We've been on the countdown here. First it was seven...then seven and a half....then seven and three quarters....then it was a STRONG level seven and now its...LEVEL 8!! ROb has officially levelled up!
....and I've finally given up on the fact that this kid refuses to stop growing. It doesn't mean I have to like it, mind you. But its happening. And as time marches on, this kid gets cooler and cooler. This year has been another big one of so many changes - loosing teeth, travelling to playdates solo via bike, a school year that was decidedly abnormal, and tons of fun, quirks, and craziness! Every year is such a wild ride, and its so awesome to be right in the passenger seat, watching this kid navigate life (he reminds me he's halfway to really driving a car now. Excuse me while I go have a breakdown.
Alright, I'm back!
As always, it's a time for this mama to not only look back on the last year, but also to take a trip down memory lane to when Rob was born...One...Two...Three...Four.......five....six......seven...
And here we are, at the GREAT 8!
Size: 57 pounds, 51 inches tall. Right on par for where you should be. I'm not surprised - you are active as all get out and love riding your bike, swimming and running (I wonder where you get that from??) and you east ALL the things . Not just fun things like lemon cake and chocolate ice cream, which are your faces, but, like, 6 apples a day dude. You love apples, bananas, berries, broccoli and all the healthy things too! You can house up to 4 pieces of pizza and have such a healthy appetite!
Likes: Still a cars fan, but now you love to build them instead. You LOVE Legos, and can build the 600 piece sets with ease. You also love your bike (and can ride a half mile away to play with Callen too!) Swimming, playing laser tag, Roblox, Minecraft, and Mario Kart. You are an expert at building parkour courses and obstacle racing, and also love to play tag and Uno. You loved your ninja warrior course and summer soccer, too!
Dislikes: Bedtime and bugs. Who likes bedtime?? (Well, Mom does but...uh...) and you hae all things bugs, especially bees. You've changed your mind about some of last years dislikes - you are getting pretty good at drawing, and you love school now, which is AWESOME. It's not always perfect, but your 2nd grade teacher, Miss O' Hara, was a godsend, and even though we had some bumpy times, you actually didn't want summer vacation to start! Success. You also might be coming around on that Biz thing....while you still remind us about the good ole days Pre Biz, you've found she's a pretty good Marco Polo player, joke cracker, ROBLOX builder, and partner in crime. Mommy needs more Tylenol for that last one!
Looking Forward To: Soccer shots, swimming lessons, camping, and all the summer fun! Also looking forward to the fall - you cant decide if you want to race this year, go out for lacrosse, do Karate, or take coding classes....but I'm right here for all of it. All the jokes, the dance parties, Among Us games, Bike rides, Mommy and Rob runs....all of it. Every singe day I am so darned grateful to be your Mommy, and it's been the most amazing ride I could have ever asked for. I love you, dude!!
Likes: Still a cars fan, but now you love to build them instead. You LOVE Legos, and can build the 600 piece sets with ease. You also love your bike (and can ride a half mile away to play with Callen too!) Swimming, playing laser tag, Roblox, Minecraft, and Mario Kart. You are an expert at building parkour courses and obstacle racing, and also love to play tag and Uno. You loved your ninja warrior course and summer soccer, too!
You love your video games and really got into Minecraft this year, and the most recent obsession is Mario Kart and Smash Bros...you have a Mario costume you dress up in and go to town on your Nintendo Switch!
You still love dance parties and can really bust a move, and you're getting into strategic gaming - whether it be in real life or on the X box. Watching your mind put moves together is just amazing, buddy - I love the way your process and the awesome conclusions you come to!
Sleep: You still struggle from time to time with night terrors and loud sounds, and kick like a damned donkey while sleeping diagonal when we share a bed, but you sleep through the night about 90% of the time - sweet! You are still an early bird, and most of the time love snuggling with Mom while she sips her coffee at 530am. I won't lie, buddy, that might just be the best part of my day - snuggling a half asleep ro-bear with my first cup of coffee in the early dawn. Life is good.
Eating: You still eat all the things!! You are pretty adventurous when it comes to eating and will try anything once. You love spicy food, veggies, fruit, and all kinds of ethnic food, even TOFU! It's pretty cool to watch, You've gotten into cooking and love helping make dinner, whether is Taco Tuesday, Fry-day, or admittedly, when we nix cooking dinner and order your favorite pizza - bacon, ground beef and pepperoni. YUM.
Milestones/Firsts: First Ninja Warrior class - kind of like a Tae Kwon Do meets Tough Mudder - and you LOVED IT! Earned STAR STUDENT of the month at Klem North - this was so cool to see! You love school and have a good group of buddies, and its amazing to see a school give a damn for once - go KN STARS! First time heading to a playdate on your own - you can ride solo down the road, which is awesome to see. And this year you also learned to write computer code for Roblox, which is super impressive to mommy! You still love science and math, and we cracked open the Harry Potter series for nighttime reading, which you also love. We also started to play a new game - Wacky questions - which started out innocently enough with "What 3 things would you bring to a deserted island"? Answer - food, water and you (Mommy) cause you'd get us off. Aww, bud. Its cool to know you think that. This game continues every night and is sometimes innocuous (fave holiday - Thanksgiving cause everyone's thankful) to "Mommy, if Daddy wasn't a thing, who would you marry?" (Yeah, I dodged that one! LOL). True to form, you are a deep thinker, dude, and I love you so much, my lil peanut! You keep learning more Spanish bit by bit and also have picked up on a new language...profanity. Uhhh....can I blame Daddy? No? You're right. I blame Mr. Senor - Matt, the school called and wants to know what you really call "Minecraft....".....
Best Moment: Probably watching you run off the steps of the bus the day you got star student. I am ALWAYS so damned proud of you buddy, but that day you were absolutely exploding with excitement and it was infectious. The good moments are easy, but those moments when you still run to me crying, or are scared, or Mommy's hug fixes it - are so precious to me, buddy. I know I don't have a ton of time left where I can still "fix everything", so I take it when I can get it. All the snuggles.. All the hugs. All the, Mommy watch me's.....Love you buddy. So so much.
Best Moment: Probably watching you run off the steps of the bus the day you got star student. I am ALWAYS so damned proud of you buddy, but that day you were absolutely exploding with excitement and it was infectious. The good moments are easy, but those moments when you still run to me crying, or are scared, or Mommy's hug fixes it - are so precious to me, buddy. I know I don't have a ton of time left where I can still "fix everything", so I take it when I can get it. All the snuggles.. All the hugs. All the, Mommy watch me's.....Love you buddy. So so much.
Looking Forward To: Soccer shots, swimming lessons, camping, and all the summer fun! Also looking forward to the fall - you cant decide if you want to race this year, go out for lacrosse, do Karate, or take coding classes....but I'm right here for all of it. All the jokes, the dance parties, Among Us games, Bike rides, Mommy and Rob runs....all of it. Every singe day I am so darned grateful to be your Mommy, and it's been the most amazing ride I could have ever asked for. I love you, dude!!
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