BeYoYo turned five last month. It's not that I forgot about it, it's just that he refused to answer the annual birthday questions, so I secretly spread out my interview over the last month so he didn't catch on to what I was doing.
He is the most laid back person in our house. He's go with the flow, will eat almost anything, tolerates his brother's antics well, and largely loves life. When he was younger he'd ask for a drink of water, and when you'd give it to him he'd say "hooray!" One day this summer he asked for instant mac and cheese and watermelon for lunch. When I presented it to him on a paper plate he said "it's like I'm the king!" Oh, to be that content. Of course he's not happy all the time- when he's pushed to the limit everyone knows it. He becomes the Hulk, and his piercing eyes cut like a knife.
He is also tender hearted. He used to have a picture in his room of me holding him as an infant. It was the hospital newborn photograph, and he's just lying in my arms. We eventually had to take it out, because sometimes when he was really tired it would make him cry. When I asked him why it made him cry, he would sob "because that was so long ago and I'm never going to be a baby again." Last year I was telling him that my mom made the quilt in his room just for him out of fabric from my grandparents' shirts and if he wraps up in it it's like his whole family is hugging him. He burst into tears. I thought maybe he was sad that he never met his great-grandparents, but he said "mama, that was just so great I had to cry."
BeYoYo is an animal lover. Horses are his favorites, but he can't pass a dog without greeting it. He'll settle for a cat or a hamster or a lizard if there's nothing else. He also loves babies, but especially "no teeth babies", which I think means little infants he can hold. On Easter he held a baby cousin and sang her a lullaby and she fell asleep. It might be his greatest accomplishment.
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| If you bring your dog to the park, this is the child who will entertain it, whether you wanted it entertained or not. |
At a birthday party BeYoYo was asked if he wanted to be a cat or a dog at the face painting station. He said he'd actually like to be a flying squirrel, with wings down his arms, please.
He loves to lasso, and practices regularly his skills of lassoing nothing.
For his birthday party he said he wanted a "bunny ninja" party. Several parents asked "what is bunny ninja? I'm not familiar with that." That's because it's not a thing. He likes bunnies and ninjas and thought they should pair well together. Challenge accepted.
He has the best smile. When he really gets to laughing about something it's contagious.
Happy birthday to our sweet, fun-loving, happy boy. I'm so glad God added you to our family.
How old are you?
Five
What’s your favorite thing to do?
watch tv all morning and all day and all night
What do you want to be when you grow up?
an astronaut and a worker and a dog catcher and a teacher and a dentist
What’s your favorite food?
cheese dip
What’s something you’re good at?
sharing and cleaning up
What makes you laugh?
butthead
What’s something scary?
climbing to a really really really high height
Who’s your best friend?
Reece and Rennah and everyone
What do you like to do with your family?
Play with Prissy. No, snuggle together.
Where do you like to go?
Six Flags
What do you like to learn about?
dinosaurs
