Brennan is SEVEN!
Saturday was Brennan's seventh birthday. On the last day of school many months ago, he received a build-a-bear as a gift from a friend. He's been planning to go to the store and build his own ever since. I told him he could invite one friend, so Saturday morning we picked up a friend from his class, Carl, and headed to the store about 15 minutes away. Brenn got Squirtle from Pokemon, and Carl got another Pokemon character. I let them each pic some clothes too. It was surprisingly fun! For reason I didn't take any pictures (!), but here's one after we got back home.
After picking out their animal and getting it stuffed, we headed to Sonic where Brennan really wanted a corn dog. All told, the event lasted only two hours. They had a great time together and were well-behaved too.
In the evening, I made homemade pepperoni pizza, as he'd requested. Then he opened his presents: a coupon for shopping with Dad for a new bike and a Ninjago reusable sticker book. Ryan bought the new Ninjago movie from Google Play, so we watched that, and then we sang and had chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, as requested.
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Brennan is still a confusing kid. He has a hard time controlling his emotions. He has lots of extra energy, but he doesn't like to do many active things. Unlike his siblings, he hates playing in the snow. I have to threaten him with consequences to get him to jump on the trampoline or ride bikes (we are hoping the new bike will change that though). He spends a lot of time in his room, where I usually let him read a book.
The funny thing about Brennan is that other times he is a perfect angel, helping around the house and with Katelyn. He can be a wonderfully kind gentleman at times. Other times, I think I'd rather die than survive another minute in the same house as him!
He loves Minecraft, arts and crafts, Legos, making Powerpoint presentations and watching tv. He and Collin share documents and slides via their google drive accounts constantly. They also share Minecraft worlds electronically.
He eats all the time and is the tallest boy in his class. He's only one size behind Collin in pants and shirts, and they wear the same shoe size now. He tried basketball for the first time this fall. He was finally really getting it as the season ended, but he hasn't decided if he wants to play again next year. I have him registered for soccer in the spring and baseball in the summer. He will do art club before school in the spring too. I figure that'll give him some good opportunities to then choose from.
He is a really good student. He gets along with the kids in his class and his teacher. All the subjects are so easy for him: math, reading, writing, spelling. He makes great connections, and sometimes I forget he is only a first-grader.
Unfortunately, he seems to have inherited some of his mom's anxiety, so sometimes he'll come home all stressed out because he needed to tell his teacher something or he felt unjustly accused of something else. He's really so much over-reaction and drama, and it's exhausting.
Next year is his baptism, which is totally blowing me away. I think we'll probably do it in Utah and combine with my sister's daughter who is only a few days older than him. It's easier to get extended family to attend that way anyway. We'll see though.
Well, here's to seven mildly successful years under Brennan's belt!
Happy birthday, B!
