Happy Birthday, Evan!

Evan is now four years old. He weighs 42.5 pounds, which is in the 90th percentile, and he is 43″ tall, which is in the 94th percentile. Evan has become a big kid in every way in the last year. He has become very independent and strong-willed. He can eat on his own, though he often needs quite a bit of persuasion. He goes to preschool three days of week, and one of those days is a long one that includes eating lunch out of the house with other kids. Evan can read and write his name, and he can write other words with help from grown-ups. He can read or recognize a few other words, too. He knows his numbers and is working on addition and subtraction.

The last month has been another busy one, full of preparations for Christmas. Evan has baked, signed cards, and shopped for and wrapped gifts. He spent a day seeing the holiday sights in New York City, and he visited the holiday train show at the New York Botanical Garden. He tried to be the first one downstairs every morning to get a treat out of the Advent calendar.

Click on the photo above to view the photo gallery of pictures from the last month as well as some slightly older pictures from Katonah Playcare. Thanks again to Miss Jessica for sharing those with us.

A few of these pictures are also posted in a Picasa Web Album as full-sized files to be printed or downloaded.