William's First Field Trip

William had his first school field trip today and I had the pleasure of chaperoning. I took two of his classmates with us in our car and we headed to the Happy Elf show at the Orlando Rep Theater. The car ride was interesting to say the least. They enjoyed the show though. William said it was "an awesome show!" I think traveling with friends somewhere other than school was probably the most exciting part. They did great and were attentive the entire time. The first of many fun field trips!

Warner, William and Benji

Ready for the show!

William's class after the show

Reading and Writing for William

William has become quite the student. He's extremely interested in learning to write and that started at the beginning of 3 day 3's last year with writing his name. This year with Pre-K, reading is the added interest. 

He's spelling out some simple words like Lego and Elmo, asking how to spell our first names, writing "letters" (uppercase and lowercase all jumbled together then tells me what his note "says") and now the reading, which is exciting! I picked up a collection of first readers books for him and read the first one in the set a few weeks ago. He immediately wanted to read it by himself. It only has a few basic words that make up the "book" and I can tell he's mesmerizing the words, which I guess is where it all begins! 

We have started reading chapter books too. Charlotte's Web and My Father's Dragon are the first two. He stays interested and we only read a chapter or two a night. I'm happy William seems to love reading as much as I do! I am most excited for him to read Harry Potter! 

Keep up the good work, William! Hopefully the video above of him reading that first night shows up properly... 

William's 4 year check up

William had his 4 year wellness on February 16th. He has been to the doctor's office a couple times over the last year, but a pretty healthy year. Stomach bug a couple times, colds here and there, but nothing is popping into my head that was too awful. 

He took a vision and hearing test, which he passed. Then we waited for Dr. Middleton for his general check up. William and Dr. Middleton chatted and made sure we didn't have any questions or concerns. Then the dreaded shots. He had FOUR shots, which didn't sit too well. It's much easier to give a baby a shot than a 4 year old that knows exactly what is coming. We had to hold him down because he was screaming. It was the anticipation of the shot that hurt more than the actual shot. He stopped crying when the nurse said he could go pick out candy and a sticker. 

The week after the shots he wasn't acting his usual self at all. He was very grumpy and was testing us. I called the office because I thought it was so unusual and they said two of the shots are live viruses, so he was likely feeling poorly - thus acting out. The following week was much better.  

Hearing test

Waiting for Dr. Middleton 

And of course the stats. Here are his 4 year old stats:

Weight: 44 lbs / 94%

Height: 44" / 98%

Year of the 4's! Growing fast, William! Hopefully we don't see Dr. Middleton until his 5 year wellness visit :)