Four has been such an incredible age! Thomas has an amazing sense of humor, and he
loves to laugh and make other people laugh.
He is awesome at video games, and has mastered the games we put on his
iphone and kindle as well as a couple of plug and play games. He is incredibly social and loves going to
preschool and having playdates. He is
also an impressive host when we have friends come over and loves spending time
with both sides of the family. He is extremely
busy and always on the go, and we try to get outside to play every day the
weather allows. He has an incredible
imagination and is always coming up with different scenarios for pretend
games. He also loves to paint and play
board games (like Candyland).
Thomas had to have a small procedure done to his left eye to
correct a slight muscle problem this month.
We sat him down and explained everything to him, and the only part that
upset him was that he was going to have to go to sleep while he was at the
hospital. He argued about it, explaining
that 'sometimes it is hard to go to sleep'.
I finally agreed that if he couldn't fall asleep it was okay for him to
be awake, but of course the medicine didn't give him much choice. Everything went perfect with the surgery, and
his recovery time was incredibly fast.
Thomas is incredibly independent and insists on doing most
things for himself. When he masters a
new task he is incredibly proud of himself and can't wait to show it off. He also takes pride in being the 'big
brother' and loves teaching Tyler to do new things. He is still our rough and tumble little boy
and loves to wrestle and fight imaginary bad guys, but he is incredibly tender
hearted. He hates it when other people
are sick or get their feelings hurt, and loves helping out with just about
anything. Thomas is incredibly organized
(most of the time). Even though he gets
every toy he owns out to play, when it is time to clean up he makes sure that
everything is put back in the proper place.
His favorite show is Power Rangers, and that is what he
wants to play most of the time. We went
to the toy store to pick out some toys, but he didn't want the action
figures. He wanted the costumes and the
weapons so that he could be a power ranger, and he wanted Tyler to have the same
stuff. No matter where we are (in the
house, outside, in the car) he finds a way to incorporate Power Rangers into
the activity, and even has his friends at preschool playing power rangers
during their free play time. We had some
friends over, and their 8 year old came walking into the room and said "I'm
a man!". Thomas was right behind
him, and was completely serious as he said.
"I'm a Power Ranger."
When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, his answer is now
"A Power Ranger Firefighter."
He has also discovered superheroes, although he calls them
'save the world guys'. He loves Batman
and Spiderman the most and loves wearing costumes around the house so that he
can save the world, too.
Thomas makes sure that every day brings a brand new
adventure, and we feel incredibly blessed to be a part of it!
