AGE 5, MONTH 1
AUG 21 – SEPT 20 (2019)
Elisa was back to work. In the evening, we went to open house for Kindergarten, then we ate dinner at La Fuente. See post, “Todd’s Fifth Birthday“.
TODD SAID…
- Eric: “Will you eat some sweet potato?” Todd: “No.” Eric: “I thought you were going to be 5 tomorrow?” Todd: “I’ll still be 5 even if I don’t eat sweet potato.”
- “That’s not a word to say” (after Eric asked, “What kind of logic is that?”)
- “Before 55 is 54”
- “I’m gonna have a quick Goppa, dudes”
- “Break it off!”
HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- Playing with Hot Wheels cars
- Outside: looking at bugs, kicking balls in the grass, running in the sprinklers
- Singing to ‘Band on the Run’ & ‘Jet’
- For ‘Jet’ he sang, “I want mama to always love me”
- Todd was fixated on catching a fish & bringing it to the condo to take care of it; he filled up a bin with water for the fish
- Video games: On Eric’s old iPad he completed ‘Dragon’s Lair” & then moved on to playing ‘Pitfall’
- Able to work a 45-pc puzzle (we take turns)
SHOPPING
RUNNING IN SPRINKLERS
FUN ACTIVITIES
- Lincoln Rock State Park (8/23); looking for fish & trying to catch them
- Slidewaters (8/24)
- Cashmere pump track & catching fish with his net (8/25, 8/27)
- TEAMS Learning Center (8/26)
- Open gym (9/7, 9/14); they took down the monkey bars 😦
- Sorbetto @ Ice, then to Walla Walla Point Park to look for fish & throw rocks (9/8); At the park, he jumped with confidence to grab the monkey bar with both hands, then grabbed the next bar before dropping
HIKING – HIDDEN LAKE
- See post, “Hiking: Hidden Lake (9/01/19)“
- Hike to Hidden Lake (0.8 miles round trip) & looking at fish (9/1)
- Throwing rocks & walking over rocks at Lake Wenatchee (9/1)
BIKING
- Riding his pedal bike with training wheels (9/14, 9/19); Eric throws the frisbee & Todd tries to ride away
POOL
- See post, “Pool Videos (Age 5, Month 1)“
- We swam 14x this month
- He did 2 back flips & 1 failed attempt (8/22)
- We playing ball toss in the pool
- There was a double rainbow (9/16)
KINDERGARTEN
- Open house to see his school/classroom (8/21)
- First day of Kinder (8/28); he goes 1/2 days M-F
- He has PE 2x per week; One evening he dropped to the floor to demo push-ups, so maybe he learned that in PE!
FOOD NOTES & DINING OUT
- Dining out: La Fuente (8/21); Ice (9/8); El Porton (9/20)
CRITTERS
- On 9/4 we saw a small rat in the grass on the way to the pool. After we swam it was still in the same spot. Later, we saw a worm. Todd doesn’t shy away from touching anything, but I try my best to keep him safe! (i.e., I do know rats can bite.)
SLEEP
- We started a token economy on 9/5: he gets 1 star for each night he stays in his own bed, earning a toy if he fills up the month; so far he has not missed a night getting stars!
