I am so, so, so, so, so, so very tired. So I am afraid this will largely be pictures. (Why didn't anyone tell me how impossible it is to blog with a purpose for 5 days straight?)
Four was amazing and beautiful and fun and full of amazing moments of realizing what a big kid he was becoming.
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He rode his first carnival ride.
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He took swimming lessons. He took to the water like a fish. He could swim a bit on his own by the end of his first 2-week session.
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We went to the beach for his first time. He likes the pool much more...the beach is too "dirty".
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He started school.
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First airplane ride.
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First trip to Disneyworld.
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He got a trampoline!
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He learned to read, write, and figure out what Josh and I are spelling back and forth to each other. Its dangerous here lately!
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He worked on his photography. Nice shot!
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He got to bring home the class pet. Yes, it is a stuffed sheep. He had to read all of his blends to the sheep and count to 100.
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He camped out for the first time!
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He went to the zoo for the first time that he can remember. He went once before as a wee one.
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And, he turned five.
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We love you so, sweet boy.