Wednesday, March 2, 2016

4 1/2 Years

{February 28th}


Braxton still love love LOVES dogs!
He loves every dog we meet.
We watched Homeward Bound for movie night a few weeks ago and he was so into it.
When Shadow (the older dog) falls in the mine at the end he just lost it and started sobbing.
Such a sensitive little buddy!

He's getting much better at being patient with Everett.
He still loses it and they fight over toys or whatever every once in awhile, but he's been really good about just letting Everett have his way.


He is really into practicing his letters and spelling out words.
He asks us how to spell a word or phrase and then writes out each letter.
He doesn't necessarily write them in order or a straight line, but he can draw each one on his own.

He is still super into Star Wars.
Obsessed!
He knows the plot and characters of all 7 movies and loves to reenact specific battles.

He's also become super into little legos.
He keeps asking to earn money so he can buy more Star Wars lego sets.

He is still so great at playing on his own.
He is so quick to just go in the play room and play with whatever... Star Wars guys, little people, cars, tools, etc.  He is so creative!


He is so dang smart and remembers things really well.
He is always reciting back fun facts or things he's learned at school.
He is learning about dinosaurs right now and loves it so much!
We just took him to the Museum of Nature and Science and he ate up every bit of it!

He got a razor scooter for Christmas and can't wait until its warm out and he can practice riding it as good as Caden and Caleb.
We keep trying to get him to practice riding his bike better too but he still doesn't seem to have much interest in it.

If he takes a nap during the day, he is such a pain to get to sleep at night.
We will put him in bed by 8:30 and sometimes he'll stay up 'reading books' or playing in bed until 10.
Even if he is tired, he's really restless when he gets in bed and it still usually takes him a little while to fall asleep.


He's really excited for Everett to move down into his room.
He's been scared of the dark more lately and always wants us to lay with him until he falls asleep.
I think it will really help just having Everett in there with him.

He is everything cute and fun about being 4 and we are loving this age!
When he's good, he's SO good and easy and fun to be around.
But when he has an attitude, it wears our patience down so fast.
Lately he's been into bugging Everett and purposely getting him fired up/mad.
It also drives us crazy when he blatantly ignores us and doesn't listen.

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