You're 6 years old! Your birthday is one of your very favorite holidays, so we work really hard to make it extra special for you! We began a countdown about two weeks out and began our official celebration about a week before your birthday with a trip to the movies to see Angry Birds 2. On the day before your birthday you brought ice cream to share with your class and you opted for a family birthday party again this year so we had your party and opened presents at home. You had an Into the Spiderverse party. On your ACTUAL birthday, you had a pancake breakfast and got to check out of school early to go to Build-a-Bear and out to lunch. We planned to take you shopping with your grandparent money, but all you wanted to do was come home and build your new Harry Potter Lego sets, so that's what we did! I can't believe you're 6...it sounds so much older than 5. But you've grown and matured so much lately and you're wearin' 6 well! Here's a little more about 6 year old you:
- Height/weight update coming after your check-up.
- You wear size 6/7 in clothes and 13.5 in shoes.
- You have the most magnificent imagination and creative mind I've ever known a kid to have. You still often retreat to "Lukey Land" where you happily play, alone, for very long stretches of time with anything at all (pipe cleaners, sticks, straws, etc.) You tell the most creative, outlandish stories and you seem to view the world through fascinating, rainbow colored glasses.
- Your favorite foods include: pizza, breadsticks, egg noodles, waffles, pancakes, pita bread...yup, all the carbs. You also like black beans, corn bread, edamame, and kiwi. You're still very picky and getting you to eat an entire meal (other than breakfast) is an act of Congress. You don't like the food on your plate to touch. :)
- Your favorite TV shows are Odd Squad and Boss Baby.
- Your favorite toys are: anything random that you can make "your own" - pipe cleaners, random Lego pieces, etc., Legos, superhero figures, your Easy Roller.
- You're still quite attached to Giraffe Blankie and sleep with him every night.
- You are in karate and you're good at it, but you're interest in it is waning.
- You are super silly and love to laugh and make others laugh with your funny faces, silly dance moves, or shocking statements. :)
- You love to read. Your genre of choice is graphic novels. Your favorite series include: Eerie Elementary, Dog Man, Narwhal and Jelly, Dragon Masters, Notebook of Doom, and Ricky Ricotta. You read to yourself every night before you go to sleep. We read the first Harry Potter book together and you LOVED it! You LOVE to write your own books and your writing sounds and looks just like the books you love to read. Your imagination really shines in your books!
- You're very, very sensitive. You are highly perceptive and pick up on the slightest shift in tone of voice or energy around you.
- Your favorite things include: Spider-Man, Giraffe blankie, snacks, books, your Fire, Teddy, Mommy, Treat Night, family pizza/movie night, the Boy Cave, playing games, playing in the play room.
- Your vocabulary is insane. You constantly shock me by the things that come out of your mouth, "I unknowingly...Perhaps we should...I am mindful of the fact that..."
I've said it since you were an itty bitty baby, and it remains true 6 years later - I am utterly fascinated and mesmerized by you. My biggest hope for you (aside from the obvious hopes of being healthy, happy, kind and loving person forevermore) is that you stay on your unique path and that you find all the right opportunities to capitalize on your special gifts - you have so many. You are unique, creative, ridiculously smart, funny, sensitive, handsome...so, so handsome, and overwhelmingly loved. Happy Birthday to YOU!
