Donovan's Birthday Update!
My sweet Donovan is six years old!!! He is such a joy to be around. He is a peacemaker, always trying to make others feel happy. Even today he gave away his first pick of Happy Meal toy and then proceeded to have a ton of fun with the one that wasn’t his original choice, and the whole family had fun the rest of the afternoon. He is silly and funny, and his laugh just lights up your heart. He still loves to cuddle in the rocking chair with me and has said he is best friends with his sisters. I am so lucky to be his mama!
When you think about Donovan’s favorite things, the first thing that comes to mind is GAMES. He loves games of all kinds, and is truly his father’s son. He plays board games with complicated strategies and really figures them out, like Legendary, Forbidden Desert, Mice and Mystics, and Above and Below. He loved reading chess strategy books when his sister joined chess club. He can even play reading games now, like Epic Duels. A lot of it is memorization, but he is determined to play! He is really good at 7 Wonders too. He decides on a strategy and can follow it through. He can also do surprisingly complicated math if it has to do with figuring out his score. =)
He also loves computer style games like Skylanders on the X-box or Animal Jam on the computer. He has great focus. On the ipad, he loves Angry Birds 2, Toca Boca Stable, and building games like Gardenscapes.
He says his favorite toy are his roller skates =) He also uses his scooter a lot. He loves doing Legos too! They are always first on his wishlist for birthdays and Christmas. He did a couple of really big sets this year, like the Emperor’s Throne Room and the Battle on Tanodaka.
Donovan joined a baseball team! It was called T-Rex. He really enjoyed himself, and improved so much! At the beginning, he was a little scared of the ball, but by the end he was having actual warm ups before the game where he and his partner caught about 25% of the balls. He could hit pretty often off the coach pitch, and he loved playing shortstop best. My favorite part was that he was always the first kid out of the dugout with his glove on, ready to get his outfield assignment from his Daddy. Eric was a big help as Assistant Coach.
He says his favorite show is Umizoomi, and he also watched a lot of Paw Patrol this year. All of them enjoy the same shows, which is convenient.
Donovan loves superheroes! He always begs for the boxed sets of I Can Read Batman, Avengers, and other superhero books and probably read more of those than any other books that he read on his own this year. He also loves to be read 5 minute Avengers and 5 Minute Superhero stories.
Donovan Month by Month Pics:
