Recently I read an article about blue eyed/red headed individuals-Tavin is blue eyed and red headed. This is some of what I found:
"The majority of natural redheads have brown eyes, with others likely to have hazel or green shades. But like red hair, blue eye colour is a recessive trait, meaning that both parents must carry the gene for a child to be blessed with it. This makes those with red hair and blue eyes the rarest minority in the world, with only 1% having both.
So, each one is about as rare as a four-leaf clover."
How handsome is this kid! He is the full package, sweet, funny, kind, smart, and so sincerely good. How did I get so lucky? People always come up to me and comment on what a good job I do on raising my son...but i always tell them, it isn't me-he came that way:) I just hope I don't screw him up!
Words I have had to analyse to figure out what he was talking about:
"Mom look that tree has a lot of porcupines on it" = pine cones
"Katie here are the constructions to it-have mom read them"= instructions
"We learned about pili-grams today in class" = pilgrims
"I can't figure out which governments are yours and which are dads when I sorted the laundry so they are all in one pile"=garments
On our drive home from picking him up from school: "Mom today we learned about Americans. And we are Americans, I am American, you are American Katie, and the person in the car right there next to us is American" Then he broke into song: "I'm proud to be an American" :)
Tavin has a very strong spirit about him and expresses it often in prayers at night. Dan and I had to glance at each other as Tavin said: "thank you for the babies that grow up to be parents" :) this coming from a six year old. He also is very aware of those who are sick or having a hard time in some way and need our prayers...he often tells me about his prayers that have been answered. "Mom we prayed that I would feel better today and I woke up and I am feeling better-Heavenly Father heard us! He gets it at such a young age.
Tavin has no fear when it comes to expressing himself and his testimony in front of others. He often asks us if it is testimony meeting at church so that he can go up and bare his testimony. One particular time I recall he talked about how Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us ANYWHERE we may be. And that he was happy that he would be able to live with them again. On another time he talked about a family home evening that Dan and I gave-how we need to be careful with the things we watch because it can be bad for our minds.
Tavin is doing so well in Kindergarten and can now read the "bob" books to me. He is an eager learner and wants to excel. He surprises us with knack for Math-which was definitely not my strong point growing up-and can often do addition and subtraction problems we give him in his head.
He loves the Salt Lake Soccer Team RSL and often sings their fight song around the house and pretends to be them when he plays soccer with us. He is currently playing indoor soccer in a program called Soccer Shots. They teach skills to the kids and teach them "key words" such as being good sports, team work, honsesty, etc. Tavin has done very well and we are impressed with the way the classes are run. One night while I was watching, the other team scored and a boy came up to Tavin-pointing in his face and said: HA HA WE SCORED. (demonstrating poor sportsmanship) It was a topic they had recently discussed in one of their classes and I was so proud of how tavin reacted....he simply put his hand up for the boy to high five and said: good job! that was a great goal! His coach made sure to recognize Tavin's good behavior and my heart was happy in that moment. What a good boy!
Tavin also enjoys baseball and is looking forward to playing again this summer
He was a big help when picking the raspberries. He wanted to make sure to find the ripest ones and was willing to be patient to find them:)
Tavin the very first Dragon( his school's mascot) award for his kindergarten class. They do this a couple times during the year and one person from each class is chosen for being an excellent leader, example, friend, and being determined in academics. This fits Tavin perfect. He was very proud and excited and we all made sure to be there when he high fived the principal as she handed him his award:) His teachers note read: "Tavin is always excited and ready to learn when he comes to class every day. He always has a smile on his face and does his best on all his work. He is a great friend and a great leader!" We got a nice breakfast as well.
Tavin always has creative ideas and it doesn't take much for him to convince his sisters to join him in putting it to action. He loves to plan out treasure hunts, and make obstacle courses for us. We even had an indoor snowball fight with crumpled up paper as the snowballs all planned by Tavin. This particular night, he wanted to sleep on the shelves of the closet. We didn't know this so when Dan went up to check on the kids, he called down to me to come and see where he found them:)
Tavin turned six this year and asked to have a pirate party. His wish was my command and this was the cake Dan and I came up with. It started to slide to one side so Daniel had to come up with a way to even out the weight using a cutting board propped up on an angle. It made it till cake cutting time, thank goodness!
Tavin and his serious pirate face, this was one of the only times that I didn't see him smiling from ear to ear, and that made everything worth it for me. We had a treasure hunt for a treasure chest, made pirate hats out of newspaper, popped balloon cannon balls, had a pirate ship battle at sea, and walked the plank! It was a great success and he was excited to have 2 of his best friends this year in kindergarten attend along with all his cousins!
Tavin walking the plank, with Dan as an alligator to get him if he falls:)
Tavin and his cousins dressed up as some of the characters from Star Wars and he was very proud to be apart of the group. They had a great time! we had a little bit of a "scare" this Halloween we for about 45 minutes we lost Tavin. The area we live in fills up quickly with kids and their families trick or treating. And add our entire family and some friends all out together but sometimes not at the same house-and you end up with lots of people thinking that one person has a kid when that person is thinking someone else has a kid with them. Thus, we got home to sort and trade candy and no Tavin. We set out in groups to find him and it was Daniel who spotted Tavin. There is one particular house in our area that really goes all out for Halloween and has a huge line of people who come to see it, take pictures, and get candy. Daniel found Tavin at the house next door on top of a "dad's" shoulders.
When Dan came up...was Tavin scared and crying, worried that he would never be found?? NOPE he was happy and talking to this man and his family as they patiently waited for us to find them. Tavin: "DAD FINALLY-YOU FOUND ME! I looked around and didn't see anyone I knew and THEN I felt someone looking at me....so I turned and there was this Dad who asked if I was lost, I said yes, so he put me on his shoulders to see if I could see anyone and I didn't. Then he said he would stay with me until someone came to get me. The mom called the police to tell them about me and help me find u but u came before the got here." I am grateful our prayers were answered and that we were able to find our sweet boy, that someone kind and caring came to help and wait with him while we searched, and that he was not scared or worried.
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