheel bike without training wheels in August, but I think the pedals hurt his feet without his shoes. He'd rather not wear his shoes...so he stuck with the balance bike all summer. I couldn't even register a guess how many miles he put on his bike this summer riding up and down the driveway...always barefoot, of course.  Unless he had on his "gardening boots" aka his winter boots. He wore his winter boots until August. Crazy guy. I think G'pa always wore work boots...and so C had his on too.

Now it is December, and we can't get him to wear boots, coats or pants. Thankfully, it has been a very warm fall.

Our days of Thomas*the*Train are dwindling. He still has them out and plays with them, but it is our first year in many that there is no Thomas on the Christmas lists. He is definitely growing up.

 He is trying to spell things and he's learning to add. However, he is adamant that he will NOT do school.  We might have to trick this one into his learning...although he seems to be doing okay on his own so far.

Night time Pull-ups are finally a thing of the past.

The boys discovered Paw*Patrol at the library in November...and that is their latest obsession...it is almost bigger than Star*Wars...go figure.

He doesn't like being four. There are too many rules for four-year olds...especially at church. He wants to constantly go back to the 2's and 3's class.

I think my little guy (who is 1.5 inches taller and 4.5 lbs heavier than his 'big' brother) doesn't like change and will do what he can to avoid it. He is head-strong and persistent. He is one to ask for forgiveness rather than permission. He is a challenge on many levels and so different than his older siblings. But, I wouldn't change anything about him. He is sweet and sensitive (in a different way than X) and has a heart of gold. I'm excited to see the developments age 4 brings.

One thing I forgot...C loves pretending to be a cat...the name changes...but he loves being a cat. He eats like a cat, curls up in my lap and meows. He's pretty adorable in his cat mode when he's not lapping up peas from his dinner plate.