Hamster joke

The boys have been coming up with their own jokes about Hammy.

Nathan first started with:

 - What is Hammy's favorite tool?

 - A hammer.

Logan then quickly replied with:

 - What is Hammy's favorite food?

 - A hamburger!

We all had a good laugh. Not bad for an almost-5-year-old!

Preschool Graduation

It feels like just yesterday when Loggie attended his first day at Montecito one year ago. He has now officially graduated from preschool!

Logan has been looking forward to this day for a while. The pond room teachers and students prepared for many weeks and transformed the play yard into a "safari", with monkeys hanging off trees, alligators (made out of egg cartons) in a pond, and jeeps made from big card board boxes. There was a music performance and teachers led the children to sing several songs, magic show, and of course dessert potluck at the end.

When asked what he misses most about Montecito. Logan said: "The parties!"

Hospital Visit

A particular sweet moment when the boys and I picked up James from hospital. Logan's fascination with raising and lowering the hospital bed brought a smile to James' face.

Love Letter

My first "I love you" letter from Logan, complete with hearts!

Logan often comes home from school with letters he's made. He especially enjoys putting them in envelopes (and licking the envelope to seal it). 

Montecito

Logan has been at Montecito pre-school for over a month now. I was originally worried that it would be a big transition for him from Google's Children's Center, but little fella adjusted in no time!

In the last couple of weeks Logan has been really into making his own picture books. Everyday he comes home from school with a new book. It usually has a few stamps, stickers (lately has been fall themed) and colored pages.  We would make up stories as we read them together.

He has also become more interested in writing letters. Earlier today he asked how to spell "James" so he can make a drawing of Daddy!

Painting

Logan has never been as interested in painting, so I have to get creative in order to get him to draw/paint.  Last weekend Logan came up the idea of drawing STAR WARS logo, so I made a stencil for him and he covered it with watercolor. 

"Baby human"

Logan has a very strong sense of identity that his role is being the baby of the family.  He loves seeing baby animals in books / movies.  After watching "March of the Penguins", he pretended to be a baby penguin for months and would hide under a blanket and jump out of his "egg".  He has cycled through being a baby seal / dog / bird / panda / turtle, and come full circle to be a "baby human".

I'm partly to blame since I'm always telling him "don't grow up Logan, stay a baby forever".  Now he has this fear of growing up.  He has even claimed he's going to stop eating so he doesn't grow any bigger!