Dawson,
Today is your fifth birthday, which always makes me a little sentimental. Five years old means that you are going to be going to kindergarten soon. I'm so proud of you, little guy! The crazy stories that come out of your mouth, coupled with your facial expressions keep Daddy and I laughing all day long. Just an example of one of your funny little stories: recently you told us that you want to be a priest because you don't want to have any kids. Plus you would like to have a cat so that Carter can't come to visit.
You learn very quickly and have a thirst for information, especially relating to construction and transportation. When we go to the library you love to choose books about fire trucks, trains, helicopters and construction vehicles. I notice that you have amazing metacognition skills: if you want to remember a fact or vocabulary word you will repeat that word or phrase quietly to yourself.
We have been working on learning to read this year and I'm proud to report that you have been deciphering basic words and we are developing a bank of sight words as well. You even attempted to write a sentence. I thought you did a great job independently. Here is what you wrote: I C a (then you drew a picture of a car.) Not too bad for a first attempt, we knew you wanted to communicate I see a car. You are really interested in math especially addition, probably because you see your brother and sister practicing it so much. It's not unusual for you to come up to me and start quizzing me on my math facts. I like to play around and say things like 2+3=7 right Dawson? You laugh and laugh and then correct me.
Dawson, you are so very hard on your toys. Not because you are destructive, but because you are very interested in how they function. You want to take things apart to see how they work, and you will use a toy in a certain manner over and over and over to determine how it works. Unfortunately this leads to broken toys quite often. Today you have broken two of your birthday toys!
Here is a birthday interview of some of your favorites at five:
favorite color: blue
favorite toy: remote controlled train and fire truck
favorite movie or tv show: Mighty Machines
favorite food: pigs in a blanket, chips and salsa
favorite outfit: anything skin tight (no really, you actually said this)
favorite game: Fishing Game
favorite art activity: draw
favorite animal: pig
favorite song: Carol of the Bells by Trans Siberian Orchestra
favorite thing to play outside: climbing trees
favorite drink: milk
favorite holiday: Christmas
favorite thing to sleep with: angel baby
What do you want to be when you grow up: a fireman
What do you like about Ava: she jumps on the trampoline with me
What do you like about Carter: we dig in the dirt together
What do you pray for: my family
What do you like to do with Daddy: I like to go golfing with him
What do you like to do with Mommy: I like to do games
What is your favorite book: Otis and the Tornado
This interview reminds me of two little personality quirks! First, you hate clothing unless it is tight and close to your body. You have a tiny little waist, so I have realized it is vital to find pants that have drawstrings on them so I can tighten them up. You fit in a 5T for length, but they will fall down in the waist. If an article of clothing doesn't fit perfectly it typically leads to tears. Secondly, you also love Carol of the Bells. It is saved on the hard drive in the car and we listen to it almost every day when I drive you to school. Even in August......and February........and June. But it puts a smile on your face, so I don't mind.
As you can see, I took way to many pictures of you for your birthday. But it was so easy to do this because we were telling jokes and I was getting genuine smiles, laughs and silly faces from you. Dawson, we love you, little five year old. It's been wonderful getting to know you the past five years and I can't wait to see what the future has in store.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
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