Nate's "Half" Birthday!

As a kid, I always looked forward to my “half” birthday. And apparently, this is a trait that I passed onto my children…..so they love having mini-birthday parties for their half birthday. Today, Nate turned 7 ½ and I surprised him after school with a trip to Gigi’s Cupcakes! He picked out his own mini-cupcake and then he wore the ½ hat & we sang ½ of “Happy Birthday” at home!

 

Nate is at SUCH a great age right now. He is super curious about e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g, still wants to love on his momma, and has the cutest toothless grin on the block! Here is what he's up to these days.....

 

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Most of the boys in Nate’s class want to read comic books or books about superheroes. But not my boy! I love that he checks out “different” books at the school Library. Every week it’s something about drawing/tracing, some type of encyclopedia, or a book about fancy lettering or origami. I never know what he’ll come home with!

 

I love that every night at 8 pm, you can find him like this…snuggled under the covers, reading Harry Potter. Currently he is on the 3^rd book, and last night he stayed up till 9:30 pm reading! (Truth be told – that’s too late for my liking, but how can you fault the kid?! He’s a total bookworm.)

 And more on Harry Potter…. I found these spells in his Assignment Book at school!!

 

He’s still really really really into taekwondo. He’s been doing it for 8 months now and there’s no end in sight.  I’ve seen such a change in him and am proud of how much he’s excelled. I admire his determination, passion, and dedication to the sport. (Even if that means hearing him say 100x/day, “Mommy watch this kick! Mommy, watch my blue belt form! Mommy, watch this one more time!!”

 

He loves being outside….He climbs our trees & fences, ride his electric scooter, play on the swing set with our neighbor. And when our neighbor’s not available, he & Abby invent games together: The Elements, Odd Squad, School…..

He is a world-class speller like his Mom! :) Every week, he has a Spelling pre-test on Monday, and for 3 weeks now, he’s been the only student to make it onto List 3! (That means he got all the words right on the 1^st two lists, and the lists get harder as you go up…)

 

He is still a master Lego builder. Recently, he demonstrated his stellar engineer skills and helped Daddy put together a deckbox. (Or rather, Nate read the directions and instructed Greg how to do it. I am not kidding!!)

Happy 1/2 birthday to my favorite boy! And please please please stop growing! (Like, literally, please stop growing.  Reason #1 - You are eating more than an adult male and we are going to go broke soon. And Reason #2 - At this rate, you will be taller than Mommy by next year. No thank you!)