The Obsessions of a Four Year Old

Ethan and I went to meet his new JK teacher today. We had a good meeting and she seems very nice. She was quite surprised by all of Ethan's questions, she said most kids are too afraid to talk much. She asked Ethan about the highlights of his summer and he said (i) the golf clubs that Papa bought him and proceeded to tell her about his flourishing golf career; and (ii) the Stars Wars light sabers and action figures that his Nana and mom bought for him. Over the past couple of weeks, Scott has gotten Ethan hooked on Star Wars - he often walks around pretending to Darth Vader and uttering "I am your father". He is also very interested in golf.

Here is my happy 11 month old at Michelle's last weekend.
He loves eating and was anxious to try and steal some of Olivia's food when she wasn't looking.

Here is Ethan with his precious golf clubs that Papa gave him on the weekend! He has been at the driving range at least half a dozen times in the last two weeks. Ethan, Aidan and I went today and had fun. They are both pretty good!

We went swimming last weekend and Olivia had a blast!!

We also went to the Burlington Ribfeast last weekend. Here is Ethan trying rock climbing.Once Ethan got a light sabre and his Halloween costume (Darth Vader), he told Aidan that he had to get his mom to get him one two. Sure enough the next day Aidan had a light saber of his own along with a Batman costume. The two play in their costumes constantly.

Olivia enjoying some food...

Troy will certainly not be able to complain that there were no pictures of him, as is often the case with third children...

Over the past couple of days, Troy has started taking a bunch of steps on his own - he is up to about 5-6 now and also loves walking around pushing anything he can find - the garbage can, a chair, his walker...

Troy continues to want to be wherever Ethan is at. Troy seems to be developing a personality like Ethan - which is okay by me. Ethan gets him going quite easily and they often "talk", yell or laugh quite loudly together first thing in the morning and during mealtimes.

The summer is winding up, Ethan starts JK on the 15th. I have heard from lots of people what a sad day it is but right now I am excited for him. He is going to love it. His class has 18 kids, 11 boys and 7 girls, I feel sorry for his teacher!! I am more sad about the fact that my little guy is going to be one in a couple weeks, I am going to miss the baby stage - although having three independently mobile kids will also be nice!