Brayden at the end of 3

Brayden seems to be growing up so fast all of a sudden. Everyday he picks up something new weather it be a mannerism or a saying, but he continually amazes me with what he knows and notices. I am looking forward to Nick coming home in a month and a half to see how much he thinks Brayden has changed since he left back in March.

Brayden has very little interest in sitting still to do anything. When he does sit still he likes to color and is getting good at staying in the lines. He usually only colors for a few minuets before he moves on. He enjoys drawing pictures of people. The one below is a picture of Nick, Brayden and I all holding hands. He did it out on the driveway with chalk one day.

 Brayden is very good with numbers. He loves to count things and ask how many of something there is. He is also getting good at looking at groups of objects and just telling you how many there are without counting them. He is also getting good at combing things to get a total. If you have two piles of an object he can tell you how many you have total, or he will use his fingers to count. I guess that is one of the perks of having a math teacher for a mother, I am already making him learn how to add.

With letters, Brayden can recognize most of the upper case letters. He knows how to spell his name and he can write it. He can write most of the uppercase letters as well, but sometimes he needs to look at one to remember how to draw it. Below is him writing his name in chalk. The B is hidden a little in the shade, but then it goes, R A D Y (he forgot the E so that is why it is below the rest) n.

His favorite things right now are playing outside and trucks. He loves to do anything outside, but he really likes to play in the sand box with his trucks. He is always making a road or a building or tearing something down "demo-lies-ing it" he says.

He is such a great kid. He can go from being your best friend in the world to throwing toys at you in an instant though. He is a very rough kid and I hope he calms down a little before he has to start school or we will be getting a lot of calls home I think. I can't wait to see what the next year brings!