Rocco is 6!!!

Oh this boy!  This boy has my whole heart!  On January 15th, Rocco turned 6!!  I cannot believe he is 6.  He has conquered kindergarten with charm and obedience.  He has a love of learning and a desire to please his teacher.  He ALWAYS has a smile on his face.  ALWAYS!!

 

 

Or sometimes he looks like this.  He is his father's son.  He thinks he is a professional comedian.  He is always willing to be silly or crazy to get a laugh!!

 

The kid has no teeth.  He has lost four on the bottom and three on the top.  He only has two that have come in the bottom.  That does not stop him from his basic vegan diet of green beans and raspberries and all other berries.

 

He loves this look.  OH EM GEE he rocks this look.  My sweet boy can be a stinker.  He really can only tolerate getting his own way every single time so we regularly have some serious power struggles.  He usually wins. 

 

This winter, he has been playing basketball.  The first game he was ten times worse than a deer in headlights.  He came off the court at the end of the game and said "Mom, I do not know how to play basketball."  Way to go Mom and Dad - epic fail!!!!

 

But by the second game, he was doing a little better and realized you needed to dribble and learned that you needed to shoot the ball in the hoop.  He made a couple of baskets and he was feeling good!!

 

By the next game, he earned the medal for most improved and best listener. 

 

AND THEN he broke his collarbone.  He always keeps us on our toes.  He has kept the sling on for more days than I thought he would and then after about a week and a half, we can't get him to wear it and he seems to be on the mend.  He already returned to basketball and tomorrow he starts back at spring soccer. 

 

I cannot believe he will be done with kinder in a few short months.  It will be a very fun year for Rocco because he makes everything fun!!