Christian is 3 years old (will be 4 in a few weeks) and has started another year of preschool at home this year. Last year we were part of a once a week for 2 hour preschool co-op with 4 other kids. We focused on themes like the weather and trees and cars etc. This year we are upped it to 3 hours a week and there are be 6 other kids. We are working a lot more on our letters and numbers and teaching them to write. We are having another great school year and have already had 2 fun field trips!
Earlier this year I pulled out the Dick and Jane beginning reader books and we started learning to read. Both Aaron and Brian learned to read very young but Christian had not shown any interest. After a few weeks though he started to get it! By the time school got out in the spring he had finished the first Dick and Jane book. We are still in the second book, but have also detoured to read some Bob books. It does not come nearly as easy for him as it did to Aaron and Brian, but he is learning a lot of sight words and starting to sound out some words too. It feels like a lot more work than it did with the others, but we are getting it slowly but surely!
Right before school got out Christian did some swimming lessons and is getting to be quite good at swimming. When he has his puddle jumper on he is completely confident in the water. Jumping, swimming, playing. But he often takes it off and just swims to us. He can almost swim the entire length of my moms swimming pool. It is much easier to take the kids to the pool now that they are better swimmers!
He also loves to ride his “bike” and would be outside all the time if I let him. Now that the weather is turning nicer I’m sure we’ll spend a lot more time outside. He loves the trampoline and running and being all boy!
One of the things I love about Christian is how much he loves to play make believe. Aaron never really did that, and Brian didn’t very much either, but Christian is always playing with toys and playing pretend. Brian plays pretend with him often and David too and he can be happy for hours playing with his brothers. He loves to dress up, is almost always wearing a super hero cape and takes cars, trucks, teddy bears and books to bed with him.
He loves to be a helper (when he wants to of course, not necessarily when I ask him to clean up!) and wants to do everything his brothers can do. He has the greatest little smile and I am loving chatting with him as he just talks and talks and talks these days. This is such a fun age!
Hopefully I’ll post about his 4th birthday which is next month soon! We love you Chris!
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Such a fun age!
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