Birthday time once again! The Big Six. I will have to admit, year Five was a pretty exciting time with some pretty exciting stuff.
1) Hiking! I am not talking about just little walks in the woods, but
full on, carry lots of water and spend half the day in the woods adventures.
After one particular fall trip to Pinson Mounds, he kept telling people
how we "fought a snake and he fell down a hill and I saved his life".
It wasn't quite that dramatic but it was a lot of fun.
2) Camping! Yeah, it is backyard stuff right now, but
he is incredibly tough. The night we went in the fall it got down in the
30's. He slept in a $10 kids mummy bag from Academy Sports (I did add a
fleece liner) and on an old Therma-rest pad. I had a 30 degree Mountain
Hardware bag and a super thick sleeping pad. I woke up every hour.
He slept through the night. I had to wake him up to make him go
inside for breakfast.
3) Video games! He
has always like to watch me play, but this spring and summer he has really
gotten into playing Mario. The first time he really played original Super
Mario, I recorded his first true video game kill!
4) Movies! He went to his first movie and loved
everything about it, especially the gigantic portions of popcorn.
5) Him still a genius! There is this puzzle game he plays on his
Leap Pad called Scaredy Cat in the Spooky Woods. He can beat all 30
levels. I can get past about 10.
And there are a lot of big days coming!
Oh yeah, the big K is coming and I ain't talking 'bout no blue light
special! Kindergarten starts next week. And in two weeks soccer is
going to start, and I am going to help coach. It will be Brody's first
time playing soccer and my first time coaching anything. Possible
disaster? Sure. Possible great experience to treasure for life?
Sure. With parenting, that is what makes it fun.
