He has turned into such a funny kid. He is constantly surprising us with his older kid lingo. Some of his favorite phrases lately are "Oh biscuits," "You've got to be kidding me," and "oh fine." He often sounds like a teenager.
He is still working on saying his "R's" correctly but has recently noticed it and started correcting himself. He then accentuates the R in his own correction and it's really cute.
He has loved Kindergarten, despite only having a half-day for the first half of the year. We worked really hard together reading and he is getting really good! We are in lesson 70 of 100 of our reading book. He loves books and is really proud when he can read some of the words.
He is a great friend at school. I recently got a postcard from his teacher thanking him for being such a great friend to the new kid in class. He also loves playing with his siblings and making up games.
I'm convinced that he will be an excellent beatboxer when he grows up. He makes noises with his mouth that I can't even figure out how to do.
He still loves being tucked in every night and cuddling. His favorite song right now is either "I am a child of God" or "Nephi's courage."
He is quite a tease to his little brothers. If one of them is screaming it is usually because Benny took something away from them. Sometimes it is because he's worried they have something they shouldn't. He tries to keep them out of trouble.
He is very compassionate and gets worried about others. His prayers are very sincere and always include many mentions of Jesus. Ex: "help us to have a good day with Jesus, " and "Help us to be more like Jesus."
When I was putting him to bed last night he was worried about Jack whose blood sugars had been high. We talked about what diabetes is and what happens if Jack doesn't get insulin. He was very concerned and said he didn't want anyone in our family to die..."except Haken." Haken and I both had a good laugh about that. I think deep down he actually loves Haken.
He is an excellent artist and loves drawing animals. He got a sketch pad for Christmas and numbered every page. He has already filled it up halfway with drawings.
When he grows up he wants to be a zookeeper because he loves animals. He loves anything that is on a screen, but he especially likes watching wild Kratts and playing the wild Kratts game online.
On his birthday date, we were asking him questions on the drive to the restaurant. He said "we have too many kids in our family. We should only have 3 ("free") kids." After asking him which ones he would want to keep he said "Gracie and Ruby." Then we pointed out that he would be the only boy and he said "ok then, get rid of Ruby and keep Jack." Apparently, he is ok with everyone but the twins and Haken. We had a good laugh about that.
This boy is constantly surprising us. He is whitty, smart, and determined. But he is also humble, forgiving and sweet. We often joke that he is the forgotten middle child but we really couldn't live without our Benny Boy!
We celebrated by opening presents and eating cupcakes (which Jack made all by himself and then Benny said "I don't like cupcakes." He got a new wiggle car and the "butt books" he likes from mom and dad. From Grandma he got snow boots (used a week before), a remote control car, and a 6 yr old joke book. He said it was "the best day of his life" so I guess that's a win!
No comments:
Post a Comment