Dear Ian,
Happy 7th Birthday!! How is it
that you are already 7 years old? It seems like you are no longer our
little toddler, but our big 1st grader! This past year has been a good
one, and you have grown up so much.
You spent most of this past year in
Kindergarten at Prairie View. You were loved by your classmates, and your
teacher, Mrs. Stringer, told us how you were a great friend to everyone.
You struggled a little bit with attention and behavior at the beginning of the
year, so we talked to your doctor and decided to start you on a medication to
see if it would help. The medicine made a huge difference & you
seemed to do really well with it. Your closest friends this year were
Tate and Logan. You really started to
learn to read, and you have progressed so well!
It’s amazing how fast you have learned.
You don’t really love to read much because you are too busy, but when we
have you sit down and focus, you seem to do great.
You played Fall t-ball and Winter basketball. This was
your first time to play basketball, so we went with the Upward Bound
program. It was nice to be on a team where everyone got to play an equal
amount of time. You seemed to have a lot of fun! In the Spring, you
played t-ball again with the Pirates, but that was the last season. You
decided that t-ball wasn't really your "thing" at the time, and daddy
was okay with letting you take a break. This season, you said you want to
try basketball again, so we will see how that goes ;-).
Your favorite things activities over the past year have been
playing with Legos, Legos, and more Legos.
They are EVERYWHERE! You love for
mommy and daddy to help you build things, but then you take everything apart to
build your own creations. You really
like the little mini figures, so you take those everywhere. We always find pieces in your pockets, the
car, and in the dryer…hehe. You also
love to play with Nerf guns, swords, and any type of action weapon. You also like to dress up in your costumes
(Star Wars, pirate, etc.) and role play.
Kate is typically your #1 playmate, but you have developed a close
friendship with a boy in our neighborhood named Dominic Antoine. He is also in your class at school, and you
guys love to play together all of the time!
You also love to go to nanny and papa’s house to watch movies in nanny’s
bed…you go straight there when you arrive.
You have continued to attend Little Broncos Kids Klub for
daycare, and it’s been nice to have daddy work there with you. Your friends include Blaize, Landon, and
Aiden, and you always have lots of fun with them. During the summer, you got to go on lots of
field trips to various places around OKC, including Frontier City, Andy
Alligators, Chuck-E-Cheese, and many more. Our only family trips this past year were to
Branson in May, with Uncle Alan, Aunt Carrie, and Wyatt, as well as Red River
in August. In Branson, we got to ride
the Scenic Railway and play in the hotel pool/splash pad (which you love). We also go to go to White Water in OKC over
the summer, and you were brave enough to jump off of the high cliff and ride
the tube slides! You are already asking
when you can go back again!
Your favorite foods haven’t really changed. You still LOVE pizza and McDonald’s Happy
Meals (chicken nuggets with GoGurt and chocolate milk, to be exact). You also love goldfish, spaghettios, chips,
string cheese, and yogurt…lots of yogurt.
Your medicine causes you to not be too hungry at lunch, but in the
evenings, you can eat pretty much non-stop!
Your favorite TV shows are Star Wars and Lego shows, and you love to
play video games with daddy. You are
wearing size 8 clothes (youth medium) and wearing size 1-2 shoes. You are very tall for your age, which we
expected, and you’re very slender and athletic.
You could probably outrun a cheetah!
In fact, this Fall you ran 1 mile in the Western Days Stampede!
We just celebrated your 7th birthday party at
Peter Piper Pizza in OKC, and you had an “Outer Space” themed cookie cake. Another big change will be coming in the next
year, as our family is expecting another baby!
You are so excited to have another little brother or sister, and we know
you’ll be a great big brother. You are
so caring and helpful.
We thank God daily for letting us be your parents! We love you so much, Ian!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
