Liam is 5!

Liam is 5 now!  It is hard to believe!!  I was putting him in his car seat this morning, and said to him 'You are 5 now'.  And it just sounded so crazy, but it's true.  He has grown up so much over the past year.  He loves super hero's now.  It started with Spider Man.  He was introduced to Spider Man from his best neighbor friend at Grandma B's house, Daniel.  It was his first friend influence that got him into something new.  He also likes Bat Man, and Green Lantern, and a bunch of other Super Hero's.  Dad also introduced him to a show called 'Teen Titan's'.   He loves playing games on his phone...although we swore we wouldn't go down that road after seeing how much kids can become addicted to them!  We really try to limit the time he is on it, and also make it a reward for good behavior.  He is quite good at games, and realize it does provide some benefit to coordination, and some learning.  I do prefer the learning games though, and hope we can steer him in that direction with the tablets that Mike got the kids for Christmas.

He has become pretty enamored with zombie's over the last several months.  Not sure exactly when it started, but it might have been when dad installed a zombie game (that isn't too scary) on his phone.  He talks about zombies all the time, and even asked for a zombie shirt.  We were able to find a 'plants vs. zombies' shirt on Ebay, and it is cartoon-ish, so not very scary either.  Although, all the talk of zombies does end up in some bad dreams every so often.  Even Rowan, gets into the whole topic too.  She came up with the term 'Pickle Zombie' recently from an episode of 'Martha' on PBS.  We thought it was pretty funny, and saw the resemblance to zombies after she mentioned it.  Even though he it totally into Zombie's Liam decided he wanted to be Spider Man for Halloween.  Rowan was a purple fairy, although dad thought her 'Princess Skeleton' costume was pretty great!

Liam is enjoying school this year.  He loves loves loves having Rowan go there with him.  Before this year, he always wanted me to bring him to his classroom.  And this year, he wants to me to drop him off in the back, so he can be big brother and take Rowan to her class.  Sure saves me some time in the morning, so I am happy about it.  Liam's reading and writing has improved a lot since he started school.  It is amazing how quickly he rebounded after our lull in the summer.  We are pretty determined to not let that happen this summer.  So speaking of school, we are so up in the air as to what to do for Kindergarten next year.  We need to go and talk to the public school teacher's very soon!!  I already talked a person at his current school about him going public next year, and what to do if it just isn't working for him.  She advised to enroll him, and pay the $100 fee to save a spot for him, just in case, and we thought that was a good idea too.  Only time will tell, but we will do what we need to make sure he is happy and adjusted regardless where he's going.

He had his 5 year check-up recently and his new stats are:  38.14 lbs. (34.2 %), 43 inches (57.46%), 14.5 BMI   (18.42)...so as you can see he's tall and very skinny, which makes it difficult to clothe him as of late.  His 4T pants are getting short.  And I didn't realize this at the time, but the brand that I generally buy him only offers 5/6 size.  Anyway, it will make for a few awkward months, but hopefully he will catch up soon.  He had a great birthday party this year, and we are glad we can still 'get away' with a combined birthday party.  He was especially happy this year because not only could he invite his cousins, he was also able to invite a friend from school, and a couple of his best buds from G'ma's neighborhood!  They all seemed to have a wonderful time sliding over and over. They made up games too as the party went on, like making trains to go down together.  

He loved all his gifts from everyone, so thank you again for all that came and celebrated our kids turning 5 and 3 : )  He still is into his cars and trucks, and he loves all his super hero stuff. And even if he takes a break from his Thomas trains, he tends to keep going back to them.  He keeps asking for these obscure, hard to find ones for Christmas...but unfortunately, he only started asking when it was too late to really get them. Hopefully, he will be happy with the couple that he asked for a LONG time ago, and were able to get.  Another thing he has done within the last month or so, is he decided he LOVES this little stuffed gorilla that I got him several years ago.  He never paid much attention to him, but all of a sudden he has given him the name 'Boo Boo', and he brings him all over the house, and makes stories up about him.  A little odd, but still cute.  And speaking of cute, I will end his update with something he told Mike a few weeks ago.  He told him that he wanted to go back in time to when Mike was his age, so that they could play together as kids, and be best friends.  Mike thought that was one of the sweetest things he has ever heard, and I thought so too.  Happy 5 years 'Little Man'- We LOVE you!!

comment by mom/grandma on 12/24/2012 That is so cute, he is such a sweet loving boy. He and Mike would have been best friends for sure, after all, they are now!

comment by Gaylene on 12/24/2012 That is one of the sweetest things ever, Liam is naturally sweet...and 5 does sound so much older. I never thought the boys first year went fast, but it certainly did this year. Thanks for the fun updates.