Eli's Stats

We love our 4 year old!

Here are Eli's current stats--

Weight: 33 lbs 7 oz (15th percentile)

Height: 37.5 inches (6th percentile)

Here is what Eli can do these days.  He--

1. Loves to draw.  His favorite thing to draw is himself.  The details have gotten better over the year...ears, feet, belly buttons.  He used to only draw himself with spiky hair,

but now he'll opt for "flat" hair.

And this was his stegosaurus a month ago...

...and now it's evolved into this.

2. Argues with Elina.  He could do this last year, but this year he's resisting way more.  He refuses to dress up as "girly" things.  He wants to play HIS things sometimes.  But even though he argues more, he's amenable.  If Elina makes a different suggestion or offers something else as a choice, he usually will agree to it just so he and Elina can play together.

3. Makes his own choices.  He used to pick everything the same as Elina.  Now he picks what he wants to eat, drink, etc without any outside influences.  It's great!

4. Shows empathy.  He's definitely our sensitive, caring one.  Not that Elina's NOT caring, but Eli is just really aware of how others feel.  For example, he saw that Elina was upset when she had a splinter in her finger.  After B got the splinter out, he ran up to Elina (with placemats still in his hand because he was in the middle of setting the table) and asked, "Jie Jie, does it still hurt?"  He always does stuff like that!  He'll tell me, "Mommy, I just wanted to make you happy."  Awwwwww. I can never stay upset with this guy.

5. Gets upset easily.  But the "sensitive" thing isn't always good because Eli tends to get very sad when I say "no" to certain things.  He slumps his shoulders, mopes away, and lays on a sofa or bed.  He'll say things like, "I don't want to talk to you right now."  Wow.

6. Is a great big brother.  He loves Evie a lot.  (Sometimes too much because he will squeeze her hard!)  He tells her what to do and really tries to help out with her.  But then there are days when Evie's climbed on top of the piano keys and he's literally right next to her, but claims that he didn't notice she was up there.  Hmmmmm.

7. Has 2 left feet.  This boy trips on everything and nothing.  He has had so much trauma to his face that one of his top front teeth has turned brown/gray because the nerve is bruised.  This made us so sad because he has pearly white teeth!!  The discoloration can go away but sometimes it stays until the adult tooth comes in. What a bummer!

8. Is a good driver.  He really knows how to drive our little toy jeep around.  He knows how to throw it into reverse and back up and everything!  Maybe it's a boy thing?

Here are his current faves--

Favorite food: miso soup with tow-food (tofu)

Favorite drink: strawberry milk, hot cocoa

Favorite song: "M-M-M Mittens" from Elina's play The Mitten; "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by Alvin and the Chipmunks; "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

Favorite book: Max and Ruby: Snow Bunny Tales

Favorite characters: Max and Ruby, Wonderpets, Diego

Favorite toy: dinosaurs

Favorite activities: riding bikes, baking, camping

Favorite animal at the zoo: anteater

Favorite dinosaurs: T-Rex, Giganotosaurus

And here was his Birthday Bingo card filled with all his favorite things...

He's definitely growing up too quickly...I guess all of them are.  *sniff sniff*