Dear Samuel,
Happy 7th birthday bud!
Today you are in Second Grade at Franklin Elementary. Hopefully those small cupcakes we bought from HyVee and sent with you are a win with your class!
This last year went fast for you and us! You spent a lot of time on the trampoline, riding your bike, watching any and every video about Minecraft, the Mall of America, and Disney World/Land.
This year you went to your first Major League Baseball game. Remember, in Kansas City? We of course stayed at your favorite (Sleep Inn) and of course we ate at Waffle House. But even better yet, the Reds beat the Royals in a two grand slam game! I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Chloe called it (that they would win). That game was hot though!
Then, for fun we managed to go to the Twin Cities for a small little vacation. We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Maple Grove. You liked it because of the water park. You also met some new church friends up there at the other park and played for hours with them. Of course nothing compared to going to the Original Pancake House, followed up by your favorite… the Mall of America. Since we took you there and you rode rides (to sorta pay you for Adventureland we promised that didn’t happen), you are now all about theme parks and their rides.
Patch started again at church and you’re doing OK at it, you don’t know the Sailor Scripture yet, but I’m sure you’ll hammer it out soon! It was quite impressive last year during patch that you were the only boy who memorized it. Just for reference it was Philippians 2:1-11.
You also started playing piano this year! We are hoping that you continue with this, right now the “newness” has worn off and you are treating it as a chore. We’ll keep working on that.
Something of note as well, you lost your first tooth! It became “wiggly” sometime at the end of school for you. You ended up pulling it yourself and bringing it to me! Then in the summer you were playing with your friend Ryder, and he lost a tooth too!
We are both proud that you read very well and how much you have accomplished in this past year. We hope you continue to learn and grow till your next birthday!
We are very proud of you Samwich!
Happy Seventh Birthday Samuel, we all love you very much!
Love Dad, Mom, Chloe, Gary.
and a bunch of other people too!