N.

age 4

*Still obsessed with trains and railroad crossings and watching you tube videos of trains
*Enjoys tracing his letters and doing his abc workbook--knows all his letters upper and lower and most of his sounds
*Can count to 30 on his own and higher with help
*Loves to wrestle with Peter
*Still likes to do puzzles
*Loves spending the night with oma--came home with a vw beetle thats covered in peace signs and flowers and kept telling me all the way home that he got a beautiful car from Oma-I wasn't too sure what he meant until we got home and he actually showed it to me

*Loves his aunt McKenna

*Is politically correct-when you ask him which he likes best, he always says all of them
*Enjoys going to the library--the librarians know him by name and are always helping him find the books he likes
*Very into what day of the week it is and what is going on on a particular day--calls tomorrow "next day" and yesterday "last day"
*Loves primary at church and has memorized the first four articles of faith--loves singing primary songs
*Every morning when he wakes up he goes to the living room and listens to CDs on his stereo--for awhile he was waking up before 6, so I love this routine, b/c he never wakes me up first
*Loves his turtle that lights/projects the stars up on the ceiling and wall

*Likes playing angry birds on papa's phone and now has discovered I have it on my phone and always wants to play

*Loves watching random TV shows with Dad--his favorite right now is "Turtleman" actually titled "Call of the Wildman"--basically a very southern, backwoods guy who catches wild animals in crazy ways

*Loves cars and racetracks and anything related to the movie CARS

Random N. sayings

"I wanted this race car track...I'm glad I got it. It's a cool race track, man."

"I don't want to be 4, because I still want to get the friend magazine."

"Dad buy mommy a new car ."--and believe me I did not tell him to say that

We love this boy.  He brings happiness into our lives--he has a wonderful smile, says funny things, is a great big brother, is so smart, and is growing so big.  

N. and his green bean plant from school...loves checking on his plant and my basil plant everyday!

 

Out running errands with mommy and P.--he got to use the umbrella while me and P. got wet:)

 

Making train cookies for his birthday--he was collecting dough I didn't use and extra flour and having way too much fun and making a mess:)

 

Got a soccer ball and two goals for his birthday from Oma and loves playing it--he's actually quite good...

His haircut...