Six Year Old Tristan
It's taking me a lot longer than I had originally planned to do these updates. But hey... better late than never, right? So... Tristan turned 6 back in mid-September and we had a nice little party for him with our friends and neighbors. He wanted a rainbow cake and we found a mix that was just right. It turned out really cool!
He started Kindergarten and is doing very well. He gets on blue (which stands for role model) almost every day! Tristan loves school and is learning so much. He loves to carry books around and "read" although it's still pretty difficult to convince him to try and actually read, I love that he is interested in books in any way whatsoever.
He wears ties and vests to school all the time so we had to go get him some more fancy clothes. He looks adorable! Apparently some of his friends are starting to copy his fashion and wear their dress clothes to school as well. Our little trend-setter :)
He gets chased on the playground by girls all the time and loves it. They love him too... I saw it in action on parent-teacher conference day. Tristan is still our "sports" kid. He is constantly in motion no matter where he is (except for school I guess). He is always jumping around, riding his skateboard or his bike, racing, throwing, kicking, jumping on the trampoline, sledding. We are going to put him into soccer or gymnastics or something. One day Noah took his training wheels off for him and taught him how to ride his bike in about 5 minutes. Tristan was SO DANG PROUD! and so were we :)
Tristan got a guinea pig for his birthday and he takes amazing care of her. Since then we got him another one so they could keep each other company (they're used to living in groups). He does a fantastic job making sure they always have food and water and attention. We never have to remind him. He named them Carly and Sam (from iCarly) :)
It used to be really difficult to get Tristan to do anything artistic, but lately he has been painting and crafting with the rest of us. He gets a little insecure because his brothers are so much faster than he is at creating art. I think being in school, surrounded by different levels of artistic ability and varying speeds of creativity has really helped him overcome a lot of his insecurities. His handprint Christmas tree hung proudly on our front door this year.
So, our Tristan is growing-up quite wonderfully. We're very proud of him and of his great strides towards becoming a self-confident, accomplished little kid. He started school at the perfect time!
He started Kindergarten and is doing very well. He gets on blue (which stands for role model) almost every day! Tristan loves school and is learning so much. He loves to carry books around and "read" although it's still pretty difficult to convince him to try and actually read, I love that he is interested in books in any way whatsoever.
He wears ties and vests to school all the time so we had to go get him some more fancy clothes. He looks adorable! Apparently some of his friends are starting to copy his fashion and wear their dress clothes to school as well. Our little trend-setter :)
He gets chased on the playground by girls all the time and loves it. They love him too... I saw it in action on parent-teacher conference day. Tristan is still our "sports" kid. He is constantly in motion no matter where he is (except for school I guess). He is always jumping around, riding his skateboard or his bike, racing, throwing, kicking, jumping on the trampoline, sledding. We are going to put him into soccer or gymnastics or something. One day Noah took his training wheels off for him and taught him how to ride his bike in about 5 minutes. Tristan was SO DANG PROUD! and so were we :)
Tristan got a guinea pig for his birthday and he takes amazing care of her. Since then we got him another one so they could keep each other company (they're used to living in groups). He does a fantastic job making sure they always have food and water and attention. We never have to remind him. He named them Carly and Sam (from iCarly) :)
It used to be really difficult to get Tristan to do anything artistic, but lately he has been painting and crafting with the rest of us. He gets a little insecure because his brothers are so much faster than he is at creating art. I think being in school, surrounded by different levels of artistic ability and varying speeds of creativity has really helped him overcome a lot of his insecurities. His handprint Christmas tree hung proudly on our front door this year.
So, our Tristan is growing-up quite wonderfully. We're very proud of him and of his great strides towards becoming a self-confident, accomplished little kid. He started school at the perfect time!
