Max turned 4 on Dec. 13th!
This year has been so much fun with Max. I know that the ages of 2 and 3 get sort of a bad rap being named the terrible twos and the trying threes, but they are just so funny at this age! Of course we have had our share of not so bright moments with Max, but it doesn't take him long to have that smile back on his face.
Here is a Max story to share in honor of his birthday.
Max has a fan club at the local grocery store. Thursdays are our big shopping days. We walk into the store and for some reason there are workers in each department that know Max by name. They have no idea what Abby or Drew's names are (perhaps becuase they sit there quietly...Abby sucking in her finger and Drew asleep), but they sure know Max. He makes out pretty well...he gets stickers, cheese, cookies, and the checker always has wipes ready to clean faces and hands for us!
Max's favorite is guy who works in the dairy aisle. Max creeps around the corner and then jumps out in front of him saying, "HI YOGURT MAN!!" By now we know his name, but "Yogurt Man" has stuck!
As he leaves the store, Max gives a great, "Good Bye Everybody", and they in turn say, "Bye Max".
I'm glad he seems to have people skills though because his book smart skills aren't all there! To give his some encouragement, I recently bought a wooden alphabet puzzle. He seemed interested for a few minutes so I just sat and watched him figure things out. He found the "K" and was trying as best as he could to fit it into the "H" spot. He turned and pushed and turned again and pushed harder. Abby who isn't quite 2 came along and picked up the "Q" and put it into the Q spot, then proceeded to do the same with the "O". It cracked me up! A few seconds later Max was on to playing hunter who bagged some tasty venison for our family.
As is tradition in our family, Max gave up his lambie when he turned 4. At 4 Jack gave up the sippy cup, Emily gave up her binky (at 3), Samuel gave up his blankie and his finger sucking, so I'm hoping that when we take Max's Lambie away, he will also give up sucking his thumb.
Here he is with his beloved Lambie.
We decided that Drew might need Lambie, so Max very willingly gave it to Drew and never asked for it back.
This is his first night without his Lambie. Unfortunately though he didn't give up sucking his thumb.
We look forward to see what his 4th year will bring!
Happy Birthday, Max!
