Wow – at times it is so hard to believe
that it has already been six years. He is such an amazing kid and we love him
beyond words. He is creative, inquisitive and kind. Lego is his favorite toy and he
can spend hours creating and playing with Lego. For the past few months he has
been telling us that he wants to be a scientist when he grows up. At first he
told us he didn’t know what he was going to do because he wanted to be a
scientist and an astronaut. When we told him that many astronauts are scientist
he was thrilled J Recently he has been saying that he wants to be a scientist who
studies animals. He loves learning about animals, bugs, and sea creatures. He
is always reciting different animal facts that he is learning. Right now is
favorite animals are the black mamba, cheetah and sharks.
He loves being in water and is becoming a
very good swimmer. Swimming is one activity that he is always enthusiastic
about and when we are in Phoenix he is happy to swim every day for hours at a time.
He enjoys school; however, usually by Friday
he is ready to be done. He is a kid that loves to be social and needs his home
time. This is something that I know I will always need to be mindful of in not scheduling
too much for him and ensure that he has time to just be at home.
He is a wonderful playmate to his brother
and they play together so well (for the most part, they do have their
moments). There are times when he has
been able to do things without Jared (e.g., go to a classmates birthday party
at a play centre) and afterwards he will talk about wanting to take his brother
there next time to show him because he knows that Jared would like that too. He is also very protective. He gets very worried if Jared runs to far ahead of me. He urges me to hurry up and for Jared to stop.
For his birthday party we had a science
theme party with his friends. As a surprise we hired a ‘scientist’ from Mad
Science to do experiments with the kids. It was a huge hit and Micah loved it.
For birthdays we also like to do something special just as a family. This year
Micah picked to go to McDonalds with a playplace. That was easy enough. On his
actual birthday, I brought Micah’s class a monster craved watermelon (thanks,
Pinterest J).
