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At Aaron’s final induction afternoon at Primary School, we found out that he is going to be a ‘Blue Bear’ like Ben was. 😉 We also found that his best friend, Harry, will be in his class as well, so we are happy. 😉

Just over a month ago, we took Ben and Aaron to Tavistock swimming pool, for a taster swimming lesson. It was only for 30 mins but we hoped they would be fine and we could get them to learn to swim.  They both enjoyed it, so we signed them up for weekly lessons, and they have now had about 5 proper lessons each, and are progressing really well! They both have proper swimming hats and goggles, so they look the part.

Yesterday, Kelly took Aaron over to primary school for his 1st induction afternoon. Aaron seemed to enjoy it and said that he did some singing (learning a ‘Goodbye’ song I think he said), played with Plasticine and also had a story read to them. He was there, with Kelly, from 13:30 until 15:00, and will be doing the same next Thursday. It is just so crazy that Aaron has nearly finished pre-school and will be going to proper school in September!!

Last week, Kelly and I went in and met with Aaron’s Keyworker, Hannah, which was the final catch up before he goes to big school in September.

She showed us his work and what she has put on his report (that gets sent to big school), and talked to us about him, and she basically said he was doing very well! 😉 He is well above average for all the measurements for his age, and is very sociable and polite. She said he will have no problems in big school! She also said that he can write his name, which we were surprised at, as he doesn’t do that at home!!! She even showed us his writing and he can write his name pretty well really! Cheeky rascal!

We were obviously very pleased with him so he got a little reward (he chose some Maltesers and a little toy car), but we still can’t believe he only has half a term left at pre-school before starting proper school in September! Crazy!

This year, Aaron’s birthday fell on the first Bank Holiday Monday in May, so he didn’t have to go to school. He was quite pleased about this! 😉

The Saturday previous, went to Dingles Fairground and Heritage Centre at Lifton, for the day for his birthday day out. We all had a great time there and had several rides on the Dodgems, Roundabouts and other rides, as well as the very old 2p machines.

So on his birthday, we didn’t do anything like that, we just opened his presents in the morning (he was up quite early!) and then attempted a picnic in the car for dinner up on Dartmoor. Unfortunately, the weather turned and it was pouring down with rain, so we couldn’t get out of the car. It was a real shame as Aaron had had a new bike and new scooter for his birthday, and had taken his scooter along to ride.  We did have a good scoff in the car though before coming home again, with plenty of picnic food left over for tea. Before that, Grandma, Uncle Darren and Aunty Marina popped over to give him some presents.

Aaron had lots of really nice presents for his birthday including a new bike, new Minions scooter, some lego, some clothes, a Transformer, a Darth Vader outfit, a jigsaw, a game, some Minions stationery, money and several other items.  He loved them all and whizzed through opening them, before settling down to play with them. Kelly also made him a Minions birthday cake, which was brilliant!

The following Saturday was his birthday party, so we booked out the Roborough Hall and hired a Minions bouncy castle for a couple of hours. The bouncy castle was great and Aaron was on it from the moment it had fully inflated, to the moment the company came to deflate it again!  He had about 17 other children from pre-school and other friends and family come, and had a great time.  They had party food as well and Kelly made him another Minions cake, just for his party.  All the children (and some adults!) had a great time, and he got lots more presents! It was a very good party!

We just can’t believe that our little man is now 4 and will be going to big school in September!!

Here are some pics from his birthday.

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Here are some pics from his party.

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