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November 3: My Uncle Mark celebrated his birthday at our house. We decorated the house, got him a cake, and, no surprise here, Dad gave him some CDs. If Dad has never made you CDs for a present, well, you’ve obviously indicated that don’t like music of any kind. |  |
| At the right is my very first full-fledged drawing. Oh sure, I’d done plenty of doodling and scribbling before. I especially like to pretend I’m writing letters. This, however, was the first time I’d really drawn a picture where I identified what the objects were and one could recognize the objects as what I said they were. And what better way to start than a picture of my family?
On this same note, Mom recently journaled about my developing independence. I can almost completely dress myself now; I like looking at books on my own; I brush my teeth; I drive myself to school…okay, I threw that last one in just to see if you were paying attention. |
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November has become our traditional month for an annual outdoor photo shoot, courtesy of our neighbor Mary. The family photos always include some shots on her husband Steve’s motorcycle. |  |
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| I enjoyed this motorcycle thing so much that I made Dad play the part of a motorcycle as well. |  |
| The dragon hat is just one indication of how much I enjoy pretending these days. I love to use our fireplace as a stage to do plays or songs. |  |
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Aunt Jennifer sent me my very own luggage as an early Christmas present, more specifically as a present for me to get ready for our Christmas trip to North Carolina. Here I’ve obviously overpacked – I forgot to actually leave some pants out to wear. |
| I’ve been doing well in adjusting to being a big brother. Most of the time I’m very sweet to Levi and look after him. Sometimes I pull my toys away from him so that he doesn’t drool on them, but that’s about as bad as it gets. |  |
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