Learning to say thanks

Today Evan received some stickers on our stoop when we arrived home. We guessed they were from our neighbor Monica. E loves Monica and they are buddies. He stayed with the stickers for a long time looking at them. I ran into the kitchen and started to prepare some food for dinner. A few minutes later Evan called my name and said, "Momma, I want to go up and See Monica and say thank you for my stickers". We ran upstairs together to find her. I praised him a few times tonight what a big boy he is by asking to say thank you for his gift. I was so proud.

Bowling

Tonight was your first time. You loved it. You were so good at it and almost beat both M and D! You would roll the ball down the lane and whip around clapping with pride! It was fun to take you to do something entirely new. I love days like today. You didn't want to leave the shoes. You kept asking to take those home!

You also played your first arcade game tonight. It was a racing game of semi-trucks

First School Play

Today was your first play at LD. You were magnificent! It was amazing to see you in front of all of these people and look so comfortable and happy. As a zebra, you trotted in with such happiness and ran to the stage. You were all in costume and I was blown away with your presence. I cannot help but feel that this is benefiting you so much. I felt so confident today looking at you as you preformed with your school that you are in the right place. You made your mask and participated in creating your costume. You painted your necklace and are so proud at what you have done. You look at your mask and say, "mama I did that myself".

Night Night

This week Evan has started to tell me when it is time for him to go to sleep. It can be nap time or bedtime and he will walk up to me and say "night night". He will then walk into the bed room and lay his head on the bed. If I am not right there he will call out to me for me to come. This has been an unbelieveable new thing for us. He goes to sleep within minutes because he knows he is tired and wants to go to bed. I thought that it was amazing at night time but he does this for naps now too.

Tonight another first happened. Evan told me it was night-night and we walked into the bedroom. I asked him if he wanted to give Daddy a kiss goodnight. He smiled and walked out of the room only to circle back so I would come with him. We walked into the living room and he kissed Daddy. I carried Evan out of the room back towards the bedroom and Evan waved to his Daddy over my shoulder and said "Dada".