Luke at Four
On May 5th our Luke turned four. He had been looking forward to his racecar cake for a while. We had a party for him with his Grandma and Grandpa Warnick on May 4th since they were here visiting. But even though we were having a party he would still tell people he was 3. The next morning when he got up I asked him how old he was and he said 4.
The past year he has changed so much. He talks all the time now and we understand a large part of it. He acts just like the big boys and wants to do everything they do: ride bikes, build with Legos, play pretend, color, write, and pretty much everything else, except work. He doesn't like to work and he tries to get out of it by saying "I'm too tired." He can write his name by himself (he likes it to look just right too) and he can write "mom." He gets his colors, but he can't remember their names. He identifies them by saying, "it's the color of a banana or it's the color of grass." My favorite was when he couldn't remember the color orange, but identified it by saying, "It's the color of an orange." One other funny language thing: He only uses the pronoun he/his/him even for girls. We don't use she/her very often at our house.
He's all BOY. At speech he refuses to say a few words that are just TOO girly for him. He won't say "fairy" and sometimes he won't say "ladybug." But his teacher asked the right questions at first and she could trick him into saying, "I won't say fairy." Sneaky, but it only lasted for a few weeks until he wised up to the trick!
Strangers talk to Luke about his hair color quite a bit. One lady was admiring it one day and asked, "Can I have your hair?" Luke, a bit indignantly said, "No, you have your own." She replied, "But it's not your color. How do I get it your color?" He just looked at her surprised she didn't know and said, "You eat a lot of carrots!" Luke does like carrots! He'll eat a huge carrot, unpeeled straight out of the fridge. He also says that his hair is "the color of carrots, red."
Luke loves vegetables and fruits. He is a blast to shop with in the produce section. He begs for avocados and kiwi like some kids beg for candy. He had me buy an eggplant because it was purple. He tells me when were out of "leaves" (spinach) and I need to buy more. Just a couple weeks ago, when the snack selection at our house was non-existent I found Luke and Hunter eating spinach right out of the bag like potato chips while they watched a TV show--proof that kids really eat what is in the house and parents have control of what is brought home.
A good bedtime story is still at the top of the list for Luke at bedtime. He is just like the rest of the boys that need their books. I won't be surprised if he tries reading this year.
When Luke grows up he wants to be an engineer just like dad (Luke drew some really good subdivision plans on the back of an old blue print sheet)
Favorite color: All the colors, but he likes blue the best today
Favorite TV show: Curious George
Favorite Fruit: Banana
Favorite Vegetable: eggplant
Favorite book: Library books--Nate the Great
On May 5th our Luke turned four. He had been looking forward to his racecar cake for a while. We had a party for him with his Grandma and Grandpa Warnick on May 4th since they were here visiting. But even though we were having a party he would still tell people he was 3. The next morning when he got up I asked him how old he was and he said 4.The past year he has changed so much. He talks all the time now and we understand a large part of it. He acts just like the big boys and wants to do everything they do: ride bikes, build with Legos, play pretend, color, write, and pretty much everything else, except work. He doesn't like to work and he tries to get out of it by saying "I'm too tired." He can write his name by himself (he likes it to look just right too) and he can write "mom." He gets his colors, but he can't remember their names. He identifies them by saying, "it's the color of a banana or it's the color of grass." My favorite was when he couldn't remember the color orange, but identified it by saying, "It's the color of an orange." One other funny language thing: He only uses the pronoun he/his/him even for girls. We don't use she/her very often at our house.
He's all BOY. At speech he refuses to say a few words that are just TOO girly for him. He won't say "fairy" and sometimes he won't say "ladybug." But his teacher asked the right questions at first and she could trick him into saying, "I won't say fairy." Sneaky, but it only lasted for a few weeks until he wised up to the trick!
Strangers talk to Luke about his hair color quite a bit. One lady was admiring it one day and asked, "Can I have your hair?" Luke, a bit indignantly said, "No, you have your own." She replied, "But it's not your color. How do I get it your color?" He just looked at her surprised she didn't know and said, "You eat a lot of carrots!" Luke does like carrots! He'll eat a huge carrot, unpeeled straight out of the fridge. He also says that his hair is "the color of carrots, red."
Luke loves vegetables and fruits. He is a blast to shop with in the produce section. He begs for avocados and kiwi like some kids beg for candy. He had me buy an eggplant because it was purple. He tells me when were out of "leaves" (spinach) and I need to buy more. Just a couple weeks ago, when the snack selection at our house was non-existent I found Luke and Hunter eating spinach right out of the bag like potato chips while they watched a TV show--proof that kids really eat what is in the house and parents have control of what is brought home.
A good bedtime story is still at the top of the list for Luke at bedtime. He is just like the rest of the boys that need their books. I won't be surprised if he tries reading this year.
When Luke grows up he wants to be an engineer just like dad (Luke drew some really good subdivision plans on the back of an old blue print sheet)
Favorite color: All the colors, but he likes blue the best today
Favorite TV show: Curious George
Favorite Fruit: Banana
Favorite Vegetable: eggplant
Favorite book: Library books--Nate the Great
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