This little guy is incredibly independent already and sees nothing wrong with going into the fridge to grab an apple (and washes it first and grabs the apple slicer to section it) or making his own peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. He will maybe ask for help, but if I am busy he feels confident in doing things all by himself. And, if we help and he doesn't want it, he immediately shuts down, and either sits on the floor or just crosses his arms in front of him, sticks out his lower lip and is silent.
Switching batteries in toys is maybe his favorite thing to do... or ride his gator... or pick tomatoes in the garden... or play cars or fly airplanes or draw pictures of tornadoes... or be a little stubborn stinker to Mom and Dad... or irritate Emma... or peddle his big boy bike up and down the driveway...
He still loves his BB (blanket). BB is his comforter and if he sad or hurt, he wants BB. He needs BB to sleep and drags BB downstairs in the mornings to watch cartoons, drags BB in the truck when we go to the cabin, and cries for BB when he falls.
He comes into our room dragging his pillow, duckie, and BB at least one night a week "Mama?! Mama, I am scared!" and he makes a bed on our floor. As this has become somewhat normal, I now have a pillow and big comforter next to my side of the bed to make it comfy for him.
Evan loves his little stuffed duck "duckie" that he got from the Easter Bunny when he was a baby. That is always in his bed and makes many journeys with him, along with BB. He has started talking lately like "Mom, can almost 4 year olds have duckies? I love duckie" So, I have to persuade him (along with Emma who likes to help with any conversation or argument) that 4 year olds can definitely have duckies. He can have duckie as long as he wants duckie. Evan has brought this up about not having duckie at least 5 times, so he is thinking pretty seriously about if he is too old for a stuffed duckie animal.
He has been a pretty fussy eater lately and mealtime is a struggle. He loves fruit - all kinds of fruit and often asks for fruits for snacks. Chocolate covered pomegranate seeds are another favorite. Whenever we ask him what he wants to eat, it is always steak. He could eat peanut butter & jelly sandwiches (except the crusts) for every meal and ifI would let him wash it down with chocolate milk, he would be in heaven. Breakfasts consist of yogurt, fruit, hard-boiled eggs. If he is watching morning cartoons, he usually likes to snack on fruit loops or coco-puffs. Lunches are maybe mac-n-cheese, tomato soup, peanut butter and jelly or whatever food is customary for an stubborn 4 year old. Supper is a struggle with both he and Emma. I refuse to make more than one meal (although offer unlimited fruits & veges) but supper is usually a struggle to get the kids to eat meatloaf, chicken pot pie, or God forbid a pork chop. We are working on it --- slowly. But, of course, he loves to have dessert (if we let him) vanilla oreos, ice cream, or the frosting on cake.
Evan loves looking at books and often will "read" them along with me. While he still loves Lightning McQueen, this car isn't the preferred one anymore or the one that is always clutched in his hand or in his pocket or in his backpack. He really likes monster trucks as of late and went to sleep holding onto one of those last night. Games! This boy LOVES games and is pretty competitive. Toy Story Yahtzee, Dominoes, Candyland (he loves poo-poo purple), Handbandz, pretend cards - you name it and he wants to play and win at it.
Evan may be a somewhat Mama's boy and while he is struggling with his independence and fighting our rules and learning to be a 4 year old boy, deep down, he is so sweet and I totally melt when he bats his little eyelashes at me or peers at me with his big blue eyes.
He is such a blessing every day and I am so thankful he came into our lives.
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