Today I am 51-months old

Poster’s note: Once again, I (Dad) is behind in getting this on line.

Happy March! What a fun, winter-filled month we have had! Most exciting was a couple of days of snow, and I mean real snow. Even Daddy said it was real and he is from New York! We got 12 inches over the course of two days. It was so fun to go outside and play. We made a snowperson, threw snowballs and went to our local park to play. Unfortunately, the snow did not last long and was gone in a couple of days. Mommy took lots of pictures (surprise!), if you feel like checking out the whole lot of them: http://picasaweb.google.com/christine.kless/WinterBlizzard2K10?feat=email#. Below is a video, you might notice that Cara does not like the snow at all.

Valentine’s weekend was pretty fun. Mommy and Daddy went to the NBA All-Star game and Cara and I spent the evening with my cousins Abbie and Emily! I always like spending time with them. And then there was the Olympics. To say I was “into it” might be an understatement. I have come to love all sports, especially hockey. I liked seeing all the different countries’ flags and I generally rooted for the countries that had the most blue in their flag (blue is my favorite color, next is green). Of course I always cheered for the USA. Many thanks to our friend Wendy who lives in Vancouver and sent us all Olympic gear! In honor of my new hockey fascination, Mommy took me ice skating. I am not sure what she was complaining about – something like “40 pounds of dead weight” and “muscles hurting” … I had fun nonetheless. We are thinking about skating lessons, but I may want to wait until I am older, like 5 or 6. I went to two more Allen American hockey games (local minor league team). At the last one, a puck flew through the air and guess what?! My grandma caught it! It was so cool.

Pre-school is going well. We had our open house performance a couple weeks ago. I sang in front of everyone. We also had a pancake lunch that Mommy and Cara came to. Cara just sat right down on the chair and wanted to eat like a big kid. She’ll start pre-school in the fall. We took a fun adventure on the DART train a couple weeks ago with our playgroup. As you can imagine, I really enjoyed the train. We went downtown and ate lunch and then road back. There was a brief panic when my friend Abby and I got on the train and Mommy was helping her friend Jessica get the double stroller up and in the train (stroller had Cara and Jake in it) and the doors closed! Mommy threw herself between the doors and thankfully they opened. I also attended a 3-D Juggling Show with Grandma, Abbie and Mommy. That was pretty fun too. We have had a lot of wet weather here in Texas so we haven’t gotten to play outside too much, which makes me a little sad. I do love playing all my sports. Daddy and Mommy had a work trip last week so Cara and I got to spend a couple days together at Camp Grandma! I loved having Cara in the same room as me.

I am really into letters right now. I want to know how everything is spelled. I love working on my writing too. I get to pick words to add to my writing sheet. So far I have picked “bag, restaurant, hockey and entrepreneur.” I love to figure out words that rhyme (thank you Dr. Seuss!) and every night I insist on reading my books. Grandma has signed me up for another tee ball session and I am really enjoying my Kindermusic class. There has even been “homework.” This past weekend, Daddy and I made a boat. Daddy said that since we used duct tape on it that everyone will know that a Daddy helped him! Daddy also helped me make a two-sided guitar.

Cara is doing well. She is finally getting a few more teeth. She has eight now and four more are working their way in. She got a good report at her eye checkup this past week. Cara is saying all sorts of words. She will try to repeat just about anything we say to her. She is matching shapes and colors and understands just about everything you tell her. I think she likes letters as much as I do. I swear she is sounding words out too! She likes to color and only sometimes chews on the crayons. Cara really loves being outside and loves the slide at the park. She knows how to scoot herself to go down the slide.

We hope you have a terrific St. Patrick’s Day and Easter!

Love, Sean