Yep…he’s seven.
Here are some approximate stats:
Weight: 57.8 lbs (around 78th percentile)
Height: 49.5 inches (around 75th percentile)
He’s growing up! He’s definitely more engaged with everything that’s going on around him and remembers unexpected details. Dexter loves telling people jokes. He’s come up with a few funny jokes and makes funny deadpan comments when we least expect it.
Dexter has become better at recognizing stress and understanding how it impacts his body. He’s much more willing to try new things without a lot of anxiety. He loves talking to everyone. This year he went to Australia and New Zealand, tried out some new summer camps and completed his first year at his new school and he managed it all really well. In the first part of the year, he would still have some anxious moments, but now they rarely seem to happen.
Dexter is loving school. He’s enjoying the various subjects, but he would say his favorite classes are recess, PE, art, and music. He loves playing games, running around, and just being a kid. He spends lots of time writing and drawing. He’ll draw very detailed machines and mazes. He is completely in love with platypuses and will draw them whenever he can. He loves most sports, but seems to like soccer and baseball most of all. We still don’t have him in any official teams yet, but he does seem to enjoy team sports. He also just started piano and he seems to think it’s pretty cool.
His reading has improved dramatically. He can now read easy chapter books like “Nate the Great” and read almost all his picture books. He absolutely loves reading his “Plants vs Zombies” graphic novels along with the “Dog Man” series. He wants to read on his own most nights after we read together and keep going until we make him turn off the light. It’s wonderful to have two great readers in the house. He’s definitely right-handed and is doing a lot of writing in school and at home.
Dexter loves TV for better or for worse. His favorite show these days is “Mythbusters” and we made the mistake of showing him an episode of “The Simpsons” and now he wants to watch it all the time. Other shows of interest are “Octonauts,” “Wild Kratts,” “The Who Was Show” and “The Three Stooges.” He’s been able to cheat and see some stuff that we probably would have saved for later if not for his older sister like “Spiderman: Homecoming,” “Jumanji,” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He’s a huge fan of all three, but loves the bloopers reel on “Spiderman” most of all. He still loves “Lego Batman” and “The Lego Movie.” If he could play video games all-day everyday he would. Sadly for him, he doesn’t get to play them very much. He love playing games on the phone like “Plants vs Zombies,” “Talking Tom Gold Run,” “Color Switch,” and “Dancing Lines.”
Dexter is losing his babyface and turning into a kid. While it’s sad to see the baby fade away, we are truly enjoying watching the facets of his personality bloom.
