Since we celebrated Clare's half birthday in the last post, it's only fair to give Seanybear his moment with Pooh Bear:
Sean doesn't have to go for a well visit at four-and-a-half, but he will go with us to Clare's well visit to get a flu shot! How much I am looking forward to that doctors' visit during which both kids will get shots? Maybe a trip for ice cream will be in order - just the cone for Sean, though - ice cream is "too cold" for him.
At 4.5 years old:
-Sean knows all his letters and numbers. He has already learned a whole bunch of "sight" words such as "we", "you", and "the". He gets very excited when he can point these words out at booktime before bed.
-Sean absolutely loves to do puzzles, work in workbooks for handwriting and simple math, and doing dot-to-dots!
-He loves to sing songs and make up his own silly lyrics to songs we already know.
-He puts a lot of pressure on himself to be the fastest runner, highest jumper, and best listener. He gets very disappointed in himself when he's not first or "the winner." We chalk it up to being Four and having the world be very black and white. We're trying to help him find the gray areas.
-Sean's involvement in soccer has taught him a lot about organized sports - good listening, playing well with others, and trying hard. He's taken a lot of interest lately in paying attention to professional games on TV, much to the delight of Thom John. :-)
-His new phrase when I ask him to do something is, "Alright." Which is such a change from his standard toddler-era responses of "no!" and "why?" Don't get me wrong, he still asks "why?" quite often, but usually when it's appropriate since he's so curious!
-Sean randomly calls us "Mom" and "Dad" instead of "Mommy" and "Daddy" and it kind of freaks me out.
-Oh my goodness, Sean is a great talker. He can tell the wildest stories and thinks of the best names for his stuffed animals. Sean's Pre-K teacher told me she loves to hear him talk and wants to take him out to lunch one day just so she can have a long, uninterrupted conversation with him and hear all the things he has to say :-)
-Sean doesn't go to the doctor for a well visit for this "half birthday" but we measured him on our height chart at about 3ft 7in.
