mother-son pictures

Here's our 2012 mother-son pictures with our purple dyed shirts.  Connor was thrilled that he got to choose the color theme this year, which of course he chose PURPLE, his favorite color.  Real men wear purple.  My handsome little man makes purple look good!

 

 

I sure love this adorable little 4 year old!

Connor has been eating a lot more than usual, which I interpreted as he's going through a growth spurt.  So, we checked... We have a growth chart in his room that we measure him against.  Here were the last measurements we took:
March 16   39.5 inches tall
June 30      40.0 inches tall
August 28  40.75 inches tall
In 3 1/2 months he grew 1/2 an inch and then in 2 months he grew almost 1 full inch! Wow!  I'm barely over 60 inches tall.  Connor is already 2/3 of my height at 4 years old!  He weights 31 pounds, which is 1/3 of my weight.  He's always been between the 50-75 percentile for his height and the 5-10 percentile for his weight, which just means he's always been a tall, skinny kid.  He eats healthy and he's active.  That's a very good thing and lowers his chances of diabetes later in life.  I used to joke around that he was going to pass me up in height by the first grade, but I'm starting to wonder if that might actually happen now.  Maybe not by the first grade, but I'm thinking it might just happen before fifth grade.  I'm between 5'0" - 5'1" and Jason is 5'10".  Jason is the tallest in his family and I'm the shortest in mine.  Connor is just under 3'5".

Mirabeau Park

So, it's time again for Connor and I to have our Mother-Son pictures taken.  Last year I chose matching teal outfits for our picture.  This year I told Connor he could pick the color.  Of course, he picked purple.  I was hoping to find a button down collar shirt with a tie for Connor to wear.  I looked everywhere.  I found lots of cute purple dress shirts, but nothing in a 4T.  I finally gave up my search and bought some purple dye to make our own!  I already had several purple shirts to choose from, but nothing that matched or looked good with the purple dye... so I also dyed a tank top to match Connor's purple dress shirt.  Then for fun we dyed a tank top for Connor and some bed sheets.

 After our Mother-Son pictures Connor changed into his swim suit for the park, but not before he got to pick any candy he wanted a the candy store.  He did such a great job following directions and being patient with the photographer... and waiting patiently while his mom debated on which pictures to print and in what sizes... for being such an incredible young man he deserved a special treat!

 We also stopped at the mall play center for a few rides

 his candy choice after much debating was an Apple sucker

 Then we hit Mirabeau park for some fun in the sun!

 he found this little scoop in the sand area that he attempted to make a sand castle with

 adding water to his sand

 Then he switched to this little bucket that he filled with water and brought to a little girl in the sand area so she could build a sand castle mound.

 My dripping wet little guy

 He played on the playground again... then he wanted to push me on the swivel chair.  Wow, this chair makes you dizzy.  Of course I don't handle anything that spins anymore. 

 I love the quotes and nursery rhymes they have stamped into the concrete at this park

Our last fun outing before school starts tomorrow...

Cheney Parks

Jason went golfing with a friend today.  We decided it would be a good day to break in Connor's New Balance shoes.  I can't believe he's wearing a size 10 already!

 Connor's shoe and my shoe...  My 4 year old is quickly catching up to me.  Won't be long and he's going to be taller than I am and wearing bigger shoes!

 We started the day off with a walk around the block with the dogs.  Connor typically walks Nala, but decided he wanted to walk "his pal" Chloe this time.

 Then we hit the Cheney Parks with George, his new octopus.  Park #1: Golden Hills park, located in the middle of a fairy tale housing development.  The houses look like they are out of a princess fairy tale with crazy bright colors, white picket fences and lots of detailed wood work. 
Can you see George?  Yeah, me either.  He stayed in the car for this park.  Instead Connor brought his tiny yellow dinosaur, who we almost left at the park... and Connor about had a panic attach when we got in the car and he realized his dinosaur was missing.

 Park #2: Sutton park, located across from Eastern Washington University.  Oh there you are George!  Your much easier to find if Connor decides to put you down so he can scale to the top of the jungle gym.

 Park #3: Veterans' Memorial Park, located just down from Eastern Washington University and across from the Fire Station.

 great balancing Connor and George!

 the veterans' monument is located in the middle of the park

 Park #4: Centennial park, located next to this under ground earth house.

We had fun showing George all the parks in Cheney.. and George had fun too, until Connor met two other little boys at the last park and decided to toss George aside and play with them instead.
Connor is such a social kid. He's very outgoing and can't wait to start pre-school again next week.