He's so full of life every.single.day! It's never a dull moment with Sean! He keeps us busy from sun up to sun down. A co-worker asked me a few weeks ago, if you could pick one word to describe Sean, what would it be? I had to think about it for a minute, but finally decided on passionate. For that can be a positive word to describe him and negative word too. Because there's nothing that he doesn't put 100% into. Tantrums, imagining scenarios, building block towers, playing with his brother, etc.
Aside from his firecracker personality, he's also going to make one heck of a salesman should he choose that profession. The kid can negotiate like no other. Suddenly, writing his name turns into two Hershey kisses. Cleaning up toys equals one TV show of his choice. Perhaps that seems to be our parenting style to give him bait, but the kid could make a decent lawyer one day. He's so sharp and witty when needed. He has the sharpness of an adult with his comebacks. It's such a treat to hear what he has to say.
The kid knew what he loved as soon as he got his first set of cars on his first birthday. Three years later and he's still obsessed with vehicles. Our basement has been transformed into a train station, parking garage, and monster truck arena. Considering we have a playroom on the first floor, it gives you a good idea of how many vehicles we own and how much space they take up. He'll dig in the sand for hours if you let him playing with his "working trucks", imagining working sites. Having seen I-96 completely shut down and under construction for the past 5 months, he has quite the imagination of what they're working on. As much as I'm happy to have the freeway re-open, I'm almost sad that he doesn't get to see the biggest working site possible anymore.
I'm not sure if this is normal for a 4 year-old boy or not, but I have a boy who's also obsessed with spooky things. In fact, I have two boys who are obsessed with ghosts, witches, goblins, monsters, and spiders year round. Doesn't even need to be near Halloween and they're begging me to play scary monsters with them or to watch Scooby-Doo. I think Scott secretly, or not so secretly, enjoys the fact that they love Scooby-Doo episodes. Hello, reliving your childhood? We've finally reached the point after being able to show him Michael Jackson's Thriller video for two years that he can no longer watch that video without having nightmares. Although, he still requests I play the song on Youtube (as long as there's no scary movie with it). My fingers are crossed this is normal.
From counting to 30, speaking a little Spanish, writing his name, knowing some of the states in the United States, and recognizing upper and lower case numbers, Sean is right where he should be academically. Of course, this is important to me and Scott. While I know he's willing to work at school, it's not always easy to get him to comply at home. But, we do what we're good at - getting kids to work on things without even realizing they're working on it. A map of the US on a rug? Perfect chance to ask him to jump to a state when I call it out loud. Counting in Spanish to count down your truck jumping off a ramp? Yes, please.
We've reached the superhero/character phase in our house! From Spiderman to TMNT, we are in full-blown boy mode. Thanks daycare! I thought we might escape this phase for a few more years, but we've arrived. Even Evan seems interested in them too. Ahhh! Swords? Weapons? Time to go beyond my comfort zone and embrace having little boys in the house. I guess that makes next June's Disney trip seem a bit more exciting knowing that they're head over heels with characters.
Taking the good with the bad, I love seeing how his personality continues to grow and develop. Scott often reminds me how much he's like me, even when I think that's a bad thing. He's uniquely Sean. And we love him for exactly who he is! A little guy who knows exactly what he wants and continues to challenge and surprise me daily! He's perfect!
Happy 4th birthday, Sean!!
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