Roman at age 6

Roman is still my sweet, happy boy! He loves to play, he loves his friends and family, and he loves to play with his friends and family very most. He is a a thinker and a daydreamer and it can be hard to reach him at times. Sometimes I have to call his name 5 times before he responds! Roman is very smart. So smart, in fact, that his teacher wanted him to test for the Gifted and Talented program. Though we weren't going to enroll him, it was awesome that he was asked. Thank goodness he loves school and never complains about going. It may be due more to the social aspect, but I am happy either way!

Roman asks to play with a friend everyday he gets home from school. Fortunately, he is at the age now where he can go from house to house in order to find one. Raymond and Asher are frequent visitors and Roman is a frequent visitor to their house as well. They ride bikes around the block, aka "the track," jump on the trampoline, play swords and guns, and use their imaginations to drum  up plenty of other games to play. He also loves to play with Elliot or Danny and Sam whenever he gets the chance.
I have loved watching him and Capri continue to bond and stay the best of friends. Now that Karoline is getting older, they are so great to include her as well. Together they do plenty of imaginative play. They think up entire scenarios, give each other parts, and go to town playing them out. They play a lot of "home," Mommy, Daddy, kid, or pet. Not house, it's home.
Roman loves ninjas and the Hulk. He wears his green puffy vest so that he can be the Hulk as often as possible.

This boy is full of love and is tender hearted. He has such concern for others and tries to be a peacemaker. It also helps that he is so easy-going making him a great friend to everyone!

This past year Roman has accomplished a lot and has some fun interests...

*Roman is getting into sports! He played basketball for the first time and loved it. He learned how to be more aggressive which really helped in his soccer as well. This past season of soccer has definitely been his best. He really works to get to the ball rather than waiting for it to come to him! Tennis is next and he can't wait!

*He has become a star of a reader. I am listening to him read right now and I am loving it.

*His favorite subject has to be math. He counts to 100 and is already taking timed addition and subtraction tests which is where he really excels. 

*The two-wheeler is his new favorite thing. He wants to ride his bike all the time, even when it is much too cold.

*Roman is very independent. He gets dressed on his own, a lot of times without being asked, and will even make his bed. He loves to show me his bed all "flat."

*He has lost his bottom two teeth.

*Video games, whether on the wii, iPad, iPhone, or computer, are an obsession of his. Thus, we have to keep some pretty strict rules so that his brain doesn't melt before the age of 10.

*Rather than playing cars and planes or anything stagnant, Roman would like to be in action. So glad he has friends that like the same thing.

*Roman loves to do the climbing wall at the gym and can make it all the way to the top to ring the bell.

*Just like his dad, Roman loves to learn about anything that interests him. Volcanoes and space have been recent subjects of choice.
*Makes new friends wherever he goes, especially at the gym.
*Has been rocking the glasses for almost a year now! He has been the best sport about wearing them and he looks so dang cute.
*Is starting to get into Legos, especially after getting a bunch of legos for Christmas and his birthday.
*Roman loves to laugh and loves to be funny. Him and Capri get each other going with constant joke telling...jokes they make up as they go!
*Nothing makes Roman happier than knowing he is going to see the Curtis boys. Knowing that we will be a family of 3 girls and a boy, I am so grateful he has these cousins to keep him company doing boy stuff!

Although Roman is still a daddy's boy, he is willing to give his mommy plenty of loves. He tells me that he wants to marry me which makes my heart melt. I hope his sweet, care-free, loving, happy nature never changes. He is absolutely my favorite boy on the planet!