Growing Sound Roots: Four Years Old!

Our little boy is a Four Year Old already! This past year has been huge in terms of social and emotional development. Our little boy has gone from being a somewhat shy, introverted kid who loves to observe others for a long time first before interacting, to a kiddo who jumps right in with new kids to play!

Over the year, Micah:

learned what school is thanks to three half days a week.
had so much quality time with his Gramma Susan who still got to take care of him and lived with us until this August.
made best buddies with his friends Alex and Espen.
continued to go without nap time (until he started preschool this year where they have a very long nap time and now our bedtime routine has had to morph and go through some growing pains).
attended gymnastics regularly and has loved being in Coach Pele's class!
attended Rishonim twice a month for Sunday School in Bellevue. He transitioned much easier than to preschool and mostly enjoyed going!
started to become more musical and has shown more and more interest in singing and dancing (this is of course not including the monthly shows at his last preschool! He just stood there and stared into space at each of those!).
got himself dressed in the mornings.
had a little breakfast station of his own where he brings his bowl, spoon, and cereal to the table and scoops it himself and pours his own milk from a measuring bowl.
traveled quite regularly thanks to events for cousin Katelyn's wedding in California as well as thanks to a summer vacation with Nana and Papa in Kauai.
let go of the Daddy Phase a lot and became much more interested in Mommy, Nana, and Aunties.
loved hiking and the outdoors.
became super balanced and fast on his balance bike.
taken one swim lesson and then picked up a lot more skills this summer in Kauai with family.
shown such impressive book knowledge skills including comparative language about dinosaurs in one book vs. another book! He often interrupts conversations about a particular topic to run and reference one of his books.
had a really good sense of humor!
been really comfortable with sharing his emotions and using big words like "I'm feeling frustrated about it." and also in terms of saying goodbye to people (he even said "I love you! Bye!" to the pilots of a plane that let him sit in the cock pit pre-flight!)
went sledding and ice skating for the first times!