Sweet T

I have been having lots of fun with Thomas this week, and wanted to dedicate a post to him.

Thomas is LOVING 2nd grade!  He loves his teacher, who graduated with a degree in business, and can appreciate Thomas's math oriented brain.  He has several of his best friends in his class as well, so life is good, as it always is, for our T man.

Thomas is playing baseball this fall.  He is in an in between age in terms of which league to put him in, since the 8-9 year old league starts in the spring.  The commissioner encouraged us to play him up, and he is now playing mainly with 4th and 5th graders.  When I told the other mothers at practice that he was a 2nd grader, they were shocked.  He is so big that he fits right in with the big boys!  Yes, my 7 year old has been wearing size 10 jeans for a while now.  I wonder how big he will end up being?

Thomas is always a mess.  It is rare to see him without food on his face or clothes, and he is often covered with sweat.  He loves to dance.  I mean LOVES to dance!  He has perfected the belly roll that his Uncle Michael taught him.  I love to remember him at the Rangers game this summer: shirt off, holding a drink, dancing, and doing the belly roll.  Sometimes I wonder if Jack Black looked like my Thomas as a child!  He loves running around without a shirt on, and his coach one day commented that lots of little boys would be too self conscious to do that.  Not Thomas.  He never takes himself too seriously!

Thomas has great friends.  Of the three kids, Thomas has the biggest and strongest group of friends.  Many of them have been friends since birth, and he is also blessed with a sweet group of kids in school.  I love watching Thomas interact with his friends!

Thomas loves good food.  He will talk about good meals that he had even a year ago.  He can't decide if he loves mac and cheese or steak with mushrooms more.  T is already planning where his birthday meal will be in December.  He is leaning toward Outback Steakhouse! ;)  Thomas has always loved a good meal, and I remember him being a toddler and watching his eyes roll back in his head when he had a particularly good bite!  

Thomas is one of the funniest kids I know.  Other than his physical antics, he says some of the funniest things.  Most of the time I don't think he is even aware of this.  For instance, Matthew informed Thomas that his teacher's birthday was this week, and she loves Aerosmith.  Thomas then went into the next room and came out a while later with a card for Mrs. W.  

The cover was Happy Birthday, Mrs. W!  Arrowsmith.  

Turn the page, just the words "Dude looks like a Lady". 

Next page: Teachers birthdays are fun  by: Thomas.

Thomas continues to be the most selfless kid I know.  In his journal the first day of school, he only wrote about his sister starting kindergarten.  Last week, when I was getting the kids ready for school pictures, and taking time with each kid doing hair, etc.,  he said that it was most important for Mary Beth to look her best.  Then he said that it was also important for Matthew to look his best since this was his last year of elementary school.  This has always been my favorite trait of Thomas's, and Bryon and I are baffled as to where it came from!  Bryon and I are both oldest children, and selfless isn't usually listed as an oldest child attribute!

Thomas continues to be such a fun and vital part of our family.  We couldn't imagine life without him!