Uriah at FIVE

Uriah. Where do I start? Five years with Uriah has been wonderful. Exhausting, no doubt, but wonderful. He is intelligent beyond his years, inquisitive, very thoughtful and aware of situations, silly, always moving, quirky and so tender-hearted. He weighs a whopping 48 pounds and is just shy of 4 feet tall (the 88th and 93%tile). He is attached at the hip to his blankey and his baby sister, though he'd be hesitant to admit the latter, he would be bored to tears without Ezra to spend his days with. He sings, all. the. time. Mostly about what it is he's doing or worshiping Jesus and it's absolutely one of my favorite things about him. He adores Judah to no end. His brain is always creating and though I despise the yarn and tape left all over the floor of our house, I love seeing his creations and listening to him describe them. He is stubborn. He loves Star Wars, "boy time", getting any kind of treat for any reason whatsoever, has an outrageous imagination, takes f o r e v e rrr to explain things, says "like" far too often and can officially run faster than me. He is learning to read and could listen to us read books all day long. For as much as he loves being outside and playing with his friends, he's a major homebody. He rhymes - all the things, all the time - makes up silly names and sounds and does everything in a volume two octaves too high. He loves to explore and adventure and some of my favorite memories from our fifth year together have occurred outside. He is passionate - in the sweetest, most loving way - but throws just as much passion into his disobedience. He is a force to reckon with and I pray thanks to God every day for giving me such a boy.  

What is your favorite color? Purple (said with a laugh because that is something that will never change and something everyone knows about him)

What is your favorite food? Pizza! and chocolate cake for dessert (three years running now his birthday dinner request has been pepperoni pizza with chocolate cake with purple frosting for dessert!) 

What is your favorite TV show? Wild Kratts (He doesn't watch much TV, outside of our Friday Pizza Movie Night he maybe watches one tv show every two weeks...? Wild Kratts and Planet Earth are usually what I will let him choose from)

What is your favorite game? The matching game (We've had a Noah's Ark matching game for years and he and Ezra have just recently gotten it out again and it's become our pre-bedtime game as of late!)

What is your favorite animal? A cheetah, or all the big cats (I genuinely didn't know what he would say for this - he loves all animals and learning about them and imitating them. It seems there is a new favorite every week!)

What is your favorite song? "My song" (Also known as, 'You'll be in my Heart' from Tarzan. I've been singing it to him since he was born!)

Who is your best friend? Paxton (I hope he always remembers Paxton as his first best friend! These two are so cute together and I hate to think about moving away in June! Uriah celebrated his fifth birthday with his first sleepover with Paxton!)

What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play with you guys like at a park (Oh thanks, Uriah! Haha! He loves being outside - running, hiking, playing on a playground, playing soccer, exploring the woods... You name it!)

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas and Halloween (Because of the presents and candy, of course!)

Who is your favorite stuffed animal? Finn and Cougar Kitty (Finn is a great white shark he got for Christmas and Cougar Kitty was passed down from Nana to me to Uriah. I hate that he didn't say Wink, his stuffed penguin that he used to drag everywhere, but at least he still needs his blankey!)

What do you want to be when you grow up? Maybe a doctor or a fireman (Honestly I think Uriah would make a great engineer or architect. We shall see!) 

What is your favorite thing to do with daddy? Fight on the bed (Always!)

What is your favorite thing to do with mommy? Read books (Clearly, I'm not as fun as dad ;))

What is your favorite thing to do with Ezra? Play with her. Maybe fighting on the bed with her. (He is so sweet when it comes to "fighting" with Ezra. He lets her take him down and acts like her punches carry more weight than they really do. One of these days she's really going to be able to take him - he better watch out!) 

What is your favorite movie? Star Wars. The one with the four legged walkers. Episode five. (Star Wars is a pretty big thing right now in this house! He is currently playing out a scene with his Legos as I type this!)

Who is your favorite superhero? I think, Batman (He has sort of phased out of superheros when Star Wars was introduced, but he'll still gravitate toward those books at the library and occasionally don a costume around the house) 

What is your favorite book? Star Wars, but we don't own one so my favorite book that we own is The Book with no Pictures. (We went on a date while I was pregnant with Judah, just a week before my due date, to get in some one on one time before baby showed up. We went to Barnes and Noble with Jamba Juice in hand and sat and read ALL the books. I told him at the end of our date that he could pick out one book to take home. He debated between a Star Wars book and The Book with no Pictures before choosing the latter. I like to think that maybe that day plays a role in choosing it as his favorite book.)

What is your favorite thing to play with? Legos (This kid is insanely talented and creative when it comes to building Legos! I'm always so impressed with what he comes up with!)

What do you do really well? Build with Legos. So maybe just all creating. (He is good at building with Legos, but he is also really good at creating in general. He is always coming up with different "projects" - things he creates out of art supplies or out on the porch with sticks, rocks and mud. He can explain it all and has very intricate plans. He has quite the brain, that one!)

What do you like to learn about? Rocks and the Earth and all nature so animals and plants too. (So true! He is always wanted to check out books from the library about dirt and rocks and volcanoes and every kind of animal... He is crazy inquisitive and crazy smart!)

What makes you happy? When someone laughs. I like making people laugh. Or when Ezra says something silly and I laugh. (And he's got the best laugh! His current sense of humor is typical little boy humor, and I find myself rolling my eyes a lot at the things he thinks are funny, but I will never tire of hearing his laugh!)

What makes you sad? When I get hurt (No surprise with this answer - Uriah is as sensitive as they come, physically and emotionally. Really though, I think it is a strength of his and I pray that he continues to have a sensitive heart as he grows.)