My Dearest Evan,
Time is flying so quickly, I feel like we just went to Europe! Now it's mid-October and the last day of your fall break as a third grader!
You're into a lot lately, with hockey starting back up and now you've started fencing - and even competed in your first fencing tournament! You're also still an avid builder/maker - you just can't stop yourself. Every time we're in Home Depot, you want to go to the wood section - and you're so confident in picking out what wood you want for your next project. You get incredibly mad when the idea in your head doesn't match the reality of what you make but we work through those challenges. You're definitely an inventor at heart.
You're a fierce lover of Pascal and really any animal. You have stopped saying one of your last "little boy" words wrong ("panpake" is now officially "pancake" as much as I'm not a fan)! You like rewatching our family movie night movies the entire rest of the weekend (any chance you get), and you are our designated mail retriever (you ride your bike to the mailbox - it's a bit of independence we can give you). You won't admit to any crushes right now and your best friend at school is Rihan.
You don't like reading or doing your schoolwork but once you learn something, it's engrained in your brain for good. You're learning about Greek mythology in school and despite actually going to Greece this summer, you talk more about what you're learning in class than you did when you were actually there!
You have some self-doubt too. When we reprimand you for starting something with your sister or for doing the opposite of what we asked you to do, you say it's because you're stupid or something like that. We remind you that that is 100% not true - that you are smart and a good person - but even good people have bad moments. I hope someday you see it this way too.
And, finally, we redid your room this week. We painted it navy blue, like you've been asking for a while. Your new bed with lots of storage is coming in 2 months so we won't hang anything on the walls until then but it's now ready for it and will be so nice when it's finished!
Here's your life in pictures right now...
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| Using hockey gloves now when you are Avery's goalie |
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| Skateboarder for life! |
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| Celebrating my birthday! |
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| Fireworks for the 4th! |
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| Still willing to work out with me! |
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| Road trip to hockey camp! |
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| A rare moment when you're getting along - we actually stopped planning family vacations because you two haven't been getting along much lately. I think I may see that starting to change now. |
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| Visiting friends (Lucas) in Colorado Springs before hockey camp! |
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| DU hockey camp! |
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| F1 sports arcade! Grandma and Pop came into Denver to play with us too! |
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| Children's Museum |
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| Summer festival in Everest |
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| Rockies game |
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| Denver hotel pool |
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| Gotta get a pic with the trophy! |
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| Hanging at Avery's riding lessons |
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| Mom/son hockey trip to Phoenix |
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| First day of school! |
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| You and Dexter, the dinosaur you made of cardboard....you're always making something out of cardboard! |
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| Quick trip to San Diego for the traditional jersies! |
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| You've gotten pretty good at painting your face! |
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| Games in bed with mom have become a thing |
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| Hockey starts! |
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| Ferrel child at soccer |
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| Some team bonding along the way - you're lucky to have Dad as a team manager, who is arranging some team meals for everyone! |
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| New fencing gear! |
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| We stayed at a resort in Phoenix for one of Avery's tournaments and had a blast! |
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| soccer team photographer |
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| You and me celebrating Grandma Elinore on her birthday at Olive Garden |
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| so handsome |
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| Scheels! |
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| Go Evan! |
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| classroom pet is along for the ride! |
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| You're going to be a policeman for Halloween and Rihan is going to be a bandit! |
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| Went to a game bar over fall break! |
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| Your beginner fencing mates! |
Evan, we're having a great watching you grow up and evolve into who you're meant to be. You're a smart, inventive, creative and hard working boy. I can't wait to see you continue to grow!
All My Love,
Mom
