Todd is Five (Month 2)

AGE 5, MONTH 2
SEPT 21 – OCT 20 (2019)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Humming/singing songs (‘Band on the Run‘, ‘Jet‘, ‘T for Texas‘)
Playing notes of “Jet” on keyboard
Building with Legos: Iron Man Hall of Armor set & making our own Pitfall scene
Playing Pitfall Relic Rush & completing all the levels; he is reeeally good! We got the ninja suit & we cracked up because of how he runs
Playing Pitfall on our Atari classic (and other games)
Play fighting with his figures & play fighting with us
Playing with Hot Wheels cars & picking out “best for track” cars during grocery trips; He finally started using the car track carpet as intended (it was a gift from Grandma 2-3 years ago!)
New game/app: Clumsy Ninja

APPLE VALLEY GYMNASTICS

FUN ACTIVITIES

Open gym @ Apple Valley Gymnastics (9/21); doing dive forward rolls & ninja moves
Pedal bike riding (with training wheels) at the court (2x)
We got a new (used) pedal bike for Todd (9/23)
Swimming at the condo pool 1x (9/25)
Eastmont Park: car show & playing in the bouncy houses (10/5)
Walla Walla Point Park (10/6); riding his pedal bike with training wheels on the trail
Annie’s Fun Farm (10/12); dragon slide, bouncy orange thing, corn kernel pit, apple launcher, feeding the goats, looking at the pig, eating popcorn, & drinking hot cider
Puddle jumping on a wet day (10/19)

EASTMONT PARK & CAR SHOW

WALLA WALLA POINT PARK

ANNIE’S FUN FARM

KINDERGARTEN

Field trip to Sport Gymnastics (9/27)
Field trip to a Ukulele show at the PAC (10/11); all day Kinder that day
Field trip to Rocky Reach Dam (10/16)
Todd talks about the ‘back table’ (a table next to the carpet, where kids go if they don’t listen to the teacher at the carpet)

HEALTH & OTHER

At times it’s a major struggle brushing his teeth at night (due to his wanting to be silly before bed & not listening)
I was sick & Todd took care of me by insisting that I have ice cream with him, to help my tummy (and it worked!) (10/15)
Todd is very snuggly with me
Todd said: “I’m sorry for not doing slow cutting” (hours after I got annoyed when he was trying to do his table work too fast)

FOOD NOTES & DINING OUT

He started eating romaine lettuce (10/8); he said “I love it”
He eats carrot sticks without complaint
He eats full slices of pizza with Daiya vegan cheese (instead of just the crust)
New food: Morningstar nuggets
Todd ate French fries at Burger King (9/28)
Todd ate his first bean burrito (Taco Bell, 10/9)
Ice (10/6); Taco Del Mar (10/6); Lemolo (10/11)

SLEEP

Todd wanted to sleep on his couch in his room starting 9/24, then I put a foam mat on his bed & he went back to sleeping on his bed again (10/6)
He fell asleep on the living room couch 1x (9/26)
He asks me to put my hand on his tummy when he falls asleep (to reassure him that I’m not leaving the room…until he’s asleep)
He likes to make up ‘rules’ for made-up games before bed