Sweet Siblings

I have been wanting to write this post for a while, and I thought I might want to hurry up because I know things could change tomorrow. Over the last couple of months, Evan and Zoe have really started to play and their relationship is so sweet. Evan has always been good to her, and she's always been interested in him, but now she is old enough to follow his lead and participate. She wants to do EVERYTHING he does. She wants everything he has. Whoever wakes up first will almost always ask about the other. They hold hands in the car all the time (my favorite).

Of course, they have their moments...most often when Zoe is destroying something Evan built, or sitting in the middle of his field while he is trying to line up his football players. Overall, though they love each other right now. I know that we have many years of their friendship changing, and they won't always be this sweet, but right now I love it. I will keep all of these photos to show them both one day when they are fighting at 11 and 13!

For now, enjoy these sweet siblings!

Birthday Week

More on Evan's birthday...
We celebrated Evan for over a week, and he loved every minute of it. It started with his party which you saw in my previous post and then we kept going the next weekend, and onto his actual birthday. By the time we got to Tuesday, he was already convinced he was four long before then.

I also did a questionnaire with him that I had also done last year at 3. I'm hoping to keep up and see how his answers change over the years. You can already seen the change in his answers in just one year.

A few highlights about our special 4 year-old:
-He has had his biggest growth spurt in the last few months, than he has had in years
-David and I both agree that he not only has grown physically, but his confidence has also really developed this past year
-He developed a fondness for coloring, and has gotten really good at it
-He has turned into quite the physical child and loves to play hard
-Always climbing and trying to scale and jump onto and off of everything
-He is an amazing conversationalist and has turned into an extremely social child
-Starting to want to put letters and sounds together to make words
-Continues to be a rule follower and a great listener (doesn't always show his mommy and daddy the behavior that school gets)
-Loves school, has been asking to go since it finished last week
-Superhero crazy (LOVES them all)
-Has a fantastic imagination, always surprising us with his ideas

My 4 year-old, Evan
1. How old are you? 4
2. What is your favorite thing to do? play Batman
3. What is your favorite food? steak
4. What is your favorite color? blue
5. What do you like to do with Mommy and Daddy? hug
6. What do you like to do with Zoe? hold her hand
7. What do you want to be when you grow up? a football player
8. What makes you happy? when Zoe holds my hand
9. What makes you sad? when James doesn't play with me
10. What is your favorite TV show to watch? Team Umizoomi
11. What is your favorite book? Batman Book
12. What do you love to learn about? songs
13. Who is your best friend? James
14. What is your favorite treat? gummies
15. What do you think about before you fall asleep? getting a new bad guy
16. What are you scared of? ghosts
17. What is your favorite song? Noah's Ark
18. What is your favorite sport? karate and football
19. What is your favorite toy? Bouncy house
20. Where do you like to go? Aquarium (we were going that day)
21. What is the best thing about being 4? opening presents