Joshua: 47, 48 and 49 months

Google made this video of videos a few months ago.  It has some super cute moments.  (It also has some that are more Isaac than Joshua, but Joshua's at least in all the clips.)  My favorite are laughing on Ben's lap, the dance/guitar with Isaac, "I'm on an elevator" with the fork, and the orange juice on the airplane.



47 months

Playing: Joshua still plays Dulpos and Legos a lot.  Whether or not I play Duplos with him for at least 10 minutes seems to make or break his day, so I try I hard to remember that it is important to him.  He enjoyed having Isaac home and played with Isaac a lot doing assorted things.  He also likes putting together big Lego sets with Ben.

Gross motor skills: Joshua did a great job in gymnastics and enjoyed it a lot, so we're going to keep doing that into the school year.  He also loves to jump.  Isaac's bed and the crib mattress get jumped on a lot, but there is random jumping even when the 'floor' isn't bouncy.

48 months:

Social: Joshua is more social than Isaac and was always excited to see the neighbor across the road.  He can also remember people's names.  He has regularly been making crafts for the grandparents to likes to give them away.

School: Joshua is now in Preschool.  While he still is more excited about home days, he willingly goes to school.  They've been working on the letters in their name.  He is very good at giving me a  step by step breakdown of what they did in school.  It always includes the clean up times, but sometimes omits circle time.

On being a puppy: While Joshua is still a puppy, it hasn't come out quite as much lately.  There's a chance it is because his imaginary mouse's name is Puppy and so it was too confusing to have two Puppys.  (At least, I found it very confusing.)

49 months:

Chores: Since Joshua turned four, he got more chores (and an allowance).  He now needs to put the silverware away, put his laundry away, clean his room, feed Flurry, and clean up the downstairs for a few minutes.  He transitioned very well to these new chores and wants to get a new Lego fire plane with his money.

Overall, Joshua has been very fun to be with and he seems to have grown-up quite a bit over the last few months.