Andrew, Andrew, Andrew. Let's see, what's new. Andrew is still reading, reading, reading. He always seems to have his nose in a book. He is allowed to read in bed because we put the boys to sleep quite a bit earlier than he probably needs to go to bed (say, 7:30), but if we aren't careful he reads way too late. He still likes to read favorites - mysteries, I survived, etc. But we are starting to run out of new books for him to read from my childhood. I remembered about the Chronicles of Narnia and he's read two of those this weekend. He also read the Percy Jackson books because we went to see the play - those are probably a little more grown up than the other books he reads. He read all the Bunnicula books I had. He's tried Beverly Cleary, but was not a fan. He's read almost everything that Roald Dahl has written now. At school, he is usually checking out the latest Geronimo Stilton book, though he still doesn't usually say his name right. I think right now he has an Indian in the Cupboard book checked out so he can read it at home and at school. And I'm sure he's read like 100 others than I can think of.
Andrew seems to like school alright. He seems to have some friends, though I'm not sure how many in his class. He likes to play all kinds of games like Zombie on the school playground. Andrew does really well in class, though he tends not to do the most careful work and then gets defensive when you show him so. But he does really well and his teacher always says so. Second grade doesn't seem too hard - Andrew needs to work on his writing (both penmanship and composition), but he will tell you that that is what he is worst at. He is probably the best reader in his class. He does well in math, but makes silly mistakes. We probably should work on speed math facts over the break. He really loves to do puzzle problems. He always has wonderful behavior. He comes home with a pink almost every day (the highest level) and sometimes a double pink. He gets all kinds of candy from his teacher for his behavior, but is usually kind and shares it.
A new girl from our neighborhood moved into his class a few weeks ago, and generally they like to go play over there. They have had a lot of fun playing with neighborhood friends, although Andrew tends to think people make fun of him and are mean to him all the time and doesn't seem to see it when he is acting snotty. But generally, he and Seth go over to a friend's house and play for an hour or two each day. So nice - we love our neighborhood. He loves to ride bikes and occasionally his scooter.
Andrew started basketball for the first time last month. We had some mix ups about practice times due to email getting sent to spam, but I think it's all worked out now. He seems to really be enjoying it and loves to dribble the ball around at home. Most of the other kids have played more than him, but hopefully he'll learn to play the game and enjoy it. Otherwise, the boys still play lots of soccer at home and they play football with the neighbor kids, too, though there is no chance I am letting them play that when they are older.
Andrew has gone to a few plays with Katsu - Little Prince, Lightning Thief (which was a musical), and Charlotte's Web. I am thinking about having him audition for the next play they do in Ayden. I think he would really enjoy acting.
Andrew has had pretty good behavior for the most part. He still has occasional angry outbursts, but generally has gotten better about controlling his feelings. He is a good brother most of the time. Andrew and Seth are thick as thieves and usually are playing with friends together or building some fort or Army/Lego/Trio/Lincoln Log structure. He loves to talk to Noah, sing to him, and make him laugh. It is all very sweet.
We started up me teaching piano lessons again and it's going better. Hard to fit in lessons with a baby who needs lots of attention, but Andrew is doing well.
Fun Things
- general conference. We had candy for the key words.
- Trip to Asheville.
- Flu mist
- Greenville fall festival ... kind of a bust since everything cost money and I didn't bring any cash, but they got cotton candy and got to get fire hats and go on a bus.
- making Halloween cookies at home.
- first play - Little Prince.
- help feed the homeless at the park. We are going to start going each month.
- trunk or treat at church
- trick or treating at library
- fall fest
- halloween festivities at school - making cookies, counting and sorting candy ... sounded fun.
- neighborhood halloween party
- Halloween!!!!
- Logan's birthday party
- Lightning Thief musical
- Charlotte's Web
- trip to the Aquarium and to the historical museum in Beaufort.
- Shichigosan - we got family pictures taken in the morning and the boys went to a baptism and in the evening, we all went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant which the boys loved.
- Stake Conference - the boys sang in the Primary choir for prelude and got a little treat afterwards. Too bad it was raining or we would have spent more time in New Bern. It still took 6 hours total for the whole day!
- Thanksgiving Day was a bust. Logan ended up sick, so we stayed at home but still took over food to the party we were supposed to go to. Boys enjoyed watching the parade and the food, more or less.
- Day after Thanksgiving - Andrew went to Raleigh with Seth and Katsu. They went to Pullen Park and enjoyed the train and playing. Then, they were shortly at the Natural History Museum before Seth starting puking. Andrew still insisted they go to Trader Joes to get fried rice; amazing Katsu agreed and we have a freezer full of fried rice and dumplings.
- Church Christmas party - they ate treats, watched part of the Polar Express, and took a little Polar Express ride (really a hay ride on a trailer) to go meet Santa Claus. Boys seemed to enjoy it.
- ECU football game. They had lots of fun, even though it was cold and super late (Game started at 7:30 on a weeknight!). They stayed for about half of it. ECU has been doing really well this year, so it was fun.
- enjoying lots of treats in December.
- loving Advent, Christmas Countdown, and our first year with Elf on the Shelf after much begging. Andrew gets to blow out the first candle for Advent which he thinks is pretty cool. They love trying to explain each of the names of Jesus that we are doing for Christmas countdown. They write letters to the Elf asking him to hide certain places.
- Andrew has been sick most of the week and missed several days of school.
- Lots of work parties for Katsu. Andrew really enjoyed the one last night where he was busy playing some hide and seek tag game with the other kids.
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