Derek is such an interesting member of our family. He is quite passionate about his likes and his dislikes- he seems to feel strongly about almost everything. He LOVES: Star Wars and everything related to it, playing games, Sudoku, playing the Wii at grandma's house, baseball, karate moves, reading big books, and debating.
Here is Derek playing Othello with a complete stranger. Anyone is a friend who is willing to play games with him. Derek has a few very close friends, but doesn't seem to care that he has no close friends at school- I think he is thinking to much to worry about other people most of the time.
Derek started Kindergarten this year--finally! He is very advanced in many ways- especially in reading and math. He can just figure things out. Larry taught him how to multiply in a few minutes, he can add large numbers in his head (even though no one has taught him how to do it on paper, etc). It is funny to hear him use words in his vocabulary that he has heard in his books. For instance, one day he said, "Mom, that's criminal!" ( I don't think he was referring to my cooking). Anyway, He can memorize and recall things so easily, it is amazing to me. He goes to reading time with the first graders this year, and from what I understand, he will "float" from different classrooms in the future for other subjects as well. Derek's only problems in school are letting the teacher move onto a different subject (because he wants to keep asking questions), listening, and the occasional meltdown when something illogical happens.
Derek also learned how to play the piano this year. He went through about 4 sets of piano books in 7 months. We haven't gotten back to it since Kara's birth, but we will soon. Derek also loves spaghetti, tacos, pizza, and applesauce.
We discovered two more interesting things about Derek this year- he is almost completely colorblind and he needs to wear glasses! He is excited to have these distinguishing traits, and doesn't mind the glasses at all. In fact, I think he's quite proud of them...
Here is Derek playing Othello with a complete stranger. Anyone is a friend who is willing to play games with him. Derek has a few very close friends, but doesn't seem to care that he has no close friends at school- I think he is thinking to much to worry about other people most of the time.
Derek started Kindergarten this year--finally! He is very advanced in many ways- especially in reading and math. He can just figure things out. Larry taught him how to multiply in a few minutes, he can add large numbers in his head (even though no one has taught him how to do it on paper, etc). It is funny to hear him use words in his vocabulary that he has heard in his books. For instance, one day he said, "Mom, that's criminal!" ( I don't think he was referring to my cooking). Anyway, He can memorize and recall things so easily, it is amazing to me. He goes to reading time with the first graders this year, and from what I understand, he will "float" from different classrooms in the future for other subjects as well. Derek's only problems in school are letting the teacher move onto a different subject (because he wants to keep asking questions), listening, and the occasional meltdown when something illogical happens.
Derek also learned how to play the piano this year. He went through about 4 sets of piano books in 7 months. We haven't gotten back to it since Kara's birth, but we will soon. Derek also loves spaghetti, tacos, pizza, and applesauce.
We discovered two more interesting things about Derek this year- he is almost completely colorblind and he needs to wear glasses! He is excited to have these distinguishing traits, and doesn't mind the glasses at all. In fact, I think he's quite proud of them...
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All David wants for Christmas this year is a Wii. I keep telling him he's not getting one, but he just says that Santa Claus will bring it to him. He'll just have to enjoy playing it at his cousins house and content himself with PC games.
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