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Arthur: 4 Years Old!

Happy 4th Birthday to my Arthur Dent!

Easter Egg dying (April)

Riding the carousel (April)

Making Music at BADM (April)

Park day (May)

Likes: Paw Patrol; trains; cars; his baby brother Quentin; playing with friends; going to the library

Being an astronaut (May)

Celebrating the flowers (May)

Be a little pig (May)

Modeling the new car (May)

Dislikes: Quentin playing with his toys; eating dinner; when daddy's at work upstairs but he can't go bother him

Listening to a story (June)

Beach day (June)

Showing off his model car (June)

Playing in the box with Q (June)

Sleeping: Decent sleeper. He goes to bed at 8pm and wakes up sometime around 7am. Very rarely do we get a mid-night waking.

Splash pad fun (July)

Ice cream at the beach (July)

Water park fun (July)

Hanging with Snoopy (July)

Eating: Typically picky 4 year old. I can get him to eat a fairly nutritious breakfast and lunch, but dinner is such a struggle. Most nights he eats a bite or two of dinner and it done. I really wish I could get him to eat more at dinner. 

Sonic for lunch (July)

Balancing (August)

Pretending to be a tiger (August)

Pretending to be a tortoise (August)

Playing: So much imaginary play! Thankfully he can get Quentin to engage with him, so Arthur's not bugging me to play every 5 minutes. He also really likes simple board games. And of coarse anything he can climb or ride. 

Playing on Thomas (August)

Bounce house fun (August)

Cow time at the farm (September)

Pouty Arthur at the park (September)

Milestones: He's got his letters and numbers down pretty well. We're starting with the basics of reading and writing. He's been doing a few simple PreK activity books. His favorite is the scissor skills book.

Climbing the frog (September)

Making music at a friend's birthday party (September)

Out and About: So many activities! We try to do at least one big out-of-the-house activity per week. Another day is a closer-to-home activity such as a park morning. We also try to hit the library at least once every two weeks. We have to enjoy all the great California weather and attractions while we still live here. 

Birthday project -- making a horse (October)

Loving the cars at Happy Hollow (October)

Argh! Pirate Arthur (October)