Sky's the Limit

Here's Myles with one of his next door neighbor friends jumping on the new trampoline we just put up in our backyard. We were going to go the swingset route when a friend reminded us of the benefits of a trampoline: he will use it until he's much older, and he's likely to expend more energy jumping on it, plus it's adult-friendly. Cheaper than what we had planned to spend on a swing set too! As Myles is dipping his toes into the world of "no naps" (he takes one every other day at this point), he's in need of a way to expend his energy in the afternoons, and the trampoline is so good for him.

Mylestones: Myles has been showing more of an interest in coloring and writing his letters. As far as we can tell, he's ahead of his age group in gross motor skills and behind in fine motor skills, so we're intentionally setting aside time to work on fine motor skills (without the pressure to do or make anything in particular, just spending time with him drawing, writing, and coloring on a regular basis). Last week we had the 4 year old wellness visit to Dr. Meredith. Since it was raining, he had on big ole boots that we took off for the weighing and measuring, and found out he hasn't gained a pound since he was there when he cut his finger months ago...he's 75% for height and weight. Sounds about right. He eats well, but he needs to eat well to keep up with the amount of energy he expends both through his body and his mouth (singing, talking, shouting) every day. It seems like he's doing lots of new little things, like building things out of blocks that he never used to be able to do. Today after listening to some classical music in the car on the way to preschool (it comes on npr after the news) he said, "I love that song," and went on to tell me a whole story he made up about it that included cows and people running.

Myles Says: "I'm the best cleaner-upper you can ever believe." (After getting a warning from me about dumping out a basket of toys.) We've also recently had some intensive bed time conversations about the death of a friend's grandmother, what happens after death and when we get to see people who died again. It's amazing what a four year old wants to talk about.

Last weekend we went to Wallabies in Johnson City to celebrate Myles' cousin Kaleb's 6th Birthday. We had a blast! Myles loves spending time with his cousins, and I do too.

On a final note, Go Bulldogs! UNCA men's basketball advances to play Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Though I know nothing about this kind of thing, Seth is keeping me informed and we've been watching online, which keeps us on the edge of our seats as the computer freezes up right at critical points in the game...