Ian has been LOVING going to preschool three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) for half a day! He seems to be in the routine and doesn't seem nearly as tired when getting home as he did the first week or two. He really gets into the theme days that Mrs. Miller plans. A few weeks ago, they had "Red Day." Ian was excited to wear a red shirt and pair of shorts and bring a red airplane to show-and-tell. We decided to add a few drops of red food coloring to his cereal milk, too, just for fun!
Ian comes home singing new songs and talking about friends, recess, and center time (usually the building center). He still doesn't share as many details as Momma would like (after about two questions in the car, he'll say, "Let's talk about preschool LATER!"), but everything that he DOES share seems to indicate that he loves it. We are very thankful for Mrs. Miller and the wonderful other 13 students in the class.
Kim likes still having Ian home two mornings a week and all five afternoons. That leaves plenty of time to do fun things together! One day, Ian had fun helping to add water to glasses to make a musical scale.
He was able to play some of his xylophone songs on the glasses!
One morning, Kim, Ian, and Ryan headed to the Children's Museum together. Like everywhere we go, Ian is quick to make friends with other children. Ian and a new friend worked for a long time at their "building site" in the rubber mulch pit.
Ian (and Ryan) both enjoyed the new section ... oversized foam Tinkertoy building pieces. (Ryan just wasn't still long enough to get a picture of him!)
One day, we decided to make homemade pizza together. Ian had fun kneading and rolling the dough and making the tomato sauce. Kim was reminded that, although it tasted great, it's just not worth making pizza from scratch very often. :)
We just HAD to try a Pinterest idea for making homemade sidewalk paint with water, corn starch, and food coloring.
Both Ian and Ryan loved trying to paint the sidewalk.
The texture of the paint was really neat, and it looked so bright and colorful on the sidewalk! Very fun!
Ian is still happy to help with ANY baking projects that Kim undertakes. Here, Ian helps with making Brownie Mallow Bars (our family's favorite dessert!).
Ian still continues to love playing outside ... here, a new favorite activity -- adding water to the dirt to make MUD!
We feel like we keep saying this, but it seems like life with Ian keeps getting better and better. Four is a very fun age! He cracks us up with some of the things he says and the connections he makes. One morning last week, Ian was looking at the child-resistant lid on Kim's vitamin bottle. He (unsuccessfully) tried to turn it and wondered aloud, "How does this know that I'm a kid?" Ha ha!
What a blessing to be parents! :)
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