Another Year. . . . Another Birthday!

This is his angry face--one he displayed throughout the birthday pary! Sometimes, I am not very good about listening to this boy, and I mean really listening!

Last year we had a wonderful birthday party at the pumpkin patch! This year, my 6 year old just wanted a party at the house, but I pressed this party. Well everyone had fun except the 6 year old. Do you think I will learn my lesson and not pressure my kdis to do things--probably not, but oh well. I am glad he was able to have so many of his friends from church, and two friends from school enjoy this great place!

Now this was the party he loved. He had his two favorite families over to celebrate. Legos were scattered all over the floor, pizza and cupcakes were enjoyed by everyone, and if I had really listened, we wouldn't have suffered through his grumpiness of the other party.



We are all still adjusting to school. He is in kindergarten--which in this district means that they work hard for the two and half hours they are in school and are completely exhausted at the end.



He has decided he wants to be a movie maker or a bee keeper. They studied all about bees in kindergarten (sqeezed in between the phonemic exercises), and went to visit an apple orchard in for a field trip. He had a lot of fun!



He is still rock climbing, swimming, and playing soccer. He loves playing with his brother, listening to books.



One day as we were driving by a park, he started narrating a story.



Yesterday, we went to a park, but it was no ordinary park. It was a robot park. He practices his brother's time tests with him. So all and all he is doing fine. Just need to help him express his frustration in other ways besides grunting and crumbling up paper.



Yikes!