Pumpkin

Yesterday 20/01/2017 Pumpkin, aka Asher Matthew Timothy, celebrated his 8th birthday. I'm pretty sure most of our conversations revolve around food, "what are we doing tomorrow?" and his progress on various computer games and apps.

Food. He loves food. He eats almost anything but can be particular about how it is served. So, milk always comes in his gruffalo cup, ham sandwiches are on toasted bread with mayonnaise and the crusts cut off, bacon is soft not crispy. And he eats constantly, "i'm hungry" is declared multiple times a day.

His current favourite apps to play are Clash Royal, Pokemon Go, Roblox, Clash of Clans, Skylanders Creator, Toca Mini, Toca lab, Toca Kitchen, Toca Vet, Minecraft, Terreria. He likes to play lego games and mario kart on the wii. But he also likes watching game play on Youtube. His favourite is DanTDM but he also enjoys Stampy, Squid and a few others. He likes watching them play Happy Wheels, The Escapists, Minecraft, building theme parks, Pokemon, Pokemon Go, Roblox and various others. He advises Bean, 9, on how to play them.

He also loves nature. He likes butterflies and mushrooms and the beach specifically but has a growing interest in birds and enjoys pond dipping. He mostly goes outside so he can play Pokemon Go.

He loves things that make him laugh. Mr Bean is still as big hit and recently he has taken an interest in the Simpsons but he also likes cartoons like Wayside, Phineas and Ferb, Diddy tv, and You've been Framed. He enjoys Zach King and funny cat and animal videos. He can quote jokes and funny scenes to you and re enact comedy moments, dances and routines.

He continues to grow his hair, brushes his teeth religiously, asks all his questions when he's being tucked into bed at night, he goes to bed between 10 and 11pm most nights, sometimes later, he wakes between 8 and 8.30am, he doesn't like to go out but he doesn't like to come home either (it's a transition thing), he likes to collect stones and shells and pine cones and sticks, he likes board games, he can't stay still and will most likely only talk to you on his own terms. This year he has learnt to ride a bike, he has begun reading actual words, he has made more friends, and got closer to being a swimmer. His favourite person in the world is Bean and he loves his family. He feels all the feelings, that is when he is happy he is the happiest, when he upset he is distraught, when he is angry he is the angriest, there is no sliding scale.

We are blessed to have him in our clan. He reminds to smile and laugh and slow down and eat. He takes care of his siblings and keeps our family bonds strong.