Gametes In Love

G, my boy, today you are 6 years old.

You are in kindergarten and dropping you off at school yesterday made me realize how much our lives are changed now.

You continue to bring a smile to my face and warm my heart when you come over at night for an unsolicited hug, to give me a kiss and say ‘Good night!’. You make us laugh with your jokes. Daddy is worried that if school doesn’t challenge you enough, you’ll be the class clown. These days stinky socks, stinky underwear and potty humor is your thing. I don’t get the appeal, but it sure makes you laugh.

You are so smart and perceptive. I have to watch what I say around you because you pick up on things, process them and draw connections I didn’t realize your mind was capable of.
I love asking you about how you would solve world problems. I enjoyed your long explanation around how we can prevent volcano eruptions through a specially designed shield system (put in place by extra-large airplanes).

This year you’ve lost your first tooth, with another one getting ready to go. You are a numbers kind of guy, and can add in double digits. You can’t read yet, but it doesn’t seem to bother you.

Are continue to be awesome at sports. At any restaurant we go to, where there’s a TV on and turned into a team ball sport, you’re all over it. I can tell, in 20 years you’ll be relaxing at sports bars. On this end I wonder how we’re related 🙂
You are an awesome soccer player, just promoted to the Lions team in your league, and this past year you started baseball too.

You march to your own beat and don’t let others push you into doing something you don’t want. I like that, as your mom, and I hope you hold onto this into your teens (and beyond). I also hate it, as your mom, because I am also included in the people that can’t convince you to do something you don’t want to either. It has to appear to come from you… and even cash bribes are hard to convince you these days to do anything ;p

Now here’s you in your own words:

Do you know your full name? G****** R*****

How old are you today? 6

What is your favorite color? Blue. And green, yellow, red, white, black, and silver. Gold. Bronze. Aaaand yellow. And red. Blue and white and gold and that’s it. And green. And pink. Dark pink. And purple. And that’s it. And I also like dark green.

Who are best friends? Milo, Simon, Kaio, Deadalus and Paul

What’s your favorite book? I don’t know

What’s your favorite movie? Phinneas & Ferb. I have 3 favorite movies: Phinneas & Ferb, and there’s somebody I don’t know, and Rescue Bots.

What about TV show? Can we say all those are TV shows and not movies? Uh-humn

What’s your favorite animal? A monkey

What’s your favorite food? Do you have a favorite food? Yeah, it’s pasta.

What’s your favorite shirt? Why do you gotta tell me that? Stop asking me questions!

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This is a video glance back of the past 12 months:

Love you bud!