Six Years Old

On the 29th of March, Rocco turned six years old.   At the time I was in the hospital.  I delivered Maverick on the 26th and had some complications.  Thankfully Carolyn, my mother-in-law, and Jason did a good job of seeing to it that Rocco's life resumed to as normal as could be under the circumstances.  He didn't even miss school that week.  Jason picked him up early the afternoon that his brother was born, but his schedule was not interupted that much.  Thursday, the day of his birthday, Carolyn even took chocolate chip cookies and some Capri Sun (Rocco's request)

to his class so that he could have a birthday party with his classmates.  Most afternoon's Rocco would come to the hospital to see me and his brother.  Boy was it good therapy to see that boy of mine! 

He would kiss on his brother's head and pat on him.  Towards the end of the week he even got up in the bed with me.  Having my two boys did my heart a whole lot of good even when I felt so very sick. 

Before I went into the hospital on Monday the 26th, we had Rocco's birthday party at our house on Saturday the 24th.  Jason did a great job preparing the garage, yard, and house for the event.  I was about 39 weeks pregnant at the time and not much help.  It turned out to be a successful party with plenty of family and friends from school.  Rocco chose a Power Rangers themed party.  

And here's one of the last pictures we took together as just a family of three.  Maverick was still in the womb (two days before he would be born).

Before I close, I had to write about a few things Rocco is doing lately.

1)  He is an excellent speller!  And he doesn't just spell words...he spells them backwards.  "L-O-O-H-C-S" Most kindergartners can't even spell SCHOOL forwards! 

2)  And speaking of spelling, he is always asking me, "Hey, mommy.  How do your 4th and 5th graders spell ......"  then he'll give me a certain word.  I've bragged on his spelling so much and told him time after time that even my 4th and 5th graders can't spell such words.  I'll usually spell the word wrong when he asks me that question, then he'll go, "Huh?  That's not right." Then, he will spell it correctly.

3)  He is the only boy in his class who has read enough library books and passed the tests to have earned 10 AR points.  This was a major accomplishment.  I guess he read over 20 books to do this and he can only take one book test a week.  We've been working on this for a while!

4)  Rocco is the most ticklish kid I know.  He's started getting me back lately though in my tickle spot on my neck.  He thinks it is so funny.

5)  He is quite the trickster lately.  But before he does something he usually lets you know something is up.  He'll ask, "Can I play a trick on you?"  Then, he'll go hide or act like he doesn't have something behind his back.  When April 1st came around we kept on hearing, "April Fools!"  This went on throughout most of April...not just on the first.

6)  His favorite video game is now Mario Baseball on the Wii.  He could play it for hours if we let him. He's so good he can win like 60 to 0.