life before five

David spent his last month as a four year old playing with his elder sister (who definitely is his best friend!)  They mostly don't pick at each other anymore but play well together--albeit a bit mischievously at times.

Playtime involved capes and crowns.

Racing across an "obstacle" course in the family room.

Wearing matching shirts.

Watching movies.

Dressing up.

Teaching sister how to do two thumbs up.

And just zipping through the house (often on matching little tikes trucks--pictures to come).

Laughter and nonsense is often part of this time with elder sister.  "Dog on your head." "Shoe on your head." "Banana on your head."  Everything is "on your head" or just plain "head" attached to any word at the moment. This sounds ridiculous and humorous until it is the response you get to every single school question. :)

There was a little bit of time left over this month, however, to spend with younger sister.

The rest of the time was spent just being cheerful (except for those moments when school became a few moments too long or when David was tired and the blanket and thumb appeared--both of which, we are encouraging less and less use).

PS:  He is through 3 1/2 weeks of school already and definitely learning!  Yeah!  He is beginning to regularly recognize letters and their sounds as well as many numbers.  We have learned about trees and flowers and different civilizations throughout the years.  We have read the Boxcar Children together and missionary biographies.  We have memorized 4 Bible verses.  He is regularly clipping my coupons (neatly) and generally becoming a bit more helpful all around.  I have discovered that he does well with teaching exposure rather than mastery and the mastery has come as we have continued.  Here's to the fun to come... 

PSS:
David: "Bye, Margaret.  I can call you that because I'm almost five"
Me: (let's just say I addressed it after laughing very hard at the thought of a five year old being grown up)