Clownfish had his 8th birthday on August 31.
EIGHT.
E I G H T
He's in third grade. Thirrrrrrrd Graaaaaade. Clearly, I still have issues with this.
Snapshot, in words.
He loves soccer, Boy Scouts, and basketball. And math. He likes reading the Beastquest books and Calvin and Hobbes and occasionally, the later Magic Treehouse books. He learned to ride a two wheeler this summer. He is obsessed with Beyblades and Pokemon. He makes his own lunch for school, which usually consists of lunch meat, a single slice of bread, a juice box and a small snack (often pretzels), sometimes cheese or a piece of fruit, plus school milk. He likes watching the British version of Top Gear and cooking competition reality shows. He asks why we won't buy an iPad or an iPhone or a Nintendo DS or any other cool awesome gaming device so he can talk about Mario Cart or Angry Birds with his friends and I think he's decided we're "poor" because we don't have those things. He's really kind and generally thoughtful and seems well liked by his friends. He still gets anxious and loses sleep over things beyond his control.
We have a nice tradition of making up bedtime stories together ... we've created a whole family of dragons and a universe of adventures for them. Someday, I hope he and I can tell our tales to the girls together. He is having a harder time adjusting to being the big sister of two than he did to the arrival of Angelfish alone. We're all having difficulty adjusting to my being back at work, and have to get back to our old habits concerning his chores and allowance. He loves mint chocolate chip ice cream, like me. He wants to train to run a 5K, but that takes a structured mommy, preferably one who is also training for a 5K, which he doesn't have right now.
You can only be structured in so many directions at once! Wish it weren't so.
ReplyDeleteK loves Calvin and Hobbes too.
ReplyDeleteThe bedtime tradition of making up dragon stories is such a great idea.
I love that you guys created a whole universe of dragon characters, how awesome! Sounds like he is doing really well. I can imagine things must be rought but you will all get back in the sweing of things. We can only do our best and I know from your posts that you are a wonderfully caring mommy who it doing above and beyond :)
ReplyDeleteOh man, I remember MY third grade! When my kid starts getting to an age that I remember from my childhoold, I think I may start to freak out.
I finally google Beyblade and it's a... top? That's the hot new kid toy?
ReplyDeleteIt is a top -- the plastic stadium cost $10. TEN FRICKIN DOLLARS for a few cents worth of plastic. Different tops that you launch into a plastic stadium that crash into each other.
ReplyDeleteYep.
Also, there is this other toy called "go go" or something like that ... they're basically played like marbles, but they have faces. Everything old is new again.