5 year old Greatness

Creating a masterpiece on the driveway. I think it was titled, "Rainbow".


A fun time a Chuckie Cheese to help celebrate the day. Garrett and Daddy on the "rollercoaster." (it's the only way Garrett will be able to ride one with Daddy, since Josh won't get on a realy one!)

Is it possible that my little boy is now 5? Extreme doesn't begin to describe Garrett. He loves hard, plays hard, and rages hard. He's beginning to verbalize his feelings a little more, I'm hoping this will help him deal with the many feelings he has going on inside of him. He seems to always be out numbered when it comes to girls. Some days this bothers him, some days, he could care less. Ten years from now he's going to love being out numbered by all the girls! ;)

He's learning how to be gentle with Gideon, realizing that he's not quite big enough to wrestle hard with yet. He's turned Esther into his little servant, sending her for all his snacks and drinks, I think we'll call that resourceful. When it comes to his relationship with Olivia, they are growing apart, in a healthy way. They were so close in age, it was almost like they were twins, experiencing everything at the same time. However, with Olivia at school this year, the roles have changed and Garrett is falling into being the oldest child at home.

Garrett's keen sense of energy and feelings has really developed this year. We are working on how to harness his ability to discern other's feelings for good. He loves asking, "How was your day?" and really listening to the answer. He loves to tell us what he's thankful for. His prayers are heartfelt and he's beginning to understand what following Jesus really looks like. On the way home from church recently, we had this conversation:

G: "Christians don't die."

M: "Really, where did you hear that?" I was a little taken back by this comment. I was afraid that if this wasn't explained correctly, it could skew his view of God. So, we continued carefully.

G: "Daniel." (the youngest son of our pastor from MI)

D: "Hmmm. Garrett, pinch yourself." He does. "Do you feel that, the pinch? That is your physical body, and it will die. All of our physical bodies die. But when we believe in Jesus and follow him, our souls, our spiritual bodies, go to heaven."

G: "Yeah, I believe in Jesus. I'm a Christian."

I am excited to see what the next year hold for our Garrett. I pray in earnest that we will be able to mold his BIG personality into a vessel for God's kingdom.

Happy 5th Birthday buddy, you're great!