Garrett turned eleven years old on April Fool's Day. He thinks it's great to have his birthday on that day! It's hard to believe that he is that old already...
He'll be a teen before we know it.
He already knows more than I want him to know. He came home the other day asking about a word he heard at school-not the f-word but a worse one. A word I didn't know until I was much older. It made me feel sick inside. I explained to him how bad that word was and that I didn't want him around that kid who used it if he can help it. Arrghh!
But he just picks up on facts and things all the time and likes to talk about everything!
I've already posted about his testimony giving, every month without fail, a long well thought out sermon.
Last month he gave a talk in Primary that was written that morning. I didn't get a chance to review until a couple of minutes before he gave it which made me a little nervous because we never know what he is going to say (like the testimony he gave about Adam and Eve and that they needed to leave the Garden of Eden in order to be able to reproduce, don't know how many times he said, "reproduce" but it was enough to make us cringe). He did a great job on the talk, and he used the word "inordinate" correctly in it. I don't think any of the kids understood what he was saying.
Last week he used the phrase "metaphorically speaking" in casual conversation. I mean, what 5th grader does that?
But he's basically just a good, kind, thoughtful kid. He is also a sax-playing, video-game loving, book-loving, rock band guru. He is very kind to his sisters (more so than they are to him), he loves going to scouts and camping out, loves to help me when I don't feel well, and thinks very deeply about life.
Oh, and he also apparently is incapable of taking a serious picture.
We are sooo glad he's part of our family. Love you Garrett!
