Thursday, February 10, 2011

My Five Year Old!

Bentley is great fun, and a delightful 5 year old:

He is logical.
He is loud!
He is good at being quiet too.
He can be sweet.
He pays attention to detail..
He has focus.
He likes to reason things out.
He likes things to be fair.
He has a good memory.
He is a great older brother.
He is easy going (some times!).
He is loving.
He adores his cat.

He is a fun conversational companion.
He is persuasive.
He likes to bargain!
He in independent.

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Bentley at 5 is a better eater than Bentley at 4!  It is still more often than not that he won't even try a new food, but I think the list of foods he eats now is definitely longer (and of a more rounded variety!) than a year ago. 

He definitely has a great vocabulary that has come a long way since the days where I could count (and worry) about the lack of speaking he chose to do!

He is great with numbers.  He writes them and recites them and can add them and is working on subtraction.  He can write his name and some other letters, but isn't too interested in reading yet.  That's okay with me though - he knows all his letters and the sounds most of them make, when he is interested then we'll work on putting them all together!

He loves to draw and paint and do activity books and craft projects.  He creates some very detailed pictures for us, and they all have stories to go with them!

He is a fast runner (which he constantly demonstrates), and lately has been working on his indoor hurdle skills.  Perhaps gymnastics are in his future?

He loves to advise (a kind word?!) his brother and sister and help keep them out of trouble.  He can be a great helper, and when he starts a project he always sticks with it until the end.  He has a great attention span and dedication.  I love that about him!


We know we're biased, but even so, we know he's perfectly brilliant and perfect for us.  We love you, Bentley!

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