This little guy is 6 today! We've been treating his birthday like an Indian wedding - it's been going on for days! We went out to dinner twice, held his party on Saturday, and celebrated today, on his actual birthday. But it's impossible not to celebrate this kid, he's just the best. His enthusiasm is contagious, and love and positivity just ooze out of him. If you can be in a bad mood around Barrett, you'd best get on because no doubt you've got the devil in you.
Barrett is in kindergarten, and is reading on his own! He likes reading "Dick and Jane" books because the repetition makes learning new words easier. Currently, he loves learning about outer space, dinosaurs, and animals. Every night, after we read 3 books together (sometimes 4 if he gives me the sweet smile) he lays in bed for a bit and "reads" books on his own. He flips through large books about the planets or plant-eating dinosaurs, and gets drawn in.
Barrett's favorite activities including imagination play, like setting up dinosaurs to battle or Power Rangers to fight each other (or the dinosaurs, you never know). He loves acting out books he has, so he'll gather all his books of one subject (Piggie and Gerald, the Pigeon, My Little Pony, etc.) and the toy figurines, and act out an entire play of sorts. He has a remarkably creative imagination!
Barrett played soccer this fall, and started piano lessons in January. Like Britton, he will continue piano lessons for a few years (more if he enjoys it), and sports as he develops the interest. One of his true passions is drawing. Barrett can use up a ream of printer paper faster than anyone I know! His drawings might reflect what he saw one day, or a scene from school, or a story he made up. He loves scotch tape (so much so that the Easter Bunny left him a 3-pack in his Easter basket, and it was the highlight of his haul!), and tapes up his pictures all over the house.
And the hair, yes the hair - he doesn't want to cut it. We've offered, shown him pictures of shorter looks, but he likes what he likes. Maybe he'll get a trim when the heat of summer hits!
Likes: drawing, play dough, orange yogurt, any carb ever, apple juice, music
Dislikes: allergies, when Britton gets snippy with him, when anyone gets impatient with him, piano lessons
Sizes: clothes - size 7, shoes - size 13/1
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