The Fascinations of a 4 Year Old

Xander is growing up so fast it seems these days. He's getting into alot of things that I thought we had a few more years to go until that happened. The first is his fascination with Pat's new Nintendo DS. We have Dr. Mario on it and he loves to play it! He asks me just about every day to play it, and I think he plays the first level over and over again because it's so easy. He has always been into video games. First Star Wars Lego, he got started with that when he was 2 and we had the game on Gamecube. Now that there is a Wii in the house he plays Mario Party 8, Super Mario Galaxy (a fav of mine), and Indiana Jones Lego. With the IJL, I wouldn't let him play until Pat and I had finished the game, so when he started to play I noticed that he would only play story mode on any level that he started. So of course the great mother in me, I started a game just for him, and he's doing great with it. Anyway, I'm so used to him playing the regular video games that I never thought of him playing the little ones!!! At least not for awhile, come on, he's only 4!
Next is the fascination with his new bike helmet. We finally remembered to buy one, and I can't get him to NOT wear it!! He's even wearing it as I'm writing this post! He will wear it around the house, playing outside, and even while eating lunch and playing video games!! He was wearing it on Sunday when my family came over for dinner. Everyone that came in went over to him and knocked on the helmet and asked if he could feel it! Which was so funny, because they all arrived at different times! Needless to say, he wore it all night, and even on the way to Morri & Liza's house. I'm surprised he doesn't want to wear it to the store and to church!
Next we have the fascination that drove me crazy at first, but now I have dealt with it, and am accepting it and moving on! HE LOVES POKEMON!! I have my nephew's Jeremy and Carter to thank for this. They are both 12 and have DS games that are Pokemon, and Xander loves to watch them play the games. Jeremy has even started to teach Xander all the names!! Whenever we would go to the store and were in the toy section, he would get stuck looking at all the Pokemon toys. Finally I let him get a plush of Turtwig (a turtle). A few weeks after that, he got an actual Pokeball with Bonsli, and then about 2 weeks ago, with his earned money he got a little figure of Lucario. Needless to say, he is a full fledged Pokemon fan. Pat even built a Pikachu out of Mega Blocks. And we even found a good deal on a Pokemon movie! I guess we are fueling the fire. LOL
I love Xander and all the new things that he likes. He's a little boy that is growing up too fast for his mom's liking. But what else do you do, but sit back and enjoy the view.