Liam at 4 years old

• How to spell his name, LiAM-this is how he writes it
• Can count to 20
• Knows all his shapes
• Knows all his colors (his favorite color is orange)
• Loves to use sissors
• LOVES to do workbook pages (dollar tree has the best ones)
• Can recongized 12 of the alphabet, A,B,C,E,F,I, K,L,M,O,S,X
• Gets himself dressed everyday (working on picking out clothes that match)
• Very creative , He rights his letter for the day in a notebook and then draws a picture of something that starts with that letter. Then Joe or I will write the story and song he makes up about whatever it is he drew.
• Can write any letter as long as you show him
• Can recognize 1,2,3 (I haven't spent much time with numbers yet, so this is probably lacking b/c of me)
• Loves all things war, battle, guns, bows and arrows, blow guns, superheros
• Can swim all over the pool without help
• Does a great cannon ball
• Handstands in the pool
• Treads water really well and floats on his back forever!
• Shark week is on this week and he is loving every second he gets to watch
• We go to the library every week and he still loves doing this. We have done this since he was 6 months old.
• Momma's boy
• Tells us he loves us and needs hugs all day long (that one is making me tear up b/c I won't get those for 4 hours during the day, not sure how I will handle this.)
• Favorite food is Chicken nuggets and ranch dressing
• Favorite drink is still strawberry milk. Every morning and every night. He would drink it all day long but milk is too expensive, I would need a cow to keep up with as much milk as he wants.
• Will help Chloe with whatever she needs (unless she is messing with his battle then he gets angry with her and we see a side of him that is awful)
• Doesn't require to much displine , spankings don't work so timeout it is.
• Still will not sleep in his bed all night, we can't figure it out. He has to many nightmares.
• LOVES, Loves when the laundry is still hot from the dryer. I just sit it on top of him!
• Still uses an inhaler, but during the summer we haven't had to use it everyday since he is inside so much.
• Hates to wear his eye patch and will turn into a different kid while wearing it. This week has been much better , but he Hates it so much.
• 43 pounds
• 43 1/2 inches
• size 5T clothes
• size 11 or 12 shoe depending on the brand (we were going through shoes every six months because his foot would grow so fast, finally it has slowed down. I think this is the longest he has worn a pair of shoes.)
• One of his favorite things to do is go to workouts with his dad. He will workout with all the football players, well he throws a medicine ball around and does some drills, but LOVES this.
• Will tell you he wants to play football and tackle the players.
• When he plays playdough he always plays like he is a chef. He will cook you pig and fish...everytime. One of his other favorite shows is Iron Chef.
• One of his famous sayings is "that's what I'm talking about!"

I am sure more will come to me later, but right now that is all I can think of. Liam is the most kind little boy I have ever met. Seriously he is. Also has this wit about him that stuns me sometimes. I know he is going to love preschool , but I will miss those 16 hours a week he isn't with me. This is getting us all ready for when he goes to Kindergarten next year. Time sure does fly!