I honestly can’t believe
that this giant boy body living in my house is Carson! Somehow he has turned
into a big kid without me knowing it. Luckily he isn’t too big for Mommy
snuggles and unlimited Mommy time yet. Carson is a very fun person to be
around. He is always ready for a good time and wants everyone to join in. He
loves doing any type of crafts. After a year and a half of pre-school he
finally enjoys coloring, whoohoo! Fine motor (like coloring) is hard for
Carson, but he has mastered how to hold a pencil correctly now and has built up
some strength and control in his hands. He still prefers his left hand, but
will switch back and forth. His occupational therapist says he still isn’t
either-handed.
Carson is a little learning
sponge right now. He loves to count and does it all day. He can count very high
(if all the numbers don’t have to be in order.) =) He can recognize the letters
in his name and a few other letters. We are going to start working on all his
letters and letter sounds this summer. Because his birthday is in November he
misses the kindergarten cut-off (not that we would have sent him anyway). He
will be in a transitional kindergarten class next year, which I think will be
great for him. I have loved his pre-school for the last year and a half,
especially the full-time, in-class speech therapist and he could have stayed
there another year, but it was time to move on. I didn’t want him to be the
oldest one in that class. I want him to be with typical speaking peers for the
peer modeling. The 34 4 and 5-yr-olds with one teacher part scares me a little,
but what can you do?
Two words to describe
Carson are ACTIVE and SOCIAL. He likes to ride his scooter, bike, swim, play on
the playground, wrestle and especially likes to do these things with friends.
He loves to go to friends’ homes and have friends come over and play at his
house. He can buckle his own seat belt now and if FINALLY accident free 100% of
the time during the day and no pull-ups at night.
Carson is SO EXCITED about
the new baby. For a least a year before I was even pregnant he’d been asking
when “we” were going to have a baby. You’ve never met a 4-yr-old boy who loves
babies as much as this one. If there is a baby at a store we have to stop what
we are doing and go say hi. He loves to hold babies and make them laugh.
His
latest obsession (and I say obsession because he has this type of
personality) is gardening. This spring we have planted A LOT of various fruit
and vegetable seeds and seedlings in our back yard. He loves to plant
seeds and watch them grow. Just lately we've be able to pick a few fruits
and vegetables from his plants. He loves to check on them daily and
water and fertilize. He is the most excited about our pumpkins. Wish us
luck that we'll have a few decent sized ones come October!
He is a very rough and
tumble boy, but also sweet and sensitive little spirit. Carson has quite the
sense of humor and like most boys his age he thinks any and all potty talk is hilarious.
Luke has joined in on the quest for constant potty humor and they crack each
other up all day. His favorite shows right now are Scooby Doo (the ones that
aren’t too scary) and Curious George. He is tall enough to go on some of the
big roller coasters at Six Flags and LOVES IT! After being tucked in every
night he has to take his blanket, pillow and teddy and fall a sleep in the
hall. (Apparently there are no monsters in the hall.) He also makes me stay
upstairs until he's a sleep. Fun for me...
Current “Carson’isms” off
the top of my head
- Completely out of the blue: “Mom,
girls talk too much”
- The day after I told him I was
pregnant: “Mom can my friends come over today and look at your tummy?”
- When talking about when boys get
really big and go to college: (Tears streaming down the face) “I don’t
ever want to leave you. I want to live here forever and take care of our
baby.”
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