Jude is 7!

Jude and his Avengers cake

Super Hero action figures...and Miss Boxhead!

Jude turned 7 on April 18...I'm a little behind again!  Wow, 7 feels kinda like a big kid.  Not to mention he now has lost I think 8 teeth (and has his adult front teeth almost in), he knows how to read, and he does nearly everything for himself now.  We are moving into big kid territory for sure.  I have been a mom of littles, but I'm a little nervous about the world of the big kid.  

Jude continues to have a BIG personality and BIG feelings about things.  His imagination is outstanding and he is such a thinker about everything.  

During this past year Jude has become a really good swimmer and conquered the diving board and slide at the Wakefield pool, shown another bucket calf at the fair and gotten really good at taking care of them (another one will be coming soon), started having more responsibility with chores (scraps, picking up the house, feeding the chickens) and taking care of younger siblings, almost completed the first grade (and does very well at school!), and completed his second year of Sparks at Awana and learned lots of verses and other Bible info including the old and new testaments and Psalm 119.  Jude loves legos, superheroes, building houses/forts, helping dad outside, driving around the old mower, playing in the spiky woods, and of course watching TV and playing the iPad.  He loves spending time with friends and cousins and grandmas and grandpas.  Jude loves life and tries to live it to the fullest! He still has the most adorable dimples and the sweetest smile:)  And he will forever be my baby, even if he is technically a big kid!