I can't let March slip past without acknowledging Clark's fifth birthday. We recently had a dentist appointment and were informed that his two bottom front teeth are loose (by now one of which is precipitously shaky.) Rhonda and I were caught completely off guard by this, and it's still a little unsettling to think that by summer he will have one of those charming broken-mouthed kid smiles.
We find Egyptian themes in unlikely places.
The hype for Iron Man 2 has invaded. The pose was entirely his doing.
He would always play with this Batman action figure box at Target (you can squeeze the bad guy's legs and abuse a stretchy Plastic Man), so it became a birthday gift. Pretty much the best Plastic Man figure ever, that's for sure. But not one that I imagine will hold up in the long term.
The construction of the basement room was a great fascination last month.
At 5, his entry and exit on the grocery store car-cart is starting to get awkward. We soldier on, of course.
And now, five fun facts:
- Clark almost always asks for his own bag when we're shopping. We try to dissuade him on this for environmental reasons. At the grocery store produce section, he usually gets a twisty to play with as we shop.
- On certain Fridays, Clark can bring in movies to share with his daycare class. So far, he has brought in The Brave Little Toaster, DuckTales: The Movie, and The Hobbit (1977).
- In the last year, not only has Clark enjoyed his first DisneyWorld trip, but also his first high school musical, first corn maze, first AHL hockey game... and saw his first actual mummy.
- Although he has repeatedly watched classic Speed Racer, Pee Wee's Playhouse and the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, I can't get him to take an interest in TaleSpin, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Muppets, or the 1980s Wind in the Willows show. And I only recently got him to watch Wallace & Gromit, after a long period of rebuff. Entirely on his own, he has cultivated a liking for SpongeBob and Yo Gabba Gabba.
- About the naughtiest that he gets is when he decides he is going to be slow and inattentive, usually when we're in a hurry for some reason. Or when he tries to bargain with us to get his (usually absurd) way. Clark has never been a screamer, a toy destroyer, or a violent kid.
Rhonda and I are just so proud of who he has become. We know he will make an excellent big brother.
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