A little late this month! We recently returned from 2 weeks in Japan, and I knew I would not be able to remember when it take Barrett's monthly picture while we were there, so I waited until we got back. For reference, here he is below on July 7th, at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Tokyo!
Barrett liked the fast pace and buildings in Tokyo, but I think the trains (subways and bullet train) got his heart! He learned all about them, then took the opportunity on the 2 hour ride to Kyoto to draw the trains. He and I both really liked Kyoto, because it's less crowded than Tokyo and more traditional in style. Barrett isn't an adventurous eater to begin with, but he did give new things a try in Japan, including udon noodles and a hot pot.
We're halfway through the summer and according to everyone but me it's going "way too fast." Barrett has STEM camp next week, and then a math refresher camp for two days at the beginning of August. Right around the corner is his "junior high bootcamp" where they go and tour the school, and realize that the well-known community of elementary school is gone - it's all new and it's scary until it's not, and there's just a lot of changes going from elementary school to junior high school. For now, he's happy to swim in the pool and play his new Madden football video game. And I found him using his Harry Potter Brickheadz to act out the movie today, so watching the movies on the 13+ hours of the flight from Japan got his creative juices flowing!
Likes: Harry Potter, reading the Judy Moody series again
Dislikes: the over-abundance of little kids at the Toy Story Hotel (and their screeching)
