Friday, November 2, 2018

You're 7 and time is flying

Hello again kiddo :) As usual, time seems to fly by far too fast and suddenly it's been months since I last blogged.  Just FYI, I've also not been able to blog much on my food blog, either...I've made a few things, but not nearly as many as I was prior to our move.  Hoping to correct that in the new year (or sooner)!
Anyway, the major story is that you turned 7 years old just over a month ago!  We celebrated at Grandma Judy's place with relatives and had a great time.  You chose 'Angry Birds' as your theme--we made a really cool pinata of Red, cake was Red, made cupcakes with other characters, had party hats of Chuck, and Bad Piggies on the green solo cups.  Everyone really enjoyed it, especially you :D  You got lots of great gifts, but your favorite was the Tinker Toy set from Grandma (you already had one set and wanted more to build bigger projects, which you have done).
Another gift you got was a gift card and some money, which you used to buy some robots.  You absolutely adore robots and want every robot you can get lol.  You've also been using one of the gifts daddy and I got you: programming in Scratch for kids.  You've not only done the programs in the book, but created some of your own, too.  We love that you are into this and hope you continue on in other programming languages when you are ready!
Two days ago was Halloween.  This year, you chose to be a black cat, as you still love cats (almost as much as robots, possibly more).  We trick-or-treated the neighborhood streets around our house and had great weather this time--no terrible cold winds, no rain, just cool autumn temps and some clouds.  We were equally lucky with the weather when we went to the Ar"boo"retum event of trick-or-treating the stores in that shopping plaza a few days prior.  You ended up with 6.25 pounds of candy--not bad!
You are also still doing karate--up to Camo belt now and soon (end of this month) to graduate to Green!  You are now part of the leadership team, so you go three nights a week (instead of just two) and seem to really like this.  You are currently signed up for another two years of classes...hoping you will continue on to achieve black belt eventually!
We are still working on the house, though now we don't have nearly as many major projects to do.  This coming week, we will finally be getting new carpet for the main living room.  You helped mommy and uncle Kevin pull up the old yucky one (and padding) and helped move all the stuff out to get the room ready.  You are still a terrific helper and enjoy doing so.
More again soon!  Love you lots ~mommy