Oct 26, 2014

Our Sweet 7 Year Old

Feeling a little nostalgic tonight as I reflect on Cannon's birthday weekend.  We just can't believe that Cannon is 7!  Seven seems so big, so much older than six!!  Seven means he isn't a little boy anymore.  He's growing up into a wonderful young man and we couldn't be happier.

Cannon is an awesome boy.  He has a heart of gold and is very sensitive.  Cannon cares about others' feelings and is a friend to everyone.  He never wants to be left out of anything, including conversations and understands more than we care to admit.  He wants to understand the 'why' of things and is sensitive when things don't go the way he thinks they should.  Cannon gets his feelings hurt at times because he takes everything very serious.

Cannon is a thinker.  He asks mountains of questions about everything and remembers an enormous amount of what he is told.  He is very much like Chris when it comes to understanding how things work.  He is creative and loves to build trucks, trailers and others things with Legos.  He also enjoys drawing and will spend what seems like hours drawing extremely detailed pictures.

Cannon enjoys learning and does, for the most part, exactly what the teacher says.  He is a rule follower!  He is a great listener and tries to put to use what Mrs. Green has taught.  We are constantly amazed at his new learning and enjoy seeing his growth both academically and socially.

Cannon is a typical big brother.  He is definitely protective of Colson and would do anything for him. However Cannon is sometimes annoyed by Colson and Cannon gets frustrated with him.  This is a typical brother-brother relationship.  There are many times in which they do get along, playing right along side each other, working together to build and create and imagine.  Cannon is very helpful for the most part and I can often here Cannon explaining things to Colson or teaching him the 'correct' way to do or say something.

Cannon is a pretty much wonderful kid.  We are so blessed he is ours.  We know he will continue to learn and grow and mature into an amazing young man, one day at a time.


Enjoying every moment.  

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