Jared has changed so much in these last few months and even weeks. All in really good ways too. I just love seeing his progress as he grows up.
On Tuesday this week I took the kids (all 4) to Novalee's gymnastics, JoAnns Fabric and Ross. Holy cow I can't describe to you how much I was dreading the experience. While even just a few months ago there would have been drama at every turn it was actually surprisingly uneventful.
Jared has been my boy that up until now has needed to poke or touch everything around him during shopping trips including his sister. If that doesn't entertain him then he will find some other way. Dancing around the cart to the elevator music, sliding on the floors, hiding behind products on the shelves, tackling his sister at the check out stand are all part of what gets Jared through a trip to the store. And I don't even want to go into the amount of complaining about how much he hates shopping, that he does the entire time we are preparing to go and driving to the store the few times I actually take him (normally I try to do it when he is in school).
But on Tuesday he never complained. He just asked how many stores we would go to before we would get to go home. And even at Ross he just followed me around, including the boring clothing sections. It was amazing and actually enjoyable. Hallelujah!
Apart from shopping, Jared has turned into a great help at home. One of his goals for this month is to say "please" and "thank you" more. He has been doing wonderfully at it. He still has his moments when his sister Novalee drives him crazy but for the most part he is showing more patience with her. As an example, yesterday on the walk home from the park Novalee kept wacking him in the bum with a stick. It was driving ME crazy but Jared just ignored it. When I finally told her to stop, Jared just chuckled. I was pretty impressed.
He's at this age where he is trying really hard to be funny. I like that. I remember when I just had him, a friend of mine had a boy about Jared's age now and he would always be trying to tell jokes that he made up. Finally his mom told him that his jokes weren't funny and that they needed to have a punch line to be funny. :) Whenever Jared tries to make up a joke I think about that and kind of chuckle inside. He loves anything goofy or funny, especially when it's him that's making others laugh. Right before dinner sometimes he requests that instead of eating with us, he gets to be the entertainment for the evening. And he will either play the piano or dance or last night while eating he was telling "scary" ghost stories. :)
Jared also just wrapped up baseball. On Saturday he is getting a trophy. Sometimes I think the idea of him getting a trophy has been more motivation for him to play than the actual enjoyment of the game. :) We will see what he thinks when he gets it.
He also came home at the end of the school year with a certificate for Student of the month! He didn't seem too excited about it until I explained to him that Student of the Month is rare and quite the achievement (hopefully it still really is and they don't just make it a point to have each child be it at least once in a school year). :)
Jared's report card came in the mail yesterday. He is doing really well. He is at or above grade level in all subjects! I couldn't be prouder of his academic progress this year. Hopefully it's something he keeps doing well at.
His pretend "getting ready to catch the ball" pose. :)
After his last game we got ice cream to celebrate the end of the season. Jared was really enjoying his. Thank goodness for leather seats. :)
Oh yes! My little guy was Student of the Month!
Oh how I love this kid!
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