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Dylan and trains

Ryan had a sleep over at Daran's house.

We asked Dylan what he wanted to do since he did not get to go. He said he wanted to go to Toys r us to buy something. I asked him what he would buy and he said he has not decided :)

He started by picking out 4 tonka cars. I told him to put them in the stroller while he checked out other toys.

He saw the train table and played there for a while. Then he saw the Belle train and wanted to buy. We told him to look some more at other things since we have soooo many trains already!!

He looked at some batman stuff n went back to the trains. He picked Emily.
Yes..he loves girl trains. He said Emily is strong cos she is pulling another train (tender)

We tried again to show him other stuff and he said " let's go pay. I don't want anything else. I want to open Emily"

Way too cute :-)

Dylan @ 3 years 7 months

Dylan's favourite phrase now is " I already know". He says this whenever we tell him anything....like if we say " Dylan, hold hands when crossing the road.. he would say I already know.... fun times!

His favourite foods : tofu, rice, noodles. If we ask him what he wants to eat, that's his response. He also loves strawberries and cantaloupe. He will say no to spicy stuff, sour stuff and soft drinks. He likes apple juice and yogurt drink.

Before he sleeps every night, he will say, I have to eat something before i sleep, and heads downstairs to get Gordon to get him something to eat. Usually, it is cheese crackers, cheese, yogurt or a cookie. He will ask me first "can I have candy,and when I say no, he goes "awww".... and gets something else to eat...:)

He can recognize about half the alphabets and can spell his first name. He can recognize 1 to 9 and can count to 20. He is trying to learn how to count in 10's.

He thing now is: if he makes me mad he will he will show me his teeth asking me to smile. if I smile he knows that I am NOT mad with him any more. if I don't smile he will try and make me smile so that I won't be mad with him anymore.

He is also very interested in basketball.
He can dribble the ball about 10 times and has asked us to sign him up for basketball class ( I wonder if I ever asked my parents to sign me up for any class when I was 3 years old!)

Ryan @ 5 years 3 months

 

Ryan is now a big brother to two siblings. He is loving his new role and understands that he needs to spend time with Dylan since mummy is busy with the baby.

His favourite foods now are : spicy stuff like spicy mango, spicy noodles, curries. He also likes sour stuff like sour candy. He still likes to try different foods and eats almost everything we put on his plate.

He is trying to read and recognizes about 50 sight words. He still has to figure out how to joins the phonics together to make words. 

He can add well and can minus small numbers. He can also count in twos, threes, fives and tens.

Favourite TV is Wild Krantz and Pippa pig. He still watches Clifford, curious george and caillou in the morning.

At pre-school, he is doing well. His teachers like him a lot and will miss him when we take him out of school end of April. He is super helpful and very attentive.

5 year old info:
Weight : 42 lb 14.4 oz (66.31 percentile)
Height : 3' 7.5" (63.38 percentile)

 

Ryan is doing a great job being a big brother. Dylan adores him and Ryan takes the time to make sure Dylan is doing OK and helps him out when needed. 

Today, when Dylan woke up after his nap, he yelled "koko, where are you?". Usually he would look for Gordon or me, but he decided to look for Ryan instead. So cute!