As for soccer, Andrew is mostly interested in playing only defense. But he has really enjoyed playing and has gained a sense of camaraderie and team unity that we are so proud of. When he is on the sidelines, he will yell for his teammates and cheer them on.
Andrew loves watching the Smurfs movie. And he will tell me when he sees Neil Patrick Harris that he is in Smurfs if we are watching How I Met Your Mother or vice versa. And he is definitely more into super heroes. He will watch a cartoon series version of the Avengers and get so into it. he will cheer them on saying things like "Watch out, Ironman!" and "Way to go, Captain America!" It's so darn cute!
I also have brainwashed him with watching reality TV. He will watch Dancing with the Stars and the Voice with Papa and me. Papa also watches American Idol, but Andrew says "American Idol not so good." He will give his impersonation of a judge and tell us if they did a good job or if he liked it.
His favorite apps on the iPad are Bakery Story and the Smurfs game. He loves buying cosmetic accessories. Andrew also plays the Teach Me applications. At first, he was primarily doing the Toddler version, but now is playing some of the Kindergarten level. One of the best features is that Andrew can add the required number or objects or move the objects into a trash can for adding and subtracting respectively.
And his favorite tunes nowadays are pretty much the same as last month: How Bad Can I Be, Let It Grow, Real Gone, and Life is a Highway. He still likes Glad You Came by The Wanted. A new addition to songs that he likes is fun's We are Young. He asked me one time when it was on "What it mean "set the world on fire"?" I think he was wondering if there was a big fire somewhere. And much later, he told me that he liked "this song because I learned it".
Some of his favorite meals are grilled cheese sandwiches and hot dogs. He still loves him some meat like thit nuong, Korean barbecue, and Mongolian Beef. For most breakfasts, Drew asked for kolaches. And he doesn't like the HEB kind, he likes the Jimmy Dean brand, which they only sell at Krogers (or else, I haven't them at our HEB yet). He is totally in a brownies kick and eating the Poteet strawberry ice cream from HEB.
We are still working with Andrew to perfect his alphabet. I am having him write them from A to Z on paper by himself without my help and same with numbers 1-10. Andrew also enjoys doing mazes and connect the dots. His drawing continues to improve and now draws his vehicles with more symmetrical windows.
Lately, Andrew has been really good about going down for bed. He doesn't yell or come out nearly as often, which is so refreshing. He still likes to listen to his music and have his two nightlights on. Oh, he loves wearing the pajama pants that Ngoai made for him. He has an air force one (Brennan so sweetly thought of him when he picked out the fabric for his own pj pants) and a Chuggington one as well. When he does wake up in the morning, he likes to yell out, "Mom, come here please!?" As for naps, he naps about 4-5 days out of the week and the other days, he just rests quietly.
Andrew still talks about travelling. He still excited about our upcoming trip to Pennsylvania for Stephanie's and Thomas's graduations. He also says he wants to go back to New York (primarily to ride the subway again). One day, we were talking about going to Korea and we asked him if he preferred to go there or Disneyworld. He answered Korea and when we asked him why, he said because "Papa over there!"
He also talks more about what he wants to be when he grows up. One day, he said he wants to be a firefighter but that he will miss us when he sleeps at the firehouse. And also, that he will go to the HEB and come back home to our house. He talks like he is going to live with us in this house when he is grown up. He pointed out that there can be "two daddies at the house" meaning him and James. Drew also said he wanted two kids.
Speaking of kids, Andrew tells us that he wants two more babies--a boy and a girl. But a week later, he changed his mind and said he wanted one baby and one dog. When he gets change, he says he is going to save it for the new baby like to buy him or her toys.
When we attend mass, he always says that we pray for Matthew at church. I really think he associates church with Matthew's funeral mass. He thinks about Matthew quite a bit and one day recently, he told me that he is a good big brother to Matthew. He sure is.
Happy Birthday, Andrew!! We love you, little man!
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