June 2: 4 Years

The thing about parenting is that it's just all cliches.

Today's example - how different Avery and Seth (and soon Biddle) are.

Avery at 4: has a total sense of his own style (backwards shorts, spiderman boots, a bowtie and t-shirt are a daily outfit); loves cooking, used to love Barney, is always trying to keep up with the big kids on our street, will do just about anything for a popsicle or chocolate egg, loves cooking, pretending to be Harry Potter, is into painting. 

I worry about him being a bit too classic middle child - caught between wanting to keep up with older brother and wanting the attention of the baby.

But Avery is a genuine original.  Unconcerned about what other people, teachers and kids think, he does is thing.

Avery is four!