Sweet Landon, you turning 5 was super emotional for me. I cried every time thinking about and looking back at your baby pics. You are no longer baby at all and such a big kid now. There's something about graduating pre school and moving on to kindergarten that has me like (bawling) cue the water works!
You love tranformers, power rangers, sword fighting, nerf guns. You love the water and love pools, squirt guns, pools, going to the beach. You did a month long 4 night week swim school this June and you did great. You started out in Level 2 and within 1.5 weeks you were moved up to level 3. You can float on your back and forward float and kinda swim on your own a small distance. It was a pain to go 4 days a week but you really made so much progress. Well prob sign you up again in the fall (indoor pool) this time around. It was too hard with vacations and business of summer to do another summer month.
You finished up pre school at good news in early June and it was so hard to move you from there because you absolutely love it there, the teachers esp Lizzy, your friends. They called you funny man kraemer. haha we knew it would be a good transition to school to have you do the summer care program at your future school with kids your age. They do fun field trips and it gets you accustomed to your new school, kindergarten rooms, bathroom, library, eating in the lunch room etc. It was a little rough the first couple of weeks but you seem to really like it now. Every where we go we seem to run into kids from your class too, Hi Landon etc we even discovered one boy also named Landon's grandparents live down the street from us.
You are so smart, your memory is like crazy. You can remember things from books, dinosaurs names facts, etc. You remember super detailed things all the way back to age 3 too. Your one smart cookie that's for sure. Your cutting/writing skills have exploded..you are super good at writing your name and will write most letters..you still get a little frustrated. Weve worked some on sight words.
Speech-- you continued to go to speech twice a week for 30 mins at a local elementary school during the school year. Your dad and I alternated going to get you and taking you and bringing you back to school..such a pain but we didn't want you riding a van by yourself. You made a lot of progress..working oh sh, ch sounds s... etc towards the end you have kinda starting stuttering, repeating yourself which got me concerned but your teacher said this is common around this age and usually means a language explosion soon. Youll continue to go to speech but right at your school so we wont have to come and take you any more. YES!!! Well see how you progress and how much longer youll need to go etc. But my thought is it cant hurt right?
You love your ipad and watching you tube things..hobby kids etc.. we really have to limit this but in the mornings youll wake yourself up and go downstairs and watch it while we get ready..and it may not be the best thing for you but it helps our mornings go smoothly. You recently love doing puzzles and will do the same ones over and over. Love to have dance parties and sing and dance crazy. You love telling jokes and being a jokester class clown..no idea where you get that from? We hope you will behave and not end up at the principals office. Ahhhh. You seem to do well at school but occasionally they have to remind you to listen.
Your getting better at eating..at least trying things or if we say eat 2 more bites etc. You still love mac and cheese quesadillas, hot dogs, water melon, yogurt, popsicles. You love to help bake cookies/muffins.
You definitely are our rule follower and people pleaser...you will shut down if you think were mad or if you aren't doing something right--speech homework writing etc. You don't get naps at your new school so some nights you are just too tired and get cranky and seem not to listen.. say I don't care, Im not a part of this family etc...Ahh can be so challenging. usually a break in your room resets you.. You def get hyper around your cousins/ neighbor friends and struggle to listen more.
Your still the biggest sweetheart and mamas boy you always say you'll marry me, want to hold my hand, and want me to kiss you bahahha. I m sure you wont feel this way for much longer so Ill take it all in. hahaha
You are still sucking your thumb..ahha you stopped for months bc you cut your tongue on a pop can and then you up and started it again. Weve tried smelly nail polish etc.. hoping we can fix this.
You don't really have an interest to ride your bike weve tried a few times without training wheels I really think you could but you are scared. You love riding your scooter.
Putting your shoes on clothes on etc you can do all of it but you constantly whine for us to help you.
Your still really short compared to other kids but being our kid I know youll shoot up..prob in high school haha.
Wearing your glasses goes pretty well but you are so rough on them your new pair from May is already scratched up and scuffed up.
You go to bed well still without much fight you brush your teeth and go potty usually a bath and then we read a few books and you go to bed. you like to sleep with your light on and a few weeks wed catch you sitting up at the top of the stairs staring at us watch tv... eventually youd get bored and go back to bed on your own lol
Im so excited for you to start school, I know it will be a VERY emotional day for me and I hope I can hold in the tears until you cant see me. bahhahahah We are hoping you can ride the bus to and from school to save us from paying before and after care and they start school so dang late here..after 9 am. So excited to see you grown and how much learn in school. I really hope youll love it and that kids will be nice.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
2 years old
Our sweet Bray Bray!
You are turning 2. EEK it has gone by too fast! You are talking up a storm and want to do everything your big bro does. You are def fearless and figure out things on your own. You and your bro could not be more different from each other.
You weigh and inches tall.
You wear some 2T stuff and some 3T-esp tops.
Wearing size 5 diaper but switching over to 6s as soon as we finish up the 5 boxes. You don't really show much interest in potty training so we really haven't started that. Prob may try after your bday and see if you show interest.
Sleeping. You finally sleep thru the night pretty consistently! It only took 1.5 years.. You like to read books in Landons room then we lay you down with your blankets, stuffed animals and paci.--which we will have to tackle getting rid of but with us finally getting sleep Im not sure how well do that. You don't have it all school and we try to just give it to you at nap and bed and occ in the car esp longer trips.
Youll usually sleep till 630 occ we have had to wake you up or youll sleep till 8 sometimes on the weekends.
You love the water and being in pools which is great bc you were afraid at the beg of the summer. You used to love baths but lately you don't really want to take them.
