Tuesday, March 29, 2011

All About Tyler -version 4.0

Now, that Tyler is FIVE, here is what's going on with my "big boy!"  The last update was in October and posted HERE.

Clothing Size: size 4 pants and size 5 shirts (we are out of the "T" sizes!)
 

Shoe Size: 11
 

Nap? rarely!
 

Bedtime: between 8 and 9 pm---it seems to get later and later and that's partly our fault because ever since Ryan was born, we've slacked on reading bedtime stories and instead let Tyler watch TV before bed.  This needs to change!


Wake time:  between 7:30 and 8am.  Because of the bedtime, I usually have to wake Tyler up on school mornings!  Wow...wish Ryan would sleep in like this! :)

top foods:
chicken nuggets (of course!)
cheeseburger
any fruit
spaghetti and meatballs
pizza
grilled cheese

top places to eat:
"Old" McDonalds--I love that he still calls it this :)
Sonic
Wendy's
Chick fil-a ---mommy's preference!

top drinks:
apple juice
lemonade
milk
water
sprite *aka the "spicy stuff!"


top shows:
Phineas and Ferb
Dora and Diego
Fresh Beat Band
Wonder Pets
Mickey Mouse
...and pretty much all of the shows from Nick Jr!

top toys:
Legos
Anything Toy Story!
Leapster Explorer
Cars
Transformers

some recently learned skills:
math skills (i.e. addition, subtraction)--He caught me off guard with this.  He is doing basic math such as 2+2=4 and 5+4=9.  He puts his hands up and counts the fingers.  He does GREAT!

riding his bike (finally!)

music--Tyler LOVES singing anything he hears.  And for a five year old, he has a great memory for lyrics!   I will add that he pretty much stays on tune too.  Perhaps a Justin Bieber in training???

some mastered skills:
sounds of consonants and vowels and what starts with each letter
writing his name
writing the alphabet
Pledge of Allegiance
computer skills--he is a whiz at the computer and loves to play games on Nickjr.com

some things that need work:
completing full syllable sounds when completing a sentence--He's a typical boy and always rushing through things! ;)

biggest change in the past 12 months:
speech!  we've seen a huge difference!
growth spurt!  literally nothing from last spring fits Tyler! 


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