He's speech is so much clearer than before, I think pre-school really helped. Sometimes it is still a little hard to understand what he is saying but SO much better. He LOVES school and his teacher Miss Julie. She just thinks the world of him too. They are very cute together and he really listens and pays attention when she talks. They dance and sing and do tons of crafts and he really is learning so much.
Tanner is really sensitive and hates to be scared. He hates life sized cartoon characters and will hide behind me and grip on to me with every muscle in his body. This has resulted in even eating under the table at Coney one time as he was hiding on SpongeBob. Poor kid. But I do have to say he did really good with Santa this year. Usually Santa is a bad one too but I think because Cassidy was screaming so loud Tanner was over powered by his sisters Maria Carey high pitched scream. She does have a set of lungs on her!
He has a little friend that he wants to marry, Miss Lily. Lily is my girlfriend Mandy's little girl, and she is just adorable. Those two together are so cute, when they see each other they run up and give each other a big hug. I love it!! For a while when you would tell Tanner that you loved him, he would say No mom, I wuv wiwwy. I tried explaining to him that he can love me too but he didn't go for it. It took a few months but now he has opened up his big heart and tells me that he loves me too!
I have this special little place for Tanner, all of my kids do something different and special to me and I love that everyday I see something different in them. Tanner has this side to him that just makes me melt. He is very affectionate but only when he wants to. If you wanna cuddle and he wants to be left alone, just leave him alone. I have learned this the hard way. But then out of the blue he will walk you and snuggle up and play with my hair. Seriously I could cry every time he does it. He just makes me feel special and luck to be his mom!
Happy Birthday to the yummiest 4 year old out there!
