Todd is Five (Month 4)

AGE 5, MONTH 4
NOV 21 – DEC 20 (2019)

TODD SAID…

“It’s gonna suck to go. It’s gonna really suck.” (talking about going home after visiting Grandma/Grandpa)
“Mom” or “Dad” (sometimes…instead of mama and dada)
Todd hums the Star Wars Duel of Fates tune all the time
Singing into the microphone: (i.e., “Daytona,” by Chris Rea & “Jet,” by Paul McCartney & Wings

THANKSGIVING

HOME & OUTSIDE ENTERTAINMENT

Phone games: Tomb of the Mask, Rescue Cut, Mr Go Home
Books: The Mr. Books series (we cracked up reading Mr. Skinny and Mr. Jelly…“Oh calamity!”)
Open gym @ Apple Valley Gymnastics (11/23; playing hide & seek)
Building a Lego Minecraft treehouse from downloaded instructions (11/24)
Playing Atari Maze Craze (he tries to be the winner)
Painting his super hero figures
Wrapping Christmas presents (he loved helping with cutting the paper, managing the tape, sticking the tags on, and getting things from around the house to wrap up for specific people)
Making a gingerbread house (12/15)
Helping me make chocolate chip cookies (he didn’t like them!)
Setting up Blokus pieces to ‘trap monsters’
Opening an early Christmas present from Grammie: Lego Killer Croc Tail-Gator set

KINDERGARTEN

There was no school on the day before Thanksgiving (11/27)
Todd was Student of the Month for November, so we were invited to chapel on 12/3 for presentation of his award: “This kindergartener has been working really hard to make good choices and do his best work. He is kind and eager, always ready to go no matter what we are doing. He is learning sight words quickly and loves to help his friends learn them too. He’s made great progress in being a SMART Crusader! Way to go, Todd!”
See post, “Kindergarten Student of the Month“
Holiday performance (12/8); Todd really participated well this time & it seemed like he had a great time!
Field trip: Holiday singing at the courthouse (12/9)
Todd received a “SMART” card for doing good work at school (12/16)
Holiday party at school (12/19; full day)
Full day at school for the last day before winter break (movie afternoon) (12/20)

SKIING – MISSION RIDGE

We skied 3x (12/8, 12/14, 12/15)
Elisa rode with Todd on Chair 1 for the 1^st time (12/8)
On 12/8 we did 7 runs on Chair 1 (Mimi)
Todd’s improving with his turns, working on bringing the skis together at then end
When he wants to go fast, I can’t keep up with him on the groomers!
He still loves eating snow & playing on the snow slope

HEALTH & OTHER

He likes to point out words that he can read in books
He tried to sound out “Han Solo” in his Star Wars book
We started teaching him to wipe his own tooshie (12/8)
He randomly told me before falling asleep that he wants to be a mailman when he grows up…but only for 2 days.