First grade

Woohoo! School has started!

Evan has been so excited about going to first grade that he does parkour everywhere we go. And practices doing flips on my bed. It’s one of the few ways he expresses enthusiasm.

He got up just after 7 this morning and immediately said, “I’ll get dressed so we can go!” Sorry, bud, you’ve got an hour and a half before we need to go.

I asked Evan the same questions as when he started preschool and kindergarten.

Who is your favorite person in the whole world? Maggie and Trinity (two of his kindergarten classmates)

What is your favorite color? yellow

What is your favorite movie? Jurassic World (he’s seen it 3 times in the theater, not quite the record of Jarom’s 16 trips to see Jurassic Park as a kid)

What is your favorite outfit? “My Jurassic World velociraptor shirt and skinny pants.”

What sport or game do you like best? “Playing Wild Kratts.”

What song do you love? Shut Up and Dance (he loves it SO MUCH that I have begun to hate it passionately)

What is your favorite cereal? Rice Krispies Treats Cereal

Who is your best friend? Cooper (I was surprised at this because he rarely mentions Cooper, who moved away more than a year ago.)

What do you want to be when you grow up? a veterinarian

What is your favorite book? Bunnicula (which we haven’t started reading yet. He’s just really excited for it. We’re still working on Fablehaven as a family)

What are you really good at? parkour

Where do you wish you could go on vacation? to see Cooper

What is your best memory? staying at the beach house in Monterey last summer

What would you buy if you had $1,000? “A chihuahua and a snake. A python. A pet python.”

What is your favorite food? oatmeal, watermelon, and fried rice

If you could have a wish, what would it be? “To have a baby Indominus Rex. But he’d be nice.”

What is your favorite ice cream flavor? cookie dough

Who is your biggest hero? “Pa, because he helped me across the monkey bars.”

What do you like to do most with your friends? play and swing and run

What do you hope you’ll get to do in school this year? science!