Noah at 5

I am really far behind with the blog-- too much to really catch up entirely-- but I did want to log in Noah's and Zachary's recent stats.  (And, I'm back dating this post to June, even though it's August) So here is Noah at 5:

45 and 1/4 inches tall- 91st percentile
44.3 lbs- 74th percentile

I had a harder time with Noah turning 5 than I have in previous years.  It just seems like he's such a big kid now.  And he's about to head off to Kindergarten at Lane Elementary too.  I can't believe it.  The night before his 5th birthday, I had a hard time saying goodnight, knowing it would be the last time I said goodnight to my 4 year old.

Things he's into:  Angry Birds, Ninjago, Star Wars, but garbage trucks remain his absolute favorite.  He loves his ipod touch, or playing aps on my iphone.  Too much technology.

School: Noah is doing a wonderful job with reading.  He has a ton of sight words memorized, and he can sound things out when he wants to as well.  He was in the top reading group in his pre-K class this past year.  He would bring home reading homework every Friday, but it was almost a joke how easy is was for him to do.  He's also doing really well in Math.  Absolutely top of his class.  I think he's going into K with more skills than I had when I left 1st grade.  He also loves science (Mad Science at Little Acorn Patch), and is a general curious, intelligent little boy.

Sports: This year Noah took a gymnastics class, a soccer class, and swimming.  He did a wonderful job with all of them.  We'll probably do some private swimming lessons at some point, as I think he's gotten as much as he can fromt he group lessons.  He has no problem going under water at all, and will dive for toys.  But, he still needs to learn real swimming technique for swimming with his head above the water.  He did a fantastic job with soccer though, and really seems adept in that area.  Next summer, I think we'll do soccer camp for a while.  He seems pretty athletic overall, so I'd like to make sure he has the option to really learn some sports.  He'll also watch just about any sport on TV, including things like Golf or Tennis.  Speaking of Golf, he loves it.  Grandmoo and Papa got him real clubs for his birthday. He also loves mini golf.

Movies/TV Shows:  Noah still likes watching things like 101 Dalmatians, the Lion King, Monsters Inc, Toy Story, etc, but he would rather watch TV shows on DVD than sit down for a full movie.  He really loves Scooby Doo right now.  That's probably his favorite

Brotherly Love: Noah is a wonderful little boy.  He is the best brother imaginable.  He is so good with Zachary, and Zachary totally adores him.  He loves when Noah plays with him and will laugh his little head off.  Noah is really patient with him, much more than I thought he would be.  It is really wonderful to watch them develop such a good relationship.

Friends: Noah is still friends with all the old friends-- Sophia, Greydon, Mia, Sienna, Sean-- and has met tons of new friends at school.  His best friend at school is Gabriel (a different Gabriel), but he has lots of other good school friends.