I am 50-months old today!

Poster’s note: I am way behind on this. The post was written (by Mom) on time.

Another month has flown by here at the Kless house. The weather has been particularly gloomy and wet. However, Mommy is much relieved that it is not that four-letter word (snow!). We did manage to get one park visit in and I had so much fun playing with Cara. We liked to go down the slide together. I have been occupying myself quite a bit with sports. I have enjoyed the football season and was sad to see it end Sunday night. I picked the Colts to win, so it was a little disappointing.

However, I have found a new sport! Hockey! Grandma took me to an Allen Americans’ game. They are the local minor league hockey team. I loved it! I could not believe that those guys were skating and playing a sport. Of course, since it was Grandma who took me, I now have an Americans’ shirt and hockey stick! I started a new tee ball class where I use a real bat and Grandma is taking me to Kindermusic! I have enjoyed both. Last weekend, Grandma and Grandpap took me to a high school basketball game, which was lots of fun. Especially that they had M&Ms at the concession stand AND that I was able to ask nicely for Grandpap to buy me a bag.

I recently went to the airplane museum where I had my third birthday. It was fun to re-visit all the airplanes. Speaking of birthdays, a few weeks ago, I attended a really cool firefighter birthday party at a real fire house! That was a lot of fun. Mommy and I have been doing some Valentine’s day crafts. We made a wreath of hearts and then at the Lego store we found a heart that we could build from Legos. I also made Valentines for all my school friends and wrote my name on each one.

Last week my Uncle Mike came up for a doctor appointment. We got to go meet him for lunch at one of my favorites – Pei Wei. I love my Uncle Mike and it was fun seeing him. He is running the Austin Marathon this weekend, and it will be the first one I have ever missed. Daddy has a candidate forum for his Texas State Senate campaign on Saturday. If you are interested in learning more, please visit www.electkless.com. There is also a “fan” page in Facebook under “Elect Ed Kless.”

My cousin Emily came and spent a Saturday morning with us a couple weeks ago. We made heart pancakes and played. I love playing with my cousins, so does Cara.

The one bad part of the last few weeks was that everyone got really sick. There was some awful stomach flu going around. No fun. Then last week, I woke up in so much pain that Daddy had to take me to the ER. Turns out I had an ear infection, which I had never had before. I think we are all on the mend now!

Cara is doing great. She is walking/climbing everywhere! She says a lot of words too. She is learning all the animals sounds, so when we ask her what a sheep says, she says, “baa.” It is so cute. She loves puzzles and matching things together. And she still loves her food. Cara has her own set of friends who she sees each week at Gymboree and for lunch. Last night, me and Mommy were singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Mommy said, “get your twinklers out.” And Cara put up her hands and made the “twinkle” motion! Then, when we sang “Up above the sky … “ She threw her hands up in the air. She is such a clever little girl.

I hope you all have a Happy Valentine’s Day!

xoxo, Sean