Happy 6th Birthday Owen!
Owen is 6 years old now! Owen weighs 56 lbs and is 48 inches tall. He is growing so much and is in between a size small and medium for tops and size 6 or 7 for pants (if they are pants he needs the size 7 for the length). Owen’s feet have grown to a size 2 (wide)!! Owen is wearing glasses now and is doing such a good job taking care of them! Owen definitely knows what he likes and now when it comes to clothes shopping, Owen has to come along to pick out the right graphic tee’s and pants We have continued the tradition of having Grandma K come along when we buy clothes, as Owen loves to use the fitting room and show off!.
Some of Owen’s favorite foods are – watermelon, pineapple, apples and oranges (cut up with a fork please). He likes all kinds of veggies – carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, snap peas, broccoli and red peppers. Pasta continues to be a BIG hit with chicken fingers, hot dogs and baloney sandwiches. Boston Pizza is a favorite – Bandera Bread with meat sauce and Subway is another favorite as well. Owen enjoys pancakes and toast (cut up like a dinosaurs) and cereal of all kinds. While Owen is still a picky eater, he has expanded his food choices, making it a little easier on Mom!
Owen moved to his Out of School Care Centre in September, just in time for Kindergarten. He has thoroughly enjoyed the centre and school. Owen goes to Kindergarten in the afternoon, so he spends the mornings with his other pm kinder friends. The centre does a ton of crafts for every holiday and season, which Owen loves. Kindergarten has been great, Owen loves to write his letters and words, loves learning to read and has matured and grown so much! Hard to believe Owen will be starting Grade One this fall! Sean, Claudette, Angie and I have all had a chance to go on field trips or volunteer in the classroom and Owen really really enjoys showing off his family to his friends. Some of Owen’s new friends would be McKinnon, Alexa, Josh and Nathan (from school).
This past year we saw some exciting things, as a family we visited Drumheller to see the dinosaurs, experience a long car ride and stay in a hotel. We stopped at Gull Lake first to enjoy the beach and then went to Calaway Park as well. We went to Capital Ex again and the boys enjoyed the rides and games even more this year. The new spray park in Callingwood opened up and we spent many Saturday mornings there, enjoying the water and having lunch on the blanket. We went out to visit a very good friend who has horses – the boys both got to ride the horses and have talked about it ever since. Sean and I spent four days in Vegas, so the boys enjoyed a sleepover with Aunty Claudette and Grandma K. And in between it all, we saw movies, the boys enjoyed play dates with their new friend Andrea and explored new playgrounds in our area.
Owen started ice hockey this past fall / winter and thoroughly enjoyed it. Dad was head coach and Owen had some friends on his team as well. Along with ice hockey, Owen did skating lessons and swimming lessons through the winter. AND…Sean took the boys out to Rabbit Hill to experience skiing and snowboarding. They went 3 or 4 times at the end of the season and really enjoyed the new experience. Owen’s confidence with skating and swimming grew immensely. Through the spring Owen played soccer again, this time with Brandon on his team and Dad and Mom coaching. What a year makes, Owen thoroughly loves soccer and loves to be in net but also running with the ball! Saturday morning’s Owen and Brandon (along with some of his hockey friends) have been playing ball hockey for the first time — and it’s a big hit! I think Owen’s favorite part is asking Mom to feel his sweaty, wet hair at the end of the game! Owen and Brandon expressed an interest in doing gymnastics again, so I was able to find a class once a week in the evenings. They really enjoy the bouncing and balancing and the foam pit.
Owen still likes Superhero’s like Spider-man, Thor, Capitan America and Batman. Everything Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been the biggest interest this year. As well, Lego has really taken off – Owen loves to build with Lego and can now build the sets for 7-14 yr olds, all on his own! I am so proud of his patience and excitement. Owen still love puzzles, but it is getting harder to find ones for Owen, as anything less than 100 pieces is too easy for him. Owen loves to color, do crafts and play board games! Some of the board games he really loves to play are Guess Who (Star Wars version), Candyland, Ladybug Game and Go Fish.
Owen’s birthday party will be a Star Wars theme this year with a Jungle safari bouncy house at Aunty Claudette’s house.
