Asher Turns 6!

*There is another post about our summer activities below!*

 

This little boy turned 6!  He had been asking me since March (David's birthday) when his birthday was going to be.  He would tell me "Mom, ask google how many days till my birthday!" So I would google how many days and he would be super disappointed because it would be like 95 days.  So he was super excited when we got down to just a few days!  He was even more excited when we had his family birthday party a few days early because we would be camping on his real birthday!  Here are some thing about my awesome little boy:

•  Asher loves his family!  He always wants us to do things together and play with his sisters and want me to play games with him and to do all the boy things with David.
• He is doing great in school.  He loves math and is pretty good at reading.  I was worried about him being so young for his grade, but it hasn't hindered him at all!
• Very skinny and very tall for his age.  His yearly appointment is in a couple days and I expect him to be his usual 50th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height. 
• Loves Pokemon, Minecraft, and Sonic.  I used to think all the kids that played Pokemon in middle school were super nerdy, but now I know a bunch of names of Pokemon, have seen the new movie, know the theme song, and play Pokemon Go every night when I take Millie on a walk all because of Asher.
• He is a rule follower.  He is very concerned with following the rules (most of the time).  He gets very upset when he sees other kids breaking rules that I have for him so we have had many talks about not being able to control what other people do, just what we do.  It is good thing because he always washes his hands after going to the bathroom and brushes his teeth before bed, but it's bad because when I want to cheat at the rules (like not save treats for the girls or David) Asher always makes me feel bad!
• He can run hot and cold with his emotions.  He's always been like this so it's something we've been working on.  He gets frustrated really easily but also gets crazy and happy.  He's getting a lot better!  Starting all day school has been hard and a bit of a setback, but I think he's getting more used to it. When he gets home he's just very drained and has a harder time controlling his emotions, but it's getting better! 
• Is such a good helper at home.  Most of the time.  He loves to help with the girls.  He wants to help put their shoes and jackets on and buckle them into their carseats.  He'll even sometimes help brush their teeth!  He is so good with them and sometimes talks about the kids he's going to have when he's an adult.  
• Such a mama's boy.  Always has been and probably always will be!  I'm a little nervous he's going to try to live with me forever...but it's fun having my little sidekick around!

Asher really is a good kid and we're lucky to have him.  Happy birthday Asher!