Marco is four.
For the baby “book,” here’s the latest on our little 4-year old prince:
He’s a handsome little flirt, reserving his best material for women in the 10-15 age range.
He’s a good (to read: insatiable) eater, requiring a snack, a meal and a piece of fruit nightly. Then, “how about a treat?”
He gets me. When I told him to pick up because I just cleaned, he said, “Noooo. You were at work. Who cleaned our house?!”
He’s smart and sneaky, recently asking me “Does the lady who cleans our house pick up behind the couch? Like, if I left wrappers there?”
He’s getting taller everyday and quickly growing out of clothes, car seats and our bathtub.
He’s a negotiator, honing his “deals” on snacks, bedtime, bed staying and show watching.
He’s best friends are Benny and Joaquin at school, Theo, Julian, Avery and Zelia in the neighborhood and Niko and Brookie among our friends.
He’s looking forward to “graduating” to Kinder Haus, where the 4+ year olds are at school, even though he’ll be leaving his two best buddies behind. He told me, “They’ll get there
eventually.” We’re less enthusiastic, since he’ll do almost another two years there, starting kindergarten in September 2013.
He’s a talker; he’s eager to use new, big words, taking a full minute to try to pronounce “interrupting” last night.
As in, why he got in trouble at school.
He’s learning resistant, blurting “I don’t know” before actually even considering trying to answer. Then, sigh, look and reluctantly answer.
His hair is thick and grows straight out. We briefly tried growing it out to see if it would lay down, but it just kept getting bigger and accentuating his big brain (to read: head). So, “Dada got my hair short.”
He’s a party animal, always eager to “go on a trip,” “go to a party” or go to a friend’s house, alternating between “stay there with me,” or “take me there and then leave.” For his birthday party, we mostly fulfilled his request for "a Batman party where there’s chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes and chocolate cake sandwiches with ice cream in the middle."
Marco is a cool cat. but of course, we might be a little biased.
