Samuel Lately

I felt like I needed to write about Samuel because he is doing SO MUCH right now!! First, here are some of my favorite Samuel quotes:

-How 'bout this one?
-Bye, swimming! (When we were leaving the pool)
-Mama, mama. Two mamas (pointed at the mama in a book and then me)
-Don't touch! Don't run! (tells Luke to not touch and then told kids at church not to run)
-One day he was putting his toys into time out. He would tell them each, "Time out. Don't throw. Okay? Okay."
-Samuel has started saying our names before a sentence (ex: Mama, look! Daddy, no.)
-He has started to use his imagination some. It's so cute to see him pretending to talk to someone.

Samuel's favorite...
-color: black
-animal: lion
-song: ABC song or Lion song
-TV show: Super Why
-movie: Finding Nemo
-letter: W

Samuel LOVES W and can even write it!!

Samuel loves to....
-color. He will color in his coloring book, in boxes, and on plain paper. He colors with crayons, markers, and colored pencils.
-play outside. We play in the backyard and on playgrounds and go on walks frequently.

Playing with his sand table in the backyard 

-count. He can count to ten by himself and twenty with help.
-say his ABCs.
-church. He LOVES going to class. He also still talks about VBS all the time!

-sing. It's so cute to hear him singing church songs (The Lion Song (My God's Not Dead), O Happy Day, Jesus Loves Me) and learning songs (ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star).
-swim. He really got back in to swimming this year as we had a membership to our local pool.

They have an awesome splash park area at the pool.

-play at indoor playgrounds. We will take him to Going Bonkers and the playgrounds at malls to play.

Daddy and Samuel at Going Bonkers

Having a blast at the mall

 

Samuel struggles with...

-sharing. We hear the phrase, "No, that's Samuel's" A LOT in our house!

-getting frustrated easily. When something doesn't go his way, you can bet there will be lots of crying!

-clinging to mama. He still loves to play with my hair, sit beside me, have me hold him...I try to enjoy it because I know it won't last forever!

 

 



We took Samuel to see his first movie recently. Studio Movie Grill was showing a kids movie (Chuggington) on a Saturday morning. Cammy and Outpaw watched Luke and the three of us had a great time!

Samuel started school this month! He is going to First Baptist Church of Garland for Mother's Day Out on Mondays. He loves it and is doing a great job!

The cutest student I know!

Samuel is at such a fun age!! He is a great big brother and we love him so much!