Nathan Wendt

Time to admit our little boy is not so little anymore. In fact yesterday was his 7th birthday. I tell him all the time that it seems like just a few days ago that he was wobbling around the room just learning to walk and needing his diaper changed a dozen times a day. Now of course the big accomplishments are a lot different. From good manners to good reading skills our expectations change with each passing year.

The birthday party was great fun and filled with lots of happy shouts from the birthday boy as he unwrapped present after present. I think the big hit this year was a Star Wars Lego kit from his Grandma and Grandpa French. The kit was so big it included two very lengthy assembly guides and I would imagine it will take several days to put together. Of course Nate could not wait to get started.

One funny gift unwrapping scene concurred with a computer game I gave Nate. The tile of the game was “Theatre of War”. When Nate opened it the graphics on the box were enough to make him smile and proclaim his approval with the cry of “Cool!”. However when he read that title nothing even close to the word “Theatre” came out of his mouth. After hearing this 10 year old cousin asked “What’s in there?”, and Nate responded with a shrug, to which the cousin suggested “Well I bet it’s full of a whole bunch of war”. This made them both happy.

After some great cake and ice cream Nate was asked to take his now traditional stand in front of his bedroom door to have his height marked. He had grown another three inches since last year. Even this prompted the memory of how it just seemed like days ago when the poor little fellow had no legs at all and 75% of his little body was upper torso. Now our little boy is a well proportioned “long legged galoot”. To be exact on his 7th birthday the “little guy” is a ginormious 4 foot and 4-1/2 inches tall.

Happy birthday buddy – We love you so much!