Milestones

You can buckle your own car seat now. And unbuckle. This is life changing for me. 

You have this pair of glasses you got in a Wendy's kid's meal. You are fully committed to them. When you wear them and I ask you to take them off, you insist that you can't see and walk around squinting. 

You no longer say "fider"; it's now spider. I still occasionally get "eldebaytor," but you occasionally sneak in elevator. 

You're starting to write letters. You can muster a decent copy of your name with some help. The N sometimes has some extra humps. 

You have so much personality. You are funny, often even on purpose. You mimic nearly everything your brother does. You build Legos with me on a regular basis - right now we are focused on the little buildings. You are a delight. 

"The bestest birthday ever"

Or so you said as I tucked you in for bed. You got a giant t-Rex that is nearly as big as you are. Or you are nearly as big as it is. You can't decide. 

You asked for a snowman cake. I managed to do that pretty well. 

You got some new Legos and stuffed Star Wars droids. Life is pretty sweet when you're four. 

You told everyone you saw today that it was your birthday. Random people at Target were wishing you happy birthday.

We exchanged the dump truck from grandma at Target and you got a gift card that you insisted on using yourself to buy the other set. You were SO proud of being able to buy it by yourself.

You also coined the term "poopbrush". The Amazon box had new toothbrushes in it. You insisted that you didn't need a new poopbrush.

I can't believe you're four. 

Building shelves

We are deep cleaning kid bedrooms this week. We decided to get you some shelves for your toys. We assembled them yesterday. They needed a screwdriver and hammer. You said, "I'll be right back," and took off. When you came back to your room, you had your screwdriver and hammer from your tool bench. You were ready to go and SO proud of yourself. I felt a little bad having to go get the real ones from downstairs, but you took using real tools as a nice consolation. 

Nevinisms

Dizzy is busy

Words that start with sp end up with an f

So...finning makes you busy.

I am going to miss those a bunch when they are gone.

Also, you've started swimming. You'll take a breath, put your head under water and kick and paddle about halfway across the shallow end. You're even working on lifting your head up to get a breath if you need to. You can also tiptoe across the shallow end. You call it "moonwalking" because you have to bounce a little to keep your mouth out of the water.

Writing on the wall

This says, "I love mommy and I want her to stay with me forever." Me, too, buddy. Me, too.

Growing up

Nevin got handed down Corin's bed this weekend. Corin upgraded to a loft and his old twin was free. Mattress was ordered and arrived today.

Between that and being day time potty trained, it appears our baby days are at an end. 

Car modifications

On Saturday we went for a drive (to get some breastfeeding pictures taken...can't wait to see them). You had just gotten Bumblebee for your birthday and you were playing with him.

Next thing I know, you tell me to get my gun out to shoot the zombies on the side of the road. I had to go through several iterations. Eventually, I had a noise for the gun coming out, the gun shooting, the gun getting put away that met your exacting specifications.

I'm pretty sure there are no zombies left on the side of I-87 between here and exit 8.

The only odd thing...where did you learn about zombies?