Sweet Little Sam

Sam at Four:

• can get so excited about things that he jumps up and down squealing with excitement


• when he's nervous or the center of attention he sticks his tongue out of his mouth and grins at the same time. It's quite cute.


• can be the most stubborn child. examples: refuses to participate in gym class at school, trying new foods, swimming at the local town pool, using public bathrooms


• hates getting his hair cut by Mommy but will allow Daddy to cut it


• surprises himself all of the time. example: he has been refusing to ride his bike without training wheels for months and then when we took them off and he actually tried, he began biking all over the place without a problem at all. He also wasn't enjoying skating very much until recently we took the brace along to help out, now he refuses to stop and take a break.


• Loves his brothers but is inseparable from Andrew. They play so well together and want to share everything in life together.examples: school, hockey, presents, snacks, the bench at the table, a bedroom, adventures, toys


• still loves his blankie that he's had since he was a baby


• is very affectionate and loving, he loves crawling up in people's laps, giving hugs and holding your hand


• whenever I stop being busy and make eye contact with him, he immediately says "I love you mom" and when he's having a really great day he often says " I love all of you guys" to the family.


• loves playing games, like fish, matching games, hide and seek and numerous games at school


• is very shy at school and doesn't want to participate (likes to observe) but amazes us with what he retains. Recently the speech teacher made him a black glove with pumpkin stickers on the finger tips. His teacher at school has one and has been singing a pumpkin song for weeks with it. He never sings along with the class but when he got his own glove the other day he sang the whole song to us at home with all of the actions and everything. I laughed so hard.


• He loves going to storytime at our church on Wednesdays because then he gets to go to "school" with Andrew. They ALWAYS sit beside each other and look out for each other.


• Loves pancakes, that's what he chose for his birthday meal last week. I asked him the other day what his five favorite meals were for supper and his answer was pancakes, fruit loops and cheerios. Trust me we don't eat these things for supper in our house.


• he knows how to write his own name already, knows his letters and can count to almost twenty


• loves playdoh ( this keeps his attention for the longest of anything, he will play for an hour on his own with playdoh)


• has beautiful eyes and gets comments about them all of the time


• he is most happy at home with the family and is content with simple things in life, on his birthday he was so happy that he was 4 and to see the balloons and cake that he never even asked for presents all day until 4pm. Sometimes I ask him what he would like to do the next day leaving it wide open and he says "play outside".


• loves going to the cabin, parks and getting quad rides
• Loves his cousins and always wants them to come over for sleepovers.
• Refuses to cooperate with doctors, dentists and the hearing specialist. He will not let these people get within 4 feet of him and is very untrusting??? Makes things hard on Mommy when she has to take him to appointments. Not sure what's gonna happen with his kindergarten needles.
• Hates getting his toenails cut especially the baby toe??
• Every time we announce that supper's ready, he starts whining and says " But I don't like supper," before he even knows what we are having.
• Loves apples and often will choose an apple over junk food.
• Has been to NS on an airplane twice to visit Nana and Papa.
• loves animals and is very gentle with them

I think we've pretty much described Sam at four. We love you Sam and thank God for blessing us with you everyday. Your smile and laughter warms our hearts and we love the little boy that you are. Kind, gentle, shy, lovable, cuddly and I'm sure we will look back and laugh at your stubbornness someday. Happy fourth birthday!