Roger turned 7 this year. What a great kid, and what a great 7 year-old.
Roger is such a sweet kid. He loves people and loves relationships. Even as a young child, Roger demonstrated that people were important to him. He was always very aware of how his brothers were doing and feeling emotionally. Because of this, his brothers easily bonded with him and I attributed the fact that my boys always played so well together was because of Roger bringing them together. He is always willing to make sacrifices for others to be happy and feel involved.
Because he is so social, Roger can be a little bit of a "party animal". If Roger's involved, it's a party. Roger use to have his own bedroom for it was the only way that we could prevent having him keeping another boy up all night. Of course he hated this, always asking to have someone share a room with him. Now he shares a room and I do have problems of whoever is in his room staying up later than I would like.
All of this is not helped by the fact that Roger is a night owl. He can stay up very late. Even if he is in a bedroom by himself, he will stay up late. He will be up for hours playing with any toy he can find, or doing his favorite thing, reading.
Roger is a very good reader and has always enjoyed it. He will devour books. He will read anything he can find. He is often distracted from what he should be doing because he wants to read whatever he can find. Whenever I find him not finishing a chore, it is because he has been distracted by reading a near by book or magazine.
Though it can be difficult to get Roger to focus on finishing a cleaning task, when he is focused and motivated, he is my best cleaner. He understands order and puts things away very nicely and neatly. There have been many times that he is the one I trust with certain tasks, especially when they involve potentially messy materials.
Because of his attention to order, Roger's pennmenship can be very neat. He will spend extra time with his writing, but will be sure to make it look better.
Roger loves animals. He wants to be an animal doctor/scientist when he grows up. I think it has something to do with how tender he is. He will have one lucky wife when he gets older for he is always saying and doing the sweetest things. I have told Todd many times that he needs to just repeat what Roger says to me. Roger is totally sincere with his comments, too.
Roger is a very emotionally honest kid. If he is feeling something, you know about it. Because of this, he can be a poor sport, but I am grateful that he is always attempting to control himself.
Roger is never deliberately disobedient, he just gets distracted or thinks his idea is better. He responds very well with reasoning, and though he will get distracted, he usually tries to be obedient.
Roger has always tried to be healthy (and righteous). He loves healthy foods, vegetables are his favorite.
Roger loves, loves, loves babies and little kids. He will get down on their level and either kiss on them, or play with them. He loves to make them laugh, and they love him in return.
I will often find Roger wearing funky things, especially when he is playing. I love to see his imagination and carelessness to what others may think.
I should put Roger in gymnastics for he does have some incredible natural talent. He will climb up everything. He loves doing flips on the trampoline. He does this all the time
His birthday was on a Sunday, we had the traditional Birthday Breakfast, but had to be dressed for church first.
After church, he opened his presents.
Roger is such a good, righteous boy. He truly strives to do what is right, and for the right reasons. I am often in awe of his wise understandings. He has taught me so much about love and God. I am so grateful to have Roger in our home. He blesses me, and is a huge blessing to his siblings.
I love you Roger.
