4 Year Well Child Visit

My doctor has a new office. It's close to the hospital where Mason and I were born. Mason's been there, but today was my first time. I got weighed and measured.

• height: 41.5 in (76 %ile)
• weight: 39 lbs (75 %ile)

When we got the exam room, the nurse asked me to change into an exam gown. That was the first. Mommy's sad that she didn't take a picture. Maybe she'll have another chance next year.

My doctor came in to examine me. I played a game where I touched her finger then my nose. I was so good that she asked me to close my eyes and do it. So, I did. She was pretty impressed. I have no idea what she was testing, but it was fun. Unlike Mason, I was calm and laid back the entire time. My doctor told mommy that I was "perfect."

After my exam, it was time to have my vision and hearing tested. We tried a chart with the alphabet letters, but then the nurse decided to do a chart with a bunch of Es pointing in different directions. I'm happy to say that my vision is 20/20. However, I had to repeat my hearing test.

The nurse told me to raise my hand when I heard sounds through the headphones. When she started the test, I never raised my hand. So, she asked me if I understood the instructions. To make sure that I understood, mommy and the nurse demonstrated what I was supposed to do. After that, I got it and passed my hearing test. If I had failed, mommy would know why I sometimes don't listen.

I ended my visit with two immunization shots. I didn't cry at all. Go me!

After my appointment, mommy and I grabbed a snack at Starbucks before she dropped me off at school. I was really disappointed when we got to school because I was hoping I'd get to spend the entire day with mommy.

Homework

Now that I'm in Pre-K, I have homework. I've had it for about two months now. Mommy was surprised that I'd have homework so early in my education. Welcome to the 2010s!

It turns out that my homework isn't graded. The purpose of giving us homework is get the kids (and parents) used to the idea of homework -- having something I have to practice at home and turning it in.

So, what does my homework consist of? Well, on Friday a new assignment is added to my homework folder. It's due back on Wednesday. It's usually two sheets of paper. At the top of the first page there's a line where I write my name. It also has a place where my teacher writes the letter of the week. The rest of this page is blank so I can glue 3 pictures that start with the letter of the week.

The second page has lines where I can practice writing the following: letter of the week, number of the week (e.g. 5), and writing out the number of the week (e.g. five). I'm pretty good about doing my homework so that it's done by Monday night. Mommy or daddy encourage me to do my best, and they help me when I get stuck.

I am 4 years old!

Happy 4th Birthday to me!

To celebrate my birthday, mommy made cupcakes to share with my friends at pre-school. They were strawberry cupcakes with chocolate frosting. We ate them for afternoon snack.

For dinner, we went to at my favorite place: Panera. When we got home, I showed mommy the sign my teacher's made for me. It said "Happy 4th Birthday Logan!" and there were pictures of balloons on it. Mommy and daddy had a surprise for me - an ice cream cake!


They put four candles in it, turned out the lights, and sang me happy birthday. I blew out all the candles! I was a little disappointed with the cake. I wanted chocolate, but it was strawberry ice cream with white cake. That didn't stop me from eating it. Mason didn't eat ice cream because it was too cold. Silly kid.

Here's a run-down of the things I like, things I'm good at and things I'm working on:

Things I like:

• The aquarium. my favorites are the jellyfish and hammerhead shark
• Eating out. whenever mommy or daddy ask me what I want to do for dinner, I immediately say I want to eat out. I think the food tastes better at restaurants than the food mommy or daddy cook at home.
• Playing with the LeapPad. I'm only allowed to play for 30 minutes/day on the weekends
• Singing to Mason. When we're in the car, I'll ask Mason if he wants me to sing to him. He usually says yes and then tell me what to sing. His requests change, but generally include: small world, you are my sunshine, somewhere over the rainbow or jingle bells.
• Reading. I can't read by myself, but I can recite a lot of books from memory. When mommy asks me to read short 3 or 4 letter words, I think it's fun for the first couple of words. Then I tell her I don't want to do it anymore.

Things I'm good at:

• Going potty. I don't have potty accidents anymore, not even at night. Whenever I have feel the urge to pee or poo, I just stop what I'm doing and go to the bathroom. I can even wipe myself after I go poo. 
• Asking Mason to play with me. By the way, asking him to play with me is not the same as sharing. We play Disney vacation where we pretend to go to Disneyland. Sometimes mommy and daddy will find us sitting in the laundry basket or against the wall pretending we're on a ride at Disneyland.
• Riding my plasma car.

Things I'm working on:

• Not talking back. Mommy and daddy say it's very disrespectful. They get very angry when I do it. I know that I'm doing it, but I still do it. Mommy really hopes it's just a phase.
• Going to bed when it's bed time. Since I nap at school, I have lots of energy for the rest of the evening. I usually come out of my room 4-5 times before I'm finally down for the night. When I come out of my room, I tell mommy and daddy, "I'm not at all sleepy."
• Writing: I've started writing letters and words at school. And I also have homework. I can write my name, but sometimes my G's look like 6's or I write a P instead of a G. I also don't understand that I should write the letters from left to write to make a word. In my book, if all the letters are on the page, it's good.
• Getting ready in the morning. I usually don't want to change out of my pajamas or brush my teeth. I prefer to hang out in my PJs. So every morning is a struggle for daddy (he usually gets us ready for school).

My favorite songs:

• All the songs from the Frozen sound track. I especially like the ones that Elsa and Anna sing together. I learned it's called a duet.
• Firework by Katy Perry

My favorite books:

• Disney story books. Between Mason and me, we have 4 of them. I usually ask to read a story from one of these books for bedtime.

Mason's 2nd Birthday Party

Nope, that's not a typo. We celebrated Mason's 2nd birthday the day before my birthday (and almost 3 months after his birthday). Mommy didn't plan it that way. We were supposed to have the party at the end of February, but everyone got sick. When we rescheduled the party, the gym even asked if we were sure the party was for Mason.

Mason had a Little Gym party for his 2nd birthday. Mommy only invited a couple of my friends to the party. They only got invited because they have younger siblings close in age to Mason.

Everyone had a great time playing with the parachute, jumping on the air track, chasing and popping bubbles, and exploring the gym equipment. After the gym time, we had pizza, sang happy birthday to Mason and ate cupcakes. Yum!

Thanks for coming to celebrate Mason's birthday everyone! Hope you had as much fun as we did.

Jumpin' Birthday Party

My BFF (that's birthday friend forever) Edison had his 4th birthday party at Pump It Up this afternoon. As soon as we walked into the room, I took off for the inflatable obstacle course. Mommy had to grab me to say hi to auntie Ann, uncle Newton and Edison. She said it's polite to greet our hosts before we go play. I had a blast running, sliding and jumping on all the inflatables.

The inflatables were a little bit big for Mason, but that didn't stop him. He wanted to go on the obstacle course with mommy. So she took him, but he got stuck and would cry. Mommy did her best to encourage him to go. Eventually daddy came along and carried Mason up the stairs so he could slide down.

We all had a great time. Happy Birthday Edison! Thanks for inviting us to the party!