It is the day that my babiest baby boy turned 6!!!

We had such a fun and full day yesterday. It started at 8am - way too early for this mama who went out the night before and then stayed up until all hours wrapping presents. But it was 2 hours later than Mr. Birthday Boy woke up so at least there’s that!

He got to pick all the meals for the day which included donuts for breakfast, Incredible Pizza Co. for lunch and Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. I can not even tell you how sick we all felt by the end of the day. Buffets are fun but they generally lack protein and we all felt it! We ended the day with caramel cake with caramel frosting. Are you in a sugar coma yet?

In the middle of it all, Noah went to see Horton (where he had yet more crap to eat!) and really enjoyed it. Both sets of grandparents, his uncle and his Michigan siblings connected with him, he got ecards from distant friends and presents from our best friends here in Texas. He felt very loved!! He is now busy with the incredibly time consuming work of playing with all his new stuff.

So 6. I am loving 6. He started changing from this little kid to this big kid a month or two ago and I am loving every second of the new Noah. He is independent, funny, insightful, honest, curious. He would go to the ends of the earth for his baby sister and he is far more tolerant and patient of his older brothers than they usually are with him!

Things about Noah:

* his hair is turning brown, slowly, and he hates it. It’s sandy blonde, the color is so beautiful to me but he misses his white-blonde hair. His eyes are turning from blue to green but he doesn’t mind this so much. He has my eyes and Tony’s hair.  He had his first “big kid” haircut this year and looks sooo much older for it.

* he’s busy at work figuring out all about religion, the meaning of life, the existence of God.  And he does it all out loud so its fun to listen and be a part of. He’s the only kid who has really thrown himself into the Bible and the stories of creation. He has a lot of opinions and he isn’t always interested in what we have to say on the subject. Although he is, of course, still impressionable he can hold his own in our family when it comes to religious and spiritual opinions. I love that about him even if I disagree with his current beliefs almost entirely!

* he still loves what he loves. This kid is going to be great at the peer pressure game! He still loves things that are cute and adorable. He asked for a million stuffed animals and a few newborn baby dolls for his birthday. If there are size options, he always opts for the smallest. He likes the Teeniest Tiniest littlest pet shops. He likes the newborn furreal friends. But he is also grown into this wild and crazy big kid. He likes to wrestle and chase and play light sabers with his brothers. He likes to run around endlessly outside, he lives for the times when his brothers will play with him and let him join in in their games. And they are doing more and more of that as he is growing big enough to be “fun” for them.  Another funny thing about Noah is that he has great passion for toys for the 80’s. He asked for trolls (thank you eBay) and a pound puppy for his birthday, Moncchichi for christmas. He loves these old toys and he loves the old 80’s cartoons best of all.

* he learned to read and do math this year. He is a total testament to the unschooling philosophy. He has just never been willing or interested in learning these things including even basic counting past 10. But that all changed when he became a Kindergartner here at homeschool. He became a serious and passionate student. He doesn’t do that whole “gradual” learning business. He went from not counting beyond 10 to learning the entire number system, forward backward and inside out.  He adds and subtracts in his head and is learning multiplication as well. He taught himself to count by 10s and 11s. Last September he could not identify ANY letter of the alphabet and had no concept of letter sounds. Now he knows them all and can read at mid-to-end first grade level. He memorizes words easily and is eager to totally tackle the world of words.

* he has come out of his shell this year. He loves his gymnastic class, he had fun in soccer making new friends and he is eager to take swimming lessons and just about anything else I’ll sign him up for. He just LOVES going places and doing things. He is an eager and willing participant.

Things Noah Loves:

* cooking
* pasta and bread
* science experiments
* art kids and projects
* being read to and reading to us
* drawing pictures
* playing board games
* playing with his brothers, sister and friends
* roller coasters and sim rides
* helping me however I need it
* cute and small things
* making believe
* nice clothes & clothes shopping - he def has his own opinion on what he will wear, even for shoes
* his guinea pigs

Things Noah Hates:

* meat especially the smell of fish!
* sauces & soups
* bugs
* needles
* mean kids

Next year I’ll write him his very first “Dear Noah” birthday letter here because I KNOW he will be able to read it this time next year. Very exciting! To me there is nothing bittersweet about Noah’s growth and maturity - it is all SWEET to me!

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