The first half of August, we mostly stayed at home and recuperated from having a new baby. Logan is pretty good with the baby. He likes to talk to Noah and always says "Yeah, baby" over and over and over. Sometimes he will say something else, but not usually. He went through a little phase where he would say "What's your name? Noah. Yes" - this was in response to me telling him he could call the baby Noah instead of baby. Oh, well - I tried. He will tell other people that the baby's name is Noah. He doesn't seem to be jealous ... he is really good at playing by himself and even once the boys went to school, he didn't seem lonely or bored. He does make sure that he gets time playing and reading with me, though. You have to watch him though, because he loves to put things on Noah or try to stick things in his mouth. He is always putting blankets or toys or books right on top of Noah or sticking his fingers or little toys in his mouth. Babies are just so fascinating!
By the second half of August, we finally started getting out of the house - we went to the library several times, even for a story time once with the cat in the hat. He made an appearance and Logan had absolutely no interest in meeting him. In fact, he spent the whole story time sitting next to me and not by the other boys and then when I asked if he wanted to meet him, Logan said "I do not like that man". We also went shoe shopping and to Target a couple times which is a little bit of a disaster with four boys ... we are slowly getting used to it. Logan likes sitting next to Noah in the car.
There were several birthday parties this month. Logan wasn't invited to all of them, so that was kind of hard for him, but he would always talk about Sawyer's party and how he got to go to that one. Then, this week, he got an invitation to a little girl's birthday party. Later, the other boys were invited to to play with older siblings, but Logan doesn't want them to go. He will yell about how HE was invited to this party. Rebecca invited HIM. It is pretty funny. We went to the party last weekend, just me and him and Noah, and he wasn't too interested in the party - just giving her the present. That is all he talked about the whole time and the whole week before. He did a little cursory coloring and ate a bit of cake, but the only interested part to him was giving her the present and getting a gift bag and then going home (well, actually to another party ...).
We thought he was too little for a Lego party, but he went with Katsu to drop off the boys and ended up staying. I was surprised that Katsu just dropped him off ... our neighbor said that he did seem a little lonely in the middle, but he held hands with her and her husband and after a while Logan seemed just fine again. So, he did his first drop off party!
Logan started preschool at the beginning of September. He actually had sounded excited about it this summer. Once Andrew and Seth started school, Logan was disappointed that he hadn't started preschool, too. He is in a 3 day class - I feel like it's a bit much for a 2 year old, but I needed something for Friday since that is my longer day teaching and the only option was 3 day. I thought about just getting a babysitter, but Logan had been doing pretty well in his Mom's Day Out and I really wanted to keep the good momentum going ... he tends to be pretty clingy about us leaving, and I didn't want to go backward. Plus, I was worried he would be bored at home with Andrew and Seth gone till 2 every day (I shouldn't have worried about that - he loves it because no one takes the toys he is playing with or tries to tell him how to play!).
Anyway, the day before preschool started there was a meet the teacher. Logan came in and did pretty well - but then we had to leave and attend a meeting. I didn't know about that part - and we hadn't prepped him - so he was very sad and cried the whole time we were gone. Not in hysterics and trying to run and get us, but just crying because he was sad. I asked him later if he played while we were gone and he said "No, I just cried", very matter-of-factly. So, I was a little nervous ... but we really talked preschool up and talked about how it's normal to be sad and cry ... but he could also be brave, if we wanted. Well, he did just fine with his class and has been great every day since. He always asks each morning if it is a preschool day - he wants to go all the time. We haven't met his teacher yet - she had been out of town with a new grandbaby, but Logan seems to like the assistant teacher. He is always proud to show me the artwork he has made in class. He tells me about the stories they have read and what toys he plays with. He tells me he doesn't play with the other kids - they play by themselves. But, I bet sooner or later he will start telling me about the other kids. I was surprised he knew the names of all the kids at the Mother's Day Out last year.
Well, I'm updating this now, at the end of September, and Logan is still loving preschool. He asks if he gets to go almost every day. I guess yesterday, because it was raining, they couldn't play outside and he wasn't too happy about that. Two boys ran into each other in the gym and I don't know if it was traumatic or something, but Logan got upset and said he was ready to go home and was crying. And he told me a little bit about it this afternoon, but he said that the day was just too long, but that he loved preschool. And that he wanted to go back in the afternoon. He loves Ms. Traci, his teacher. We were talking about boys and girls (they were doing it at school) and I asked if Ms. Traci was a boy or a girl, and he says "She is a teacher." And I said, yes, and she's a girl - and he thought that was the funniest thing ever. She can't be a girl because she is a teacher.
Logan says the funniest things. When I picked him up from class this week, I asked him to tell me about preschool. He said "I not tell you about preschool. First, you tell me about work." So, I told him a little bit about my class that morning. Then he said, "Okay, now I tell you about preschool." and went on to tell me about his day. He really talks a lot and quite well for his age now. It is always very interesting to hear the funny things he will tell me.
Logan is finally very proficient at pedaling his tricycle. He likes to ride it every day and is jealous I won't let him cross the street and ride it up and down the sidewalk (there is only sidewalk on one side of the street here). He is pretty athletic - he loves to play soccer with Katsu and Seth and Andrew. He is sad that he isn't old enough to play on a soccer team - we tried to convince him he has to be potty trained first ... we'll see how that works. Of course, the rules of the game pretty much elude him, but he does seem to understand goals. Logan loves to play outside. To draw with chalk, to throw basketballs, to play in the sand box, to swing. To run around.
Logan plays all the same shooting and army games as his brothers, of course. He also loves to be very physical - wrestling, etc. More so than the other boys, I think. He loves to play with train tracks - he was excited when our neighbors gave us their old train table. He also likes to race cars. He likes to tinker around with Legos and Trio and try to build some things. He likes to do play-doh, but has a short attention span with them. He loves to read - he likes Franklin and Pete the Cat and whatever we get from the library.
Logan is probably the neatest of the children, even though he is still in the age where he makes lots of messes. He is usually good about throwing away trash or taking his dishes and putting them away when we remind him. He likes to help cook and help do chores.
Logan has gotten into a stage where he is getting a little more defiant and also asks "why" all the time. Although usually it's "but why". I am not sure where this came from - none of the other boys really did it. It's pretty cute, though. I can see he is trying to figure everything out and where the boundaries are.
Fun Things These Months
- Lots of birthday parties
- Playing at the pool
- Parade for the watermelon festival - Logan tried so hard to get candy, but usually didn't get to it fast enough. He loves parades and asks to go to one at least once a week.
- Lots of playing with neighbors and riding his tricycle.
- Tea party to meet the teacher
- Starting preschool
- Birthday party for Mom.
- Dinner after Noah's baby blessing.
- Buying new Captain America tennis shoes.
- Party for Katsu's work.
- Play date with kids from the ward
- Dress like a pirate day! Logan looked forward to this for a week and put on his costume to get a free dozen donuts at Krispy Kreme.
- Birthday party for his friend ... a Frozen party.
- Putting out Halloween decorations.
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