We're having a blast this summer! I've added some pictures that have been taken over the last couple of months. Since my last journal Andre has done so many things. He completed his final year of headstart and will now be entering kindergarten this fall. He loved playing t-ball this year and I know he'll enjoy Pee Wee next spring. We enjoyed a day at Kings Island with our friends. He was crazy about the bumper cars and had to ride them 4 times! He really enjoyed the bigger rides he's finally able to ride now. He's learned to ride his bike without the training wheels! What an accomplishment. He just set his mind to do it and with some help from us he was doing it in no time! He's also swimming now 100% of the time without his swimmies. Something else we knew he'd do this summer because he just did so well last year. In fact at a swimming party yesterday he was jumping off the little diving board and swimming across the pool! He's just so smart too. He's reading more and more and his writing is improving all the time. I just know he'll enjoy kindergarten, especially getting to move on up with his classmates. For two years he's watched his older friends get to go on without him and it just broke his heart. Now, he's the big boy that gets to go too! He's a little helper around the house too. Learning the value of a dollar in chores, saving his money, and spending it the way he wants. He's a negotiator, let me tell you. If I offer 2 dollars he says, "how about 3?". We're going to the beach soon. He's been counting down the days. He absolutely loves a trip to the beach and loves staying in a hotel.
He really is my child isn't he?! ha

Lots of love,
Patti