Todd is Five (Month 9)

AGE 5, MONTH 9
APR 21 – MAY 20 (2020)

TODD SAID…

• “I’m not vegan on this game” (playing Minecraft)
• “Hey! That’s my mama!” (when I went over to Eric on his couch to hug him)
• “Bond will kill him, if I might ask” (he says ‘ask’ instead of ‘say’)
• “Just go with it” (Todd called me ‘hon’ and told Eric that I’m Todd’s hon not Dada’s hon)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

• Favorite phone games: Scary Teacher, Hello Neighbor, Minecraft
• Favorite books: Tyrannosaurus Wrecks & the Mr. books
• Favorite online Scholastic book: Come on, Rain
• Favorite YouTube: RonaldOMG, K-City Gaming
• Favorite movies: Moonraker; He cracks up watching Jaws fly “like a chicken”
• Rainy day: walking outside/puddles (4/22)
• Playing with his small black stuffed kitty
• Playing ‘zombie’ in the house
• Eating dinner on the deck & making art on the deck
• Making a cardboard ‘gingerbread house’ with pizza boxes & hot glue
• Playing with the girls outside (4/27) & pretending to shoot bad guys with the umbrella (5/20)
• He likes to play a game on the iPad while RonaldOMG is on the TV (so it’s like a friend is over & they are sharing an experience)
• Humming the James Bond theme music a lot
• Making his own ‘instructional video’ (since he saw me making videos for my work)
• Watching Nick Zentzer (Geologist from CWU) on YouTube (Elisa/Eric)
• Morning family walk before watching Nick (5/17)

MOSES COULEE DAY TRIP

• Moses Coulee scenic drive & hike @ Hungate Cyn (4/25) & stop at Jameson Lake to check out ducks & a caterpillar
• See post, “Day Trip: Moses Coulee (4/25/20)“

KINDERGARTEN

• “Pizza Mondays” & picking up his new packet for the week
• Tuesday video chats with his teacher & class
• He did 52 sit ups for his PE fit test
• Playing in the sprinkler during a break
• Todd said, “That’s annoying. I’m finishing my work and I don’t want to get distracted.”

HIKING: CASTLE ROCK

• Todd’s first time making it all the way to the top! (Elisa/Todd, 4/26)

HIKING

• Dry Gulch (Wenatchee, WA); see post, “Hiking: Dry Gulch (4/29/20)“
• Hay Canyon (Cashmere, WA) (5/2); see post, “Hiking: Hay Canyon (April/May 2020)“
• Lake Clara (Wenatchee, WA) (5/9); see post, “Hiking: Lake Clara (5/09/20)“
• He pretends to Facetime his stuffed kitty with his walkie talkie. He pretends he is James Bond and Eric is Jaws.

BIKING

• See post, “Pedal Bike Progression (Age 5, Month 9)“
• I rode from home to do a portion of the Saddle Rock trail (5/17)

FOOD NOTES

• Todd tried a Tofutti Cutie & liked it
• He’s back to eating Gardein Fishless Filets
• Likes eating plain angel hair pasta
• Take out: Chipotle (2x); Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas for Todd, Burger King Impossible burger; Blue Spoon (5/15)

HEALTH & MISC

• Todd wanted his hair in a pony tail
• In the tub, he likes pouring cold water over his head repeatedly & laughing
• Dentist appointment (5/19); first pictures, no cavities, bottom 2 teeth slightly wiggly. Afterward he was rewarded with a stuffed dinosaur.

SLEEP

• ‘Sleepovers’ on the foam pads in my room (9x)
• He woke up asking “When can we get a cat?” (5/9)
• Todd frequently has dreams that he’s James Bond
• Less interest in having his pillow blankets with him at night (more interested in stuffed pets)