My oldest turned eight yesterday. I actually don't quite believe it. I wish that I could say that he is an absolute angel, but lately he seems as hormonal as a 12-year-old girl. It's pretty ridiculous.
Emotional rollercoasters aside, John is very special. Many, many times I have had people come and tell me that they have seen John do something very generous or empathetic. We are very proud of who he is becoming.
John loves to collect. Anything. Most of the time his "collections" are piles of things that he has found in the trash or on the ground. He collects bottle caps, paper airplanes, rocks, shells, pins, marbles, rubber bands and balloons. He has recently become a very skilled reader and loves to read chapter books about boys that fart and make big messes. He loves sports and is playing soccer right now. He graduated to a much bigger bike and can now keep up with his parents when we ride. He is finally eating normal portions and is hardly picky at all. It gives me hope for the other boys. John has a ton of energy -- he hates to go to bed at night, inventing a variety of excuses and/or ailments to stay up just a little bit longer and then is the first one up every morning.
I can't think of anything I am more grateful for than my children. They are my greatest treasure. Happy Birthday, John!
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Yay! I didn't want to get my hopes up to see another one of these this week, but I'm SO glad. What a sweet picture. Happy Birthday, John!
Happy Birthday John! Did he tell you we ran into him on Saturday! That is cool your birthday's are so close!
I've decided that boys are actually very emotional -- it seems to start peaking around 8 years old. Seriously, I was the cub scout leader for four years and those boys cried about everything. Which reminds me -- John is going to love cub scouts and getting his collection belt loop.
Happy Birthday to a special boy!
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