We went to a birthday party this week and the Grandpa of the family is a fire investigator, so of course my big boy was entranced. The fire investigator (in the background of the picture) was awesome and showed him his badge, walkie talkie (he happened to be on duty), an app on his phone that keeps track of local emergency calls linked with a map, and his helmet. Augustine likes his picture taken in real fireman helmets.
Augustine is doing really well in school. He is very good at learning. He is writing, reading, doing addition, subtraction, and even figuring out some multiplication, enjoys all his specials, and helping various teachers with tasks especially cleaning the lunchroom. He is interested in trying out soccer. He is looking forward to Boys Choir again this summer as well as swimming lessons. He still wants to be fire chief. He enjoys homework, reading and being read to, large motor activities, Rescue Bots, quality time with good friends, and his baby brother. He loves us all, but he really loves Elias...and has since the minute we told him Elias was on the way. He would like another baby brother. Augustine has continued to learn more jokes, and understand them. We can be silly and joke him out of a bad mood now...most of the time. That's a big change for him. He likes to help with heavy lifting and house projects. He holds Elias even when he's fussy and plays all kinds of games with Lewis. He likes to take bike rides with Daddy and play restaurant with me.
He draws so often. I'm still not used to it, but I LOVE his creations. I didn't even know he knew enough about a stingray to draw one.
We started off simple with some placemats and a sacrifice jar. This year Logan and I are planning to beef up our family Lent traditions to be as good as our Advent season.
