Toa of Boy's Fifth Year

Things Toa of Boy accomplished this year:

--is learning to read
--completed K math and moved on to first grade math
--participated and had a great time at co-op
--memorized a few scripture verses
--started working through "Leading Little Ones to God"
--mastered Club Penguin
--can work the media center guide enough to find several channels he's allowed to watch and can read what show is currently playing
--kicks butt in Super Smash Bros
--charms the socks off every member of the female gender, regardless of her age, who interacts with him
--always wants to make sure, if we have something special for dinner or dessert, that a portion of it gets saved for any family member not present
--saved up enough money, combined with some b-day cash, to get his own DS
--can do some double digit addition and subtraction and is beginning to grasp place value
--is learning how to tell time
--can count by fives
--can count by twos
--went sledding and loved wiping out the best
--likes being helpful
--loves big slides
--has made a "secret lair" behind the living room arm chair
--can put together seriously complex lego sets or bionicles by following step-by-step diagrams in the assembly booklet
--continues to make great use out of the trampoline that lives in our living room. (The Jedi says, "Christopher Robin was wise.")
--delights in tickling games and wrestling matches with the Jedi
--likes playing Webkinz games with Sweetling. Has learned that not every game needs to be "death or doom", but can compromise and give and take during the imaginary play.
--counts down the days till his next speech appointment cause he loves those sessions so much
--can usually identify the seven continents
--quickly grasped the colored temperature representations of the oceans during "Science on a Sphere"
--loves fresh fruit for breakfast
--loves homemade guacamole and can make it himself, after Mommy has cut open the avocado
--is rigorous in completing his morning and afternoon chore lists. Loves to count his dots to win the prize of his choice of a family activity at the end of the week.
--keeps his room clean
--wears through the knees of a pair of pants faster than a steam driven sand belt
--was the grand prize winner at our local branch library's end of summer drawing for a brand new bike
--is almost big enough to ride his brand new bike
--is a great climber
--delights in being silly
--prayed for wind for kite flying and received hurricane Ike
--prayed for snow and received a winter storm that nearly shut down the city
--likes to water the pumpkins and the vegetable garden
--loves blueberries and wants his own blueberry bush
--likes bubble baths and rubber ducks
--is unhappily resigned to being put back in a booster carseat for the next two years