The Terrals: Fantastic 4...Maxwell

The past few weeks have been crazy busy around in our family, but one person that has proven to be a pretty mature 4 year old is Max. He has been very understanding about what is going on with his sister. For the first time ever he spent the night at my parents house without us. We've left the kids with them before, but always at our house. He did a great job too, hopefully they will do it more often. (wink, wink) The end of school had an "End of Year" program. All the kids participated, Max was so cute. He kept waving and smiling at me. He knew all the songs and hand movements, I loved it! Here are a few things about Max:

Max is 44.5 inches tall and weighs about 43 pounds. He's still long and lean like the day he was born. He wears 5t and size 11.5 shoes!!
His hair is beautiful as ever. Everywhere we go people will usually comment on his hair color. He's due for a haircut soon!'
Max has finally gotten an appetite. He LOVES oatmeal. He asks for it for dinner sometimes too. Super easy and healthy, love that! He also loves pop tarts, raisin bread, fruit snacks, oreos, asparagus, chicken nuggets, cheese pizza and lunchables.
He loves to be Shawn's shadow. Whether it's Home Depot or mowing the lawn, Max wants to help. Shawn loves it and they are even planning a Hamilton trip in the Fall. It's funny, if Shawn walks outside and Max doesn't go, he high-tails it outside. This could be a problem, but usually Shawn is out fron talking to our neighbor.
He is really into new shows lately: Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers and Super Mario. We finally got him a television for his room and he already knows how to use the remote to watch netflix from the blu-ray.KIDS!!
Max has been writing his name for awhile, but we've been working on his whole name. He can identify letters in his name and a few others. He doesn't seem overly interested in that yet. We did start reading a few easy early readers. He does a great job using picture clues and pointing to the words. I love pulling out my teacher tools with him!
He loves to draw. Today he drew a dinosaur and it looked like a dinosaur. He has great motor skills. He can cut with scissors and he traces really well too. We did a Pinterest tracing activity with paint. He was very meticulous and it looked great. Picture belo.
He pushes boundaries all of the time. If he has a meltdown/tantrum I usually give him time out or send him to his room. He has gotten a few spankings, but I'd rather talk him through it. I think the results are better with him. Lately, he understands when I say no, I mean no.
I love having conversations with him. It's funny see his sense of humor and how smart he is. He speaks clearly but has some speech issues still. His "L's" still sound like "w". He still says "dren dries" for french fries, he loves to talk about something in the past and saying "bemember".
He's a great helper. He likes to help me set the table. Even though I never set the table. I think Suzy did it once and he liked it.
He is such a sweet, sensitive,tough,compassionate, funny little guy. Love him more and more everyday!