Nathan is 6 Years Old!

Nathan, you are six years old!  It's a little bit funny because the week before your birthday, I casually said to you that "I can't believe you are almost 7 years old!  Over halfway to being a teenager!"  You looked at me and said, "Mom, you know I'm turning 6, right?"  Wow!  I forget how young you are still!

These past six months have been pretty crazy for you.  I'd say from April to August you were extremely frustrating.  Your language was beginning to get foul (thanks to someone in Matthew and Kayla's class) and your attitude was awful.  There were times when we just wanted to get so angry at you (and many times we did!).  We were starting to have a loss for what to do to get you under control.  However, as time went on, things improved, and all of a sudden in September we realized that we hadn't had any episodes from you in a while.  You have grown out of that stage and are back to being the lovable boy that you were before.

You weigh 56.6 lb and are 51" tall.  You comfortably wear size 8 clothes and size 2 shoes.  You officially can swap clothes with Matthew since you are the same weight and only 1/2" shorter.

Your relationship with Matthew right now is really good.  You enjoy playing with each other at recess, and get along well at home.  It's nice hearing you guys talk to each other at night while lying in your beds - that always seems to be the time when you get along the best.

You still love Olivia.  You love it when you see her during your school day, running up to her and crouching down to her level to talk to her and hug her.

You've started calling Kayla "Kay-Kay".

You'd say your favourite sports are soccer and karate.  As much as you say you love soccer, you actually don't enjoy playing it. :)

Nathan, you are good at reading.  You've started grade one reading at the P-Q level in the Scholastic Guided Reading Level program.  You are very good at sounding out words, and love it when the books you read have a glossary at the back.  You are also good at math, and are frustrated at school at not being challenged enough.

The highlight of your evenings is when I lay in bed by you at night and ask you what the best and worst parts of your day were.  You take it very seriously, and it's been great having that time with you to discuss your day without being interrupted by others.

You still love having cereal and a banana in the morning, although you've started to request toast with peanut butter and hagelslaac more often.  You love having pretzels in your lunch, and dislike having yogurt.  You LOVE homemade cookies.

You're most commonly used phrase is, "Mom, can I ask you a question?"  You ask that every time you want to ask me something.  It's really cute.  I consciously answer the same way every time, "Yes, Nathan, you can always ask me a question."

When you want to ask a question in school, you raise your right hand and put your left pointer on your lips (as if going "shhhh").  I think you must have learned this in kindergarten and now have just continued to do it in grade one as well.

Your worst habit is that you bite your fingernails!  So disgusting!  You don't have any white tips on your nails, ever!  The funny thing is though that I seldom see you in the action of biting them, so I think you must do it at night when you're trying to fall asleep.  I did catch you biting your toe nails once, though...

Birthday Interview:

1. What's your name?   Nathan

2. How old are you?   6
3. What is your favourite color?  White and black
4. What is your favourite toy?  I don’t have any.  Oh, Beanie Boos!    
5. What is your favourite fruit?  Strawberries and bananas   
6. What is your favourite tv show or movie?  Ryan’s Toy Review (YouTube) and The Karate Kid    
7. What is your favourite game?  Soccer    
8. What is your favourite animal?  Seahorse
9. What is your favourite song?  Shout to the Lord    
10. What is your favourite book?  A-Z Dinosaur    
11. Who is your best friend?  Micah    
12. Who are you going to marry?  No one.    
13. How many kids are you going to have when you are married?  I don’t know.    
14. What is your favourite thing to eat for breakfast?  Toasted peanut butter and hagelslaac  15. What is your favourite cereal?  Lucky Charms   
16. What is your favourite thing to eat for lunch?  Bread, white icing, and coloured sprinkles   17. What is your favourite thing to eat for dinner?  Chicken Noodle Soup and Mr. Noodles  18. What is your favourite thing to do outside?  Play karate    
19. What is your favourite drink?  Lemonade and milk shakes
20. What is your favourite snack?  A little bit of everything
21. When is your bedtime?  7:00.  7:30    
22. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Beanie Boos
23. What is your favourite holiday?  Um, going to the hotel.  Seattle hotel.
24. What do you want to be when you grow up?  Spy    
25. Name one thing you do really well?  Karate    
26. What makes you feel sad?  When you have to throw out all of my Beanie Boos.    
27. What makes you feel happy?  When I get all of the Beanie Boos in the world.    
28. If you could choose a different name, what would you choose?  Nate the Great.  Peter.
29. Where do you want to go on vacation?  Hawaii, at the beach.
30. What is your favourite thing to do?  Buy all the Beanie Boos in the world.    
31. What is your favourite thing to do with Mom?  Cuddle in bed    
32. What is your favourite thing to do with Dad?  Wrestle    
33. What is your favourite thing to do with your siblings?  Play (anything).