8th Birthday Update!

Busy day today for Dexter's 8th birthday.   We had school, swim lesson and a football game.   Will update stats and his likes/dislikes after our cruise!

Skills - This year Dexter has grown alot!   He is now 50.5 inches tall and weighs 53 lbs.  In school he remains in Speech therapy classes twice a week and can speak clearly when he slows down and tries. He also tested into Gifted Reading class midway through the year and now attends that once a week.  In sports he has done Taekwondo all year and has progressed from white to gold to green belt (soon to be purple) and he just recently started flag football which he really enjoys.

Favorite Friends at school - Moses, Chrisopher, Jacob, Jaden & Justin
Favorite Foods - Chicken Nuggets, Grilled Cheese (from Gram), Ham & Cheese (from Subway)
Favorite TV - Rescue Bots, Octonauts
Favorite Movies - All Star Wars
Favorite Toys - Stuffed animals
Favorite place to go - Disney/Legoland
Favorite animal - Pig
Favorite color - Yellow
Favorite desert - Ice Cream
Favorite superhero - Batman
Favorite Sport - Footaball

He also really likes video games - Star Wars battlefront, War Thunder, Roblox.

His stated dislikes are bullies and cheating.

Winter update

My blogging has gone down the tubes over the past 1-2 years as more and more just gets displayed on Facebook.  Hopefully I can maintain at least a monthly update on this blog for easier strolls down memory late in the future.

Right after the Women's March.  I traveled to Ohio to visit Heather & family.  It was a nice long weekend of basketball games and poster making!

Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season.  Santa put me on the nice list again (7 years in a row!!) and gave me the giant dinosaur stuffed animal I asked for - plus a few other animals!

Starting this week I have a new teacher at school.  So long Mrs. Salley and hello Mrs. Harris!  I met her before winter break started and she seems nice, I can't wait to get back to school and rock out the rest of 2nd grade!

November update

November was a great month.  I turned into a yellow belt in Karate and we traveled to California for Mommy and Daddy's birthdays!  While in California we visited the Zoo, Legoland and our good friends the McCalls.  We went sailing with them and enjoyed Thanksgiving Dinner!

Karate update

A few months ago I started taking Karate class.  I really enjoy going and learning Karate!  This past weekend I passed my Gold Belt test and am very proud of how much I learned and grown since I started!

Washington DC adventures

I just spent a week with my cousins exploring Richmond & Washington DC.  It was a great week and here are some highlights of our adventures.

Exploring the gardens in Richmond

The Supreme Court

Outside the White House

Climbing in the gardens

Future President Hillary Clinton

Outside the White House

Dex and Luke at the gardens

Inside the White House

Awesome close view of the White House

Greatnana, Cole, Heather & Luke

Luke, Dexter and George Washington

Dexter and Mommy

Greatnana and her grandsons

Green room inside the White House

On the Capitol tour

View from the White House

End of our White House tour

Summer travels

Sorry I haven't been around the past month.  I have been very busy traveling!  I spent a week with Gram in Maryland.  Then I spent a week at home with Nana.  I went to summer camp at my new elementary school, Victory Elem.   Now I am in Ohio with my cousins!   I am too busy to post on my blog!!

karate & baseball

 I am really enjoying Martial Arts classes.  This week I earned my first stripe on my white belt.

 I am improving my flexibility with Karate as well!

Baseball is now over.  I hadn't played since I was 4 and by the end of the season I was usually getting a hit (7 pitches to try and hit) and still have a ways to go on throwing and catching.  But I enjoyed it a little bit - I might be willing to try again next year.