65 Month Update

I was re-reading past updates and loved how they captured a moment in time, so I decided to continue on with these monthly updates.

• Still loves Curious George
• Still sleeps with his Bears, but leaves them at home when he goes to school. Instead, he takes Mr. Domo because he fits better in his backpack.
• LOVES kindergarten
• He usually sits with his friends Skylar and Alyssa on the busride to school and either with Robbie or Joey on the busride home
• He had a playdate with Alyssa (who wrote him a love note)
• He understands the concept of girlfriend ("someone you marry")
• He finally tried a new sandwich at Subway. Instead of tuna, he now gets a BMT
• He still drinks about 32 to 48 oz of 1% milk daily
• He LOVES his little sister and can always make her laugh
• He is obsesses with the Cars and Cars 2 movies
• LOVES The Polar Express movie and will sing all of the songs that are sung
• Does not like Spongebob, but likes Spongebob in Spanish
• Loves the Busytown Mysteries cartoons
• Hates kielbasa and beans
• Loves to cook and has become quite good at retrieving ingredients from the fridge and pantry
• Will go upstairs and call Backaw for dinner then race downstairs to beat Backaw to the table (he also will quickly get Backaw's diet Coke from the fridge and put it at his place setting)
• Can take off his clothes and dress himself (when he wants to), but still likes it when I or Cesar help him get dressed
• Brushes his own teeth, but we still help him at night to make sure he gets at least one good cleaning
• We have to floss just 2 teeth in the back, otherwise he has great spacing
• He grinds his teeth incessantly at night (it makes it difficult when we have to sleep in the same room with him)!
• Sleeps with a light on and music
• Will not pick his nose and has to be forced to blow his nose. We do put saline drops in his nose to clear out some of those boogers
• Goes to the bathroom without help and can wipe himself after pooping mostly without help.
• Still does not stand up to pee
• Played soccer for the first time this fall and loved it!
• Tried hockey for the first time also and hated it (mainly because he does not know how to ice skate)
• Wants to play baseball badly
• Loves apple juice
• He gets his own hot lunch at school
• Getting hot lunch was one of the things he was most excited about when going to kindergarten
• Has a great sense of humor and always is telling jokes and trying to think up new ones
• Loves to go shopping and go on outings
• Loves to play games on my Iphone
• Writes his name very well and is starting to spell words phonetically
• Loves to color and draw pictures
• Loves to read
• Loves to snuggle
• Loves to just talk at the end of the day with me
• Loves his Legos and can put together anything by following the little instruction booklet