4 Years Old!

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Dear Josiah,

You are 4 years old! It has been such a joy to watch you grow and change over the past year. You are sensitive, energetic, imaginative, and thoughtful.

Most frequently, you are busy pretending you are an animal. Favorites include Tazmanian tigers, cheetah, black panther, and bull, though (if you’ve watched Wild Kratts recently) you may opt for a red kangaroo, ahi-ahi, howler monkey…

You are very agile. You can gallop through our living room on your feet and hands, and that is typically your preferred mode of travel. I would certainly miss a step and faceplant, but I’ve never seen you do that!

We are doing a little preschool this year, reading a special book together every week and doing the history, science, and reading along with Victor. It’s really fun to see different concepts click in your mind, from colors to math to reading comprehension. But you are more kinesthetic than anything, and bouncing, running, and jumping are still your most frequent activities.

You have a lot of fun playing in your preschool class at church and playing with other friends—but you are more introverted than your big brother, and it’s not unusual for you to gravitate to independent playing at times. You do love joining in with freeze tag though, and you are very fast, my little cheetah!

Your tender heart is evident. Several times in this pregnancy I’ve thrown up in a trash can in front of you boys, and you will very compassionately tell me, “I’m sorry you had spits, Momma.” You will also warm my heart often at supper time when you say, with an emphatic tone, “Thank you for making this, Momma.”

After being sick for about a month around Christmas, you actually weighed less than Elliot (which made me sad to see!). But once you got well, you also hit a growth spurt and started out-eating all your brothers! Now the special birthday pjs that I ordered too early only reach mid-calf!

I love hearing you apply biblical truths to life in everyday situations. You have told me several times, “I don’t need to be afraid at night, because God is with me!” and “I don’t always get my way, but do you know who does? God!”

You are a joy to have in our family, and I just pray that God will continue to cultivate and shape your heart to take refuge in Him, to see how His word and His ways apply to every part of life, and to find your greatest joy in Jesus.

For your birthday again I remember the special verse that we pray will describe your life:

For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth, that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.—2 Chronicles 16:9a

We surely love you, Mr. Josiah,

Momma

 Interview with Josiah

(3.29.18) 4 years old

1.      What is your favorite color? black

2.      What is your favorite toy? Dump trucks

3.      What is your favorite fruit? apples

4.      What is your favorite video to watch? Wild Kratts

5.      What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Hamburgers

6.      What is your favorite thing to wear? New dinosaur pajamas

7.      What is your favorite game? Sequence

8.      What is your favorite snack? Crunchies

9.      What is your favorite animal? Cheetahs and Tazmanian tigers

10.   What is your favorite song? Away In a Manger

11.   What is your favorite verse? Genesis 1:1

12.   What is your favorite book? An animal book

13.   Who is your best friend? The Lees

14.   What is your favorite thing to do outside? Throw snowballs

15.   What is your favorite drink? Apple juice

16.   What do you like to sleep with at night? My new monkey

17.   What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Bananas

18.   What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Hot dogs

19.   What do you want to be when you grow up? A police officer

20.   What was one of your favorite things that you did this year? Played that I was a cheetah

21.   What is your favorite place to go? To the park