SIX YEARS OLD

William Bradley is six years old today. Is it strange to admit that when I had a baby I never really imagined what it'd be like to have a school aged child? (or a teenager or an adult son . . . ) But he keeps growing and I need to adjust my ideas of who this baby of mine is and is becoming! It's exciting.

He loves learning about and pretending to be animals. Not dogs or cats, but animals like perigean falcons, honey badgers, and black jaguars. He also loves dinosaurs and more recently dragons. He doesn't really like playing by himself, he would much rather play with a friend, a parent or his brother (if he plays along with the rules...). He loves watching sports with dad and playing football, soccer and basketball with friends at school during recess. Over the summer he really got into swimming and will do lessons again next month. He is pretty competitive and always wants to know who was the best swimmer, player or runner. What he really wants to hear is "you were the best one!"

He also really likes drawing and he is pretty creative in what he comes up with. Mostly animals but he is expanding his subjects more now. With both William and Stephen drawing more, we've nearly gone through an entire ream of paper this year! Those afternoons of coloring or drawing are my favorite moments. They cooperate, they're quiet and creative. And I love hearing their stories about what they drew.

He loves going to school and seems to be doing well. He has made some really great friends already. He really likes his teacher and even wants to become a teacher when he grows up! That or a professional football player (yikes!). He doesn't speak too much in Spanish at home yet, but does come home with new words all the time. It's the songs that get stuck in his head and he sings those for days!

It's been a really fun year with this guy -- he has grown and learned so much and we are so very proud of him.

William Bradley is six years old today. Is it strange to admit that when I had a baby I never really imagined what it'd be like to have a school aged child? (or a teenager or an adult son . . . ) But he keeps growing and I need to adjust my ideas of who this baby of mine is and is becoming! It's exciting.

He loves learning about and pretending to be animals. Not dogs or cats, but animals like perigean falcons, honey badgers, and black jaguars. He also loves dinosaurs and more recently dragons. He doesn't really like playing by himself, he would much rather play with a friend, a parent or his brother (if he plays along with the rules...). He loves watching sports with dad and playing football, soccer and basketball with friends at school during recess. Over the summer he really got into swimming and will do lessons again next month. He is pretty competitive and always wants to know who was the best swimmer, player or runner. What he really wants to hear is "you were the best one!"

He also really likes drawing and he is pretty creative in what he comes up with. Mostly animals but he is expanding his subjects more now. With both William and Stephen drawing more, we've nearly gone through an entire ream of paper this year! Those afternoons of coloring or drawing are my favorite moments. They cooperate, they're quiet and creative. And I love hearing their stories about what they drew.

He loves going to school and seems to be doing well. He has made some really great friends already. He really likes his teacher and even wants to become a teacher when he grows up! That or a professional football player (yikes!). He doesn't speak too much in Spanish at home yet, but does come home with new words all the time. It's the songs that get stuck in his head and he sings those for days!

It's been a really fun year with this guy -- he has grown and learned so much and we are so very proud of him.