in just one year

he celebrated a monkey birthday

and played t-ball on the buckeyes

and ate many pancakes

and looks good after a haircut (maybe not during)

and went rafting for the first time

and learned to eat with chopsticks

and ate a giant turkey leg

and spent time with mom

and spent time with dad

and embraced his heritage ; )

and started 2nd grade

and was a goofball

and was a lego bro for halloween

and learned to love reading, or at least really like reading

and beat everyone we know at wii resort

and learned to love skiing, really love

and was a goofball

and had his first reconciliation

and went on indiana jones for the first time

and moved up to farm baseball on the trojans

and uses these verbs/adjectives to describe himself

and knows all about tropical oceans

and made his first communion

and celebrated

and turned 8

and was a goofball.

i love you! happy 8th birthday to our monkey boy.