Lego Mania

I have been building with blocks since I turned 1 year old and got my first set of Lego Quattros. I play with Duplos most of the time because they are safe around Trinity. However I absolutely love regular Legos. Last year I started getting Legos in an advent calendar. This year the advent calendar has Star Wars Legos in it. I have been slowly building the sets each morning as I receive a few more pieces. I also dragged out one of my Creator sets and have been following the instructions myself. Daddy let me play with the box of small Legos yesterday and I built some cool things all by myself. Daddy and Mommy said they were super impressed by my Lego skills.

Whistle While You Vacation

I am on vacation and staying at Uncle Mike's right now. Tonight we had dinner with my great grandparents at the campground. We just got back and I whistled for the first time ever. I cannot do it again, but I'm trying. I'll hopefully have it down pat here shortly. Tomorrow we head to the Gulf of Mexico for Thanksgiving. I'm having lots of fun with all of my family!

Halloween

I was a bug chef for Halloween and I also dressed as a toad for school. I really enjoy Halloween and am already asking to be Speed Racer for next year. I still have candy left and am slowly working through it. I am actually sharing my candy for the first year with my parents. Oh and Nanny was here for Halloween which was so much fun. I wanted Papa to be here too, but he had to work.

Karate update - I earned my second belt on Monday. I'm now a full yellow belt.

Birding & Math Skills

I have been enjoying watching birds for quite a while now. I impressed mommy this morning by identifying a bird on our back porch, picking up the bird book, and finding the corresponding bird in the book. If you don't have a bird book at your home, I recommend this book and of course I'd get the one that is designed for your particular state. If a 4 year old can look up birds in this book, anyone can!

I am learning some addition skills. Daddy was impressed the other day when I correctly answered several addition questions while playing a game on the Handy Manny website. I also did some math with mini marshmallows this morning. I picked up one marshmallow in one hand, two in the other and told mommy that 1 + 2 = 3.

I Got a Belt!

No, no, no mommy and daddy didn't get the belt out after me. Don't worry! I tested for my first belt in Tae Kwon Do on Monday. I was able to complete all the requirements including a pictorial essay about why I am taking karate, what I like and dislike about karate class, and my goals in karate. I also broke my second board. And I had to wait two days to find out if I had passed my belt test and guess what? I DID! I was awarded a yellow belt with a white stripe on Wednesday. Wednesday was also bring a friend to class day and I managed to get four of my friends there. It was so cool and we had so much fun! I also now am the proud owner of a uniform.

So Embarrassing...

Daddy and Mommy are so embarrassing. They put on a CD called U2's The Joshua Tree in the van yesterday. I told them it was embarrassing and boring. They laughed and I don't think they understand that their music is so old.

Today I was playing an intense game of Connect Four with Ethan in the Kids' Clubhouse at church. I told Ethan to put on his game face. Ethan told me that he was putting on his happy face. I think that guy is so cool. He's going to join me and be a big brother here in a few days.

INK - Not a tat shop

This morning I had my 4th birthday party at INK in Gainesville. INK stands for Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, it is not a tat shop. A lot of my friends and their parents came to the party. We had so much fun going through the museum and playing. We took over the museum for the first hour or so and then more people started coming in for other parties. We had a room to ourselves. We ate the WALL-E cake mommy made me and opened presents. The pictures are available here. I'm busy right now exploring all the fun things. I didn't know I was going to get so much stuff and love it ALL! Thank you to all my friends and family for making my day so special. Oh - did I mention that I got my very own REAL desktop computer?