You recently love minions and when im driving home you say watch minions on tv. Wheels on bus is a big hit on the I pad too or playing elmo abcs game on there tracing letters. You love to paint and color.
You can kinda sing the alphabet and count to 10 or so. You repeat everything and you are so smart. You ll always ask what doing daddy or mommy? You hate if any of us leave the house and freak out and cry and want to go with. Usually takes you a good 10 mins or more to calm down.
Love lawn mowing and want your dad to mow every night. You follow him around with your toy mower.. Landon did this too. You freak out and tell the neighbor Marco he needs to mow too. hahha He finds it hilarious.
You have become a bit pickier when eating, and wont try some things or some nights just don't want it. You def love mac and cheese and hot dogs, peanut butter, yogurt, apple sauce, blueberries, grapes, pasta, cheap hot dog buns we discovered lol. You still don't like to drink much.. we can put a drop of choc milk in milk and youll sometimes drink it. occ cold water with ice. If I have fizzy water you and your brother fight over and youll drink that.
Youre beginning to fight more with Landon.. you ll kick or push each other. Youll usually say no and wave your arm and then spit bubbles out of your mouth. EEK. Otherwise you can be sweet to each other and say Cmon Landon cmon time for bed etc..or youll order him around outside and be like No look for cars or no street!
You love cars, buses, wee oos and construction vehicles--you freak whenever you see any of them.
Ear tubes have been a liver saver youll have had them a year this fall. We have yet to have an ear infection since-knock on wood and that they are still in and haven't fallen out.
You can figure anything out buttons to turn stuff on how to make stuff work and show no fear.
You let yourself out of the house on your own the other night and I about had a heart attack. You went downstairs as I was getting the bath ready and your dad had gone down the basement and I did not know and you opened the door to the garage and walked out to the driveway. When you weren't coming up for your bath I realized you were missing and found you in the driveway crying.. AHHH talk about heart stopping moment.. That door will now need to be dead bolting from now on since you can open doors on your own.
Another reason we will be keeping you in your crib for as long as possible.. I envision escaping and walking around the house at night. AHHHH.
We did let you share a bed with your brother on vacation and you stayed asleep but it took a good two hours and everyone pretending they were sleeping to get you to sit still and go to sleep.. this resulted in us falling asleep two of the nights too.
You are turning 2. EEK it has gone by too fast! You are talking up a storm and want to do everything your big bro does. You are def fearless and figure out things on your own. You and your bro could not be more different from each other.
You weigh and inches tall.
You wear some 2T stuff and some 3T-esp tops.
Wearing size 5 diaper but switching over to 6s as soon as we finish up the 5 boxes. You don't really show much interest in potty training so we really haven't started that. Prob may try after your bday and see if you show interest.
Sleeping. You finally sleep thru the night pretty consistently! It only took 1.5 years.. You like to read books in Landons room then we lay you down with your blankets, stuffed animals and paci.--which we will have to tackle getting rid of but with us finally getting sleep Im not sure how well do that. You don't have it all school and we try to just give it to you at nap and bed and occ in the car esp longer trips.
Youll usually sleep till 630 occ we have had to wake you up or youll sleep till 8 sometimes on the weekends.
You love the water and being in pools which is great bc you were afraid at the beg of the summer. You used to love baths but lately you don't really want to take them.
You recently love minions and when im driving home you say watch minions on tv. Wheels on bus is a big hit on the I pad too or playing elmo abcs game on there tracing letters. You love to paint and color.
You can kinda sing the alphabet and count to 10 or so. You repeat everything and you are so smart. You ll always ask what doing daddy or mommy? You hate if any of us leave the house and freak out and cry and want to go with. Usually takes you a good 10 mins or more to calm down.
Love lawn mowing and want your dad to mow every night. You follow him around with your toy mower.. Landon did this too. You freak out and tell the neighbor Marco he needs to mow too. hahha He finds it hilarious.
You have become a bit pickier when eating, and wont try some things or some nights just don't want it. You def love mac and cheese and hot dogs, peanut butter, yogurt, apple sauce, blueberries, grapes, pasta, cheap hot dog buns we discovered lol. You still don't like to drink much.. we can put a drop of choc milk in milk and youll sometimes drink it. occ cold water with ice. If I have fizzy water you and your brother fight over and youll drink that.
Youre beginning to fight more with Landon.. you ll kick or push each other. Youll usually say no and wave your arm and then spit bubbles out of your mouth. EEK. Otherwise you can be sweet to each other and say Cmon Landon cmon time for bed etc..or youll order him around outside and be like No look for cars or no street!
You love cars, buses, wee oos and construction vehicles--you freak whenever you see any of them.
Ear tubes have been a liver saver youll have had them a year this fall. We have yet to have an ear infection since-knock on wood and that they are still in and haven't fallen out.
You can figure anything out buttons to turn stuff on how to make stuff work and show no fear.
You let yourself out of the house on your own the other night and I about had a heart attack. You went downstairs as I was getting the bath ready and your dad had gone down the basement and I did not know and you opened the door to the garage and walked out to the driveway. When you weren't coming up for your bath I realized you were missing and found you in the driveway crying.. AHHH talk about heart stopping moment.. That door will now need to be dead bolting from now on since you can open doors on your own.
Another reason we will be keeping you in your crib for as long as possible.. I envision escaping and walking around the house at night. AHHHH.
We did let you share a bed with your brother on vacation and you stayed asleep but it took a good two hours and everyone pretending they were sleeping to get you to sit still and go to sleep.. this resulted in us falling asleep two of the nights too.
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