The boys turn four years old in less then a week and I just had to make time to write down some of their recent accomplishments.
Logan is talking in rhymes. They aren’t always real words, but he’s finally got the concept so he’ll go whole days where he tries to rhyme his words constantly. It’s really funny and way cool. A couple of weeks ago he was into explaining that he understood things. He would be talking to me and then would ask, “Does such and such word mean that this and that?” I can’t remember exact examples but he seemed to be picking more abstract words and making sure he understood them correctly.
Forest is now able to build Legos or Lincoln Logs by looking at a picture and/or following complicated image steps. Here are a couple examples of his doing so:
Of course my favorite is when he builds his own creations, but it seems like a cool developmental leap to be able to look at a picture and figure out how to copy it, especially when you can’t see all the sides and have to make assumptions. The boys have both been talking to me about those assumptions when they look at pictures recently, explaining that they understand distance and perspective.
Yesterday we did some cute Christmas crafts. The boys were really into it and did a great job of following instructions without getting frustrated (as often happens if I plan something specific, it won’t go as planned!). He wanted pictures so here you go:
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