Where does the time go ...

Our little mister is growing up so fast.  Below are just a few Ryland-isms as of right now ...

- Still picky about clothes and what he wears.  If there is a certain outfit I want him to wear and is not in the normal rotation of outfits, I usually start talking about it a couple days in advance so that he knows :)
- He loves to wear a zip up hoodie sweatshirt.  And he keeps the hoodie on his head the entire time.
- He loves strawberries
- Breakfast is still his favorite meal of the day.  He can eat A LOT of food at breakfast
- His conversation skills are really progressing and his vocabulary is expanding by the day
- He still does not poop on the potty.  Only at night in his "night time diaper".  We are hoping to change that soon!
- This is nothing new but I do not think that I have posted it on the blog yet - He has mastered using the iPAD and our iPHONES.
- There is no more talking in "code" around him because he usually figures out what we are talking about
- He referred to his "boy parts" as his "penis" last night which caught both Tab and I off guard. He must have gotten that from school because we usually call it his "mister" at home.  I am still not sure what exactly I want to call it.
- If you are not paying attention to him he will immediately say "you are not listening to me".
- He is tall enough now to unlock all doors and turn on and off the lights
- He loves to hide from people and giggles when we try to find him
- He is definitely in the "thats scary" phase.  He will run to us if something scares him and we have to show him that everything is ok

Our Little Starfish

Ryland officially transitioned into the Pre K - 3 Years Old room at school on February 1st.  He had already been "visiting" the Starfish room for a month so the transition was pretty easy.  The only issue is that there are 2 Pre K - 3 Year Old rooms and most of his friends are on the other room (Seahorse).  Unfortunately that room was full so he could not move into it.  They still all see eachother on the playground and in the gym which Ryland loves.  He has told us a few times that he wants to be in Ms Jacinta's room (Seahorse teacher) because that is where his friends are which breaks my heart.  But I really think that he is happy in Starfish and will soon become best friends with the boys in that room.  His teachers in Starfish - Ms Brooke and Ms Christina - say that he is doing great.  And I can already tell that he has learned new stuff since being in that room.  We loved his teachers in Lobsters - Ms J, Ms Frances and Ms Tiffany - but wanted him to move up the 3year old room so that he can keep being challenged with new stuff and around older kids.

Beep Beep Beep

Last week Tab and I went to Whistler, BC for a ski trip.  We had a BLAST (I will post pictures soon) and flew back into Atlanta late last Friday night.  My mom picked us up at the airport and we did not get back to Douglasville until after midnight.  Ryland and my dad were sound asleep. 

As we were walking up the stairs we heard the alarm clock going off .... beep beep beep beep beep.   It was coming from Ryland's bedroom and had been going off for 26 minutes!  And Ryland and my dad (who had the monitor in his room with the volume turned up) were still sound asleep!  I guess those annoying alarm clocks will not work for Ryland later in life :)