Nathan Turns 6

And just like that my baby boy is in the second half of his first decade.  This has been such a big year for him.  He left the comforting walls of his small preschool and started kindergarten.  I was worried because many times last year in pre-k he would cry when I dropped him off and my mommy heart worried that kindergarten would be much the same, especially since 100% of his instruction is in Spanish.  However, Nathan went off to kindergarten and never looked back.  He has taken the bull by the horns and surprises us daily with what he has learned.  Nathan has a math brain that he most certainly did not inherit from me, but it must come from the Davies, since his Aunt Julie is a math teacher after all.  One of Nathan's favorite things about school is the morning running club.  To date he has run over 50 miles!  Our year is much like others with lots of trips to the beach, river, desert and mountains.  Nathan and Brian did their annual father/son/cousin "man camp" camping trip. They also did an all guy Southern California skatepark/camp trip together.  As usual we did our many river trips, but have not yet convinced Nathan to get up on a wakeboard.  He did enjoy a lot of SUP (stand up paddling), though.  We did many trips to the beach this past summer and having his friends Tobin and Nathan with him most weekends, really helped to make him comfortable in the water.  He became a pretty good boogie boarder and eventually at the end of the summer popped up to standing on the board, so hopefully surfing comes this summer.  Nathan continued to love riding his quad at the desert, as well.  Although his daring demeanor out there does scare me a bit.  We were lucky enough to squeeze in two snowboarding trips this year, as well.  Nathan tends to be shaky then first day on the mountain and then by the end of a trip he is off and running (which makes me happy, since this is my favorite of all the sports). Its been a fun year and I look forward to what year 7 has in store for this little guy.