Progress

We had a mostly lazy, snowy week here. Some highlights:

- sledding and climbing in the mountains of snow. It's cold, but I'm glad he is getting outside, even for short bursts. 

- karaoke: he was singing a half-baked version of the Star-Spangled Banner, so we found a video with lyrics. He is SO proud of himself and sings so loudly when he feels confident. We've branched out with other songs he recognizes, and it's a fun way to improve reading skills without "work". 

- Olympic hockey: we are a hockey house, and we've been watching! He is having a lot of fun and really enjoys the time he spends with Aunt Kristin. 

- Connor and Kristin painted USA pictures to show their pride in our country. He also started working in his St. Paddy's day project (foam shapes, glue, and decorations). 

- There has been a lot of pretend play at our house this week. Connor has been pretending he is a puppy named Min. I think it is inspired by watching the puppy bowl a couple of weeks ago. He really gets into it and I'm happy to see the progress he has made with pretending. 

- shoes: we are learning to tie shoes. We are perfecting the first steps and scaffolding to build confidence. I'm aiming to have him doing the entire thing in his own by June. I'm not sure it's realistic, it could go either way. Some things seem to take eons to learn, while others click so fast. Like last summer - Kris and I spent almost an hour teaching him how to push off in his bike by himself with no success, but then I showed him a 10 second video and he did it immediately.

All in all, I'm so happy to see him progressing in multiple disciplines. It's not always as quick as I'd like, but I'll take the inches and the miles however I get them!