Aidan at age 4

The visiting teaching message this month was about family history.  One of the things it mentioned was keeping your own journal, and it has given me a renewed desire to keep up with this blog.  Even though I feel like no one reads it much any more, I want to keep the records for ME!  So without further ado,

Aidan at age 4:

Height:  44 inches (into a booster seat - hooray!)
Weight: 42.5

Skills he has mastered:

• Writing Aidan, mom, and dad
• Knows all the letters, can write many of them, knows the sounds for most
• Riding a bike with training wheels
• Washing hands independently
• Using a tissue most of the time (we finally got him stop picking his nose!)
• Drawing stick figures
• Counting up to 20 easily (and sometimes into the twenties), with the exception of "thirteen" and "fourteen" which sound the same when he pronounces them, so sometimes he only says one of those numbers instead of two
• Counting given items, including simple addition and subtraction

Skills he is working on:

• A few sounds are still difficult for him to say (r, sh, ch) - shark sounds like soawk, ouch sounds like outs, etc.
• Staying dry all night (he's working on it!)

Things he enjoys:

• Staying awake during the day (naps are rare to never)
• Art!  This kid could do art projects all day long!
• Riding his bike
• Going on walks
• Helping Mom make pizza
• Going fishing with Dad
• Play with Legos
• Play the Where's My Water app on the iPad
• Digging in the dirt and grass to build an "ant hill" with our neighbor David

Overall, Aidan is a very sweet and happy boy!  We feel so blessed to have him in our family!