It is a good thing you are cute, because otherwise this would be a pretty boring set of pictures as we have not done much outside of the house in the 6 months since we last talked. More on that later. What is truly unbelievable though is that we just celebrated four years with you on this planet!

We are still in covid – what seems like the thick of it. You will see it in the pictures that we do, well, basically not much. You did go camping and fishing, but you will notice not a single picture has anyone other than us in it.

Unfortunately your school year got cancelled as well. You are currently in what I would call pre-preschool, in that you still have another year before you go to legit kindergarten. But due to covid they just cancelled your entire year. You get some packets once in a while that we go pick up with work, but you’re not all that keen on doing them and there is little context for them as well. I will say, as long as this covid thing is figured out soon, this is probably a good time for it to happen as there is nothing monumental of which you are missing.

The world is weird. I work from home 100% of the time and have since March. I mentioned at the end of your last post that the world was shut down almost entirely, and as I write this it is very much the same. We cannot go out to eat, we cannot go with friends and hang out, we cannot really go into any establishment without a mask. There is a vaccine in the works, one that is hopefully available come 2021, that we hope will make the world more normal again. All I can say is right now it is daunting and depressing. Not sure there has been anything like this in our country’s history. I just hope things go back to normal someday.

As for you – man, you are making this weird time tolerable. Your energy is amazing. You are the happiest boy, and you and your sister play together all day and love each other so much. You can see in the pic below you sleeping with Woof Woof, and yes you are still using a pacifier. Genuinely though, just try to find a picture where you are not smiling.

Riding a bike

One cool thing that came from covid is that we have to find things to do that don’t involve others, and as a result you were able to learn how to ride a bike! I took you down to Baggley park which is down the street from us. We started on the grass, and I swear within 10 minutes you were riding by yourself. There is a sidewalk that goes through the park and after you got the hang of it you started riding on the sidewalk. At one point I was running full steam to keep up with you as you flew around the park.

We did all this on your sister’s old bike (who I taught to ride without training wheels like a month before this). For your birthday Boppie bought you a brand new bike, and it became your favorite thing to do.

Camping/Fishing

We also went camping north of Stanley this last summer, only the second time you have been camping before. We spent a couple nights out there and you had a blast. We went down to Lake Pettit one day and had a picnic and swam as well.

You also did some fishing at Penny lake outside of Ketchum. We caught a few fish (although I missed the pic). I am really excited to get you on a fly rod, but we are a bit of time out from that.

In other news, you love to do the following: sing, dance, hit tee-balls, kick soccer balls, sleep, watch tv, play with your sister, play outside with your cars and scooters, and books on tape.

I am sorry that this post is a bit lame, but honestly that has basically been the last 8 months. We don’t get out much and activities are hard to come by. Really hope that this ends sooner than later so we can get back after it.

You are sweet. You are fun. You are loving. You are funny. And I can’t imagine life without you. Thank you for brightening this dark time with your amazing nature.

I love you more than anything in the world.

Love, Dad