January Highlights!

Lennox helped us ring in the new year at Okinawa with our friends. He was all about the peace sign in the month of January and this night was the beginning of his new favorite gesture.

At dinner, Lennox became quite good at using chopsticks. Guess he takes after his daddy!

Later that night we stayed up late doing our own fireworks in the park out front and then watching the downtown fireworks from a park bench! Probably the latest our little man has ever stayed up. On New Year's Day we hung out at home. Lennox worked on his "artwork."

I call this the "Butt Man." January was a big month for our little artist. Lennox is finally coloring in the lines and he is obsessed with making his artwork perfect. His name is getting clearer and clearer and he now knows ALL his letters by sight and their sound. He can also tell us which letters start words by sounding them out. Big stuff!

We spent the last few days of our holiday break spending some good quality family time together. 

Daddy had a big birthday party and Lennox insisted on wearing his birthday hat. My mom actually brought this to him in the NICU when he was a day old. Lennox called it his "energy pack" because the candles light up.

On January 3, we went to the Lipizzaner Stallions thanks to a gift from our neighbor. 

Of course Lennox left wanting one of the costumes from the show. Not sure where we can find those!

Some other fun January stuff included hanging out with his new buddy Bella eating some very nutritious meals ;-)

Gran got Lennox a really cute Homies Remote Control Car. Here he is showing off his little man that goes with the set. I think the beanie and laundromat really make this picture *perfect* 

More of the peace sign. Lots of PhotoBooth fun.

Lennox got into this thing this month where he would say he didn't want to eat because he wanted to be a baby again and get small. We had to tell Lennox about how proud we were that he was growing up and how excited we were that he would be in Kindergarten soon. Seems to have helped.

We had some weighty discussions which stemmed from conversations about Michael Jackson of all things. Today Lennox told me about his guardian angel who will "keep you from being dead." But, he told me "when you die and fly up into the sky you will see Michael Jackson and see the Michael Jackson rides." He is all about Neverland :-) 

Last week Lennox asked about his "puddle pants" which we occasionally talk about. Adorable little pants that he wore when he was teeny tiny. Mark and I nicknamed them puddle pants because with his little diaper the pants always looked droopy. Lennox asked me to pull them out. Mama saves everything. I was shocked at how small they were and had a hard time remembering that little 4 pound baby from almost 5 years ago. Really could he have ever been that tiny? It is amazing. In four months we will have a 5 year old on our hands, a Kindergartener. My baby is growing up too fast.