P. age 5 (almost)

P. is our imaginative, silly, go with the flow, sometimes dramatic, almost 5 year old.

• Loves playing with his brothers; I love hearing him and N. tell crazy stories at night. N. can be a bossy big brother, but P. usually rolls with it.
• Loves ninjas and the show lego ninjago, playing weapons and superheros
• Loves having picnic lunches and snacks on a blanket while watching a show on tv
• Loves his friends--will cry when he has to go a day without seeing one
• Is quite the tball player--can do some big hits, but usually forgets to run especially at the games; for some reason, he does great a practice, but can't focus at the games. He also loves the gatorade, snacks, and getting a game ball
• Has no interest in playing soccer like his brother, but loves going to soccer practice and games and playing with the other little siblings--N. asked him to at least watch half of his last game, and P. said no, I need to play with my friends
• Still loves basketball
• Loves legos, playing tools and fix-it, playing race and pit stops
• Loves playing with his aunt Kenna, cousins, and family
• Says Oma makes the best cakes in the whole world
• Says something, like "omehing"
• Loves spending time with dad in the morning while I take N. to school--I often come home to them cozy in bed watching crazy sports videos or car videos on the ipad
• Loves preschool and is excited to start at the big school with N. in the fall, but says he loves to play more than learn at school
• Finally knows all his letters and sounds and has become more confident in his handwriting this year; is now enjoying to color and draw and I love to see his imagination--although at school they had to draw a picture about "If the dinosaurs came back...and P.'s said it would stomp and eat us (and that was edited, but him using the word kill us)
• Loves to play outside and run like a cheetah
• He's a good little helper and errand runner and hardly complains, although he will often use the too tired excuse when N. wants him to help clean up
• Loves riding his balance bike and scooter, but we realized he doesn't know how to pedal, because he sort of skipped riding the tricycle, so we've got to get on that
• Loves to make us laugh, be silly, and shake his bum while we try to smack it
• Loves to read/look at books--his fave right now is how the grinch stole christmas, but he also loves berenstein bears, little critter and any super-hero book
• Loves to eat a hodge-podge of cereals in the morning--will bring me all the boxes and sometimes they'll be 5 different kinds
• Has some pretty sweet dance moves

We love this big guy...I can't believe he's almost 5 and will be off to kindergarten next year--I will miss all his silly antics!