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Ah, time for a monthly Sam roundup
May 30, 2006 by Adam in Sam
Ah, time for a monthly Sam roundup.
Sam played at the park with Gavin yesterday. Already he has a fair number of boys at school that he plays with once or twice a week. He's evidently fairly popular at school and has to rotate the kids he plays with.
Soccer has ended and we haven't signed up for T-ball or anything soon. Swimming lessons start in a month or so, which both kids really like. In the fall, I'm sure we'll do soccer again.
Sam's scholastic skills have improved by leaps and bounds since the beginning of the year. His reading is far better and he does a pretty good job reading by himself. The other day I caught him volunarily reading to Emma, who thinks its a great treat. His new game, Animal Crossing, has a ton of reading, but he can play by himself now.
All-in-all, Sam's doing really well. He's funny, smart, and usually kind and polite.
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For better or worse, I think Sam is going to ...
May 05, 2006 by Adam in Sam
 For better or worse, I think Sam is going to turn out to be a lot like me.
Last night he decided to make his own collectable card game, so he made over twenty playing cards with pictures of creatures, along with speed and armor rankings. Later that night, Sam had the whole family playing the game, which ended up being a lot like War. Jamie won, which had her more excited than she'd probably admit.
Sam has gotten more confident with soccer, I think. It used to be that he'd regularly fall down after every kick. It still happens on occasion, but more often he'll run right into the action and try to get that ball away.
School goes well. His reading and spelling continue to improve vastly over the beginning of the year. The challenge is finding books for him to read that he's really interested in. The problem at the moment is that his vocabulary is far more advanced than his reading skills. Books that he'd enjoy take too long to read. Fortunately he reads out of habit these days, and does tons of drawings with various labels on things. I'm sure he'll get to be a proficient reader soon enough.
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