With Harrison's birthday falling just 3 days before Christmas, we decided this year to let him celebrate his 1/2 birthday as well. It's a long time to go without a special "him" celebration and it kinda stinks for him that he gets all his gifts/celebrating in just 3 days....then has to wait another 362 before it comes around again. To make it fair, we toned back his birthday in December and set aside some gift for June 22.
He certainly was counting down the days until the big day! We didn't celebrate like in December, but he did get to open some gifts. He opened his new scooter that afternoon so he'd have time to try it out.
A few things about Harrison at 5 1/2....
He is still so so sweet. He loves to cuddle and snuggle with us. I keep waiting for him to outgrow that, but so far he's just as sweet and cuddly as ever. :)
He's gotten to be a better eater lately, although his favorite food is still hamburgers. He asks for them almost every day! He still will only drink chocolate milk, but will now eat plain milk in his cereal. His favorite cereal is what he calls his "special cereal" -- Special K fruit and yogurt. He is also such a funny eater -- he doesn't like anything combined, ie. casseroles, but he'll eat all the ingredients separately. For lunch, he likes turkey/ham, cheese and sandwich bread, but not all together in a sandwich. He'll eat them separately. It's going to make packing a school lunch interesting this fall. ;)
We found out Harrison has a peanut/tree nut allergy in December. We have epipens and benadryl that go everywhere with us. We've had to be much more diligent about what he eats -- nothing process near nuts or that "might" contain them.
Harrison loves to play and has such an imagination! Last week he'd taken legos and strung yarn between them to create power lines. Then his "mean guys" were getting electrocuted on them. Lovely, huh? His favorite things to play right now are -- toy story, cars, legos and wild animals. He's created zoos and worlds of his own out of blocks. His imagination is just incredible. He and Madeleine will haul up in one of their rooms and play and play, doing "stories" together that have such intricate plots to them. I love to listen to them and see what they will come up with next!
He loves to read. He's not reading yet, but still like for us to read to him. He's constantly asking me what a word means. He knows most of his letters, can write his name, can count as high as me and is soooo ready for kindergarten. At least, he's ready for the challenge, he doesn't want to go anymore. We'll see what happens when the actual day arrives.
His favorite phrase right now is "guess what" and I bet I hear it 597 times each day! He doesn't know a stranger and will talk to anyone.
He is very concerned with right and wrong. He's determined to be on "God's Team" as he calls it and is quick to tell his sisters when the are on the "devil's team." We actually rarely have to punish Harrison. He's has such a heart to do the right thing and is quick to take correction. I love his sweet and tender heart most about him. I pray that he will always have it.
He is such a good brother, especially considering that he has 2 sisters. He is so sweet with Charlotte most of the time. :) He will chase her around the house when she takes his stuff, but will never grab it back from her, even though he could. He's too worried he'll hurt her -- I think she's got him wrapped around her finger! He talks to her in the sweetest little voice and loves to tuck her in and kiss her goodnight. Charlotte is going to miss him this fall!! And, he and Madeleine play so well together. He's gotten pretty good at playing princesses, too. Ha! I think he'll make such a good husband/daddy one day because he'll be so used to being around girls.
He likes to get out an go and is my often companion at the grocery store or running errands. He's gotten to be such a good helper with that, and I'm going to miss him so much this fall!!
There are so many other things to write, but that's all I can think of right now. He's growing and changing everyday it seems. Growing up too fast right before my eyes!
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