Myles 6-Year Check Up



Myles had a big day today. First he had his end-of-year kindergarten test on which he scored perfectly. It really wasn't much of a surprise since it is the exact same test he took before starting kindergarten and scored 98 on it 8 months ago. So pretty much all he improved on (according to the test) was that this time he remembered to start a sentence with a capitol letter and end with a period. But I will say he is reading much better and his math has gone up about 3 grades this year (he is already multiplying in his head). Myles just has 3 more half-days of kindergarten and then he is done and is onto 1st grade at a different school next year where he will learn Chinese and hopefully be a little more challenged. 

Today Myles also had his 6 year check up (almost a month after his birthday). The doctor declared him very healthy and only advised us to put lotion all over his body 3-5 times a day (the poor boy inherited his mom's skin). He weighed 41 lbs (20.91 percentile), 45 inches (41.42 percentile), and his BMI was 14.24 which is the 14.51th percentile. The doctor said he is still on the small side but remembered that he is a lot bigger than his brothers. We told the doctor we were having a another boy and he had a good laugh about it. When Max was born he was teasing me that we needed to try all the old wives tales to conceive a girl and today he insisted we must not have followed his "medical advice". 

I'm so proud of my sweet and smart little Myles. A few minutes ago as he was getting out of the car to go to his reading class, he said to me "if I die, don't replace me." First of all--what kid says that? Second, he is absolutely irreplaceable and holds a very special, tender corner of my heart. 

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