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Rowan's fourth birthday was an eventful day. He started by going to his new school; he is in a pre-k class for kids with hearing loss.  At the moment, there is only one other child in the class, so Rowan has practically the full attention of his teacher and her assistant. Rowan has the same schedule as his big brother in kindergarten (5 full days a week) and I wasn't sure how he would do being away all day, but he has done really well. It helps that he has an amazing teacher and we are so blessed to have this resource. On his first day, they had cupcakes to celebrate his birthday and his teachers gave him a gift bag filled with books and games. So sweet!








After coming home from school, Rowan had an hour to unwind before welcome guests for his birthday party. We had four friends from church and their families join us for carnival games, pizza, and cake and ice cream. He was spoiled with gifts from his friends and his family as well.




Rowan is making amazing progress. He is slightly obsessed with letters and numbers right now. He can count to 100 with a little help, knows his alphabet backwards and forwards (literally, he will go about the house rattling off "Z... Y... X..."), and can write his name (forwards and backwards too, still working on the left to right concept). Still a fan of puzzles, he has now added board games to the repertoire and loves playing with his dad. He loves to play with the Xbox Kinect and some of his favorite games are Sports, Sports 2, and Once Upon a Monster. Rowan likes competing with Davin in everything he does, so playing outside with his brother is lots of fun. We love our Rowan and we are so happy he is four!

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