As with all other holidays, Ryder was very excited about Valentine’s Day. We decorated the living room with lots of hearts. We used some that they had made last year and then made a whole bunch of new ones. Ryder learned how to cut out hearts while we were doing this, so he also made quite a few on his own. He was very excited to give Valentine’s out at school and we picked some out online to print. He really liked watching the printer go! After we printed them out, I made a list for Ryder and he wrote the kids names on them and then signed them. I expected that this would take a couple of sittings to finish, but once we started he didn’t want to stop. When I suggested a break, he scoffed at me. He got a huge bag of fun Valentine’s from school, so the whole thing was very exciting for him.
Ryder found a new favorite TV show on Netflix called Dinosaur King. It’s completely insane, but Ryder loves it. He got totally into it and every time that it was his turn to choose a show to watch, he chose Dinosaur King. Dinosaurs are in cards and whoever has the cards can call the dinos out and have them battle, so right up Ryder’s alley. There’s a bunch of more unusual dinosaurs on the show, so at least we’ve been learning something!
In addition to being all about pirates, this month, Ryder started playing “British” more and more. We found a pair of hand me down boots that are perfect “British” boots, based on what he has seen in Pirates of the Caribbean, and turned his pirate outfit into a “British” outfit.
Sometime at the end of January, Ryder discovered our old Risk game in the sunroom and has become obsessed. The cover of the box shows some British soldiers, so he was instantly hooked! Despite our initial misgivings, we let him play with the game. We started him out with a bit of a simplified way to play the game. He gets little too competitive when he plays with Vivi and he occasionally makes a mess of the tiny pieces, so he has lost the game a few times, but mostly he does a great job and has a lot of fun with it.
heading out for a walk with our Jolly Roger, of course!
Very serious about his job
There's a good look at the flag
Vivi got a turn but Ryder needed to help of course
Ryder's gotten all wrapped up!
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