Time for a Zack update! Zack is 10 years old and in 5th grade. It has been a weird year having the last month of 4th grade being online, and not knowing what this school year would be like! He ended up getting Mrs. Sullenger, who he also had in 1st grade and loved! He has a few friends in his class and he has had a good year so far, despite the masks and different social distancing practices they put in place. He surprised us at the beginning of the year and tried out to be a lead part in a class pirate play/musical they put on. He got the part and even had to sing multiple times solo. He has a pretty on key voice and did great! I was so mad the week before when they cancelled all parents attending due to COVID cases being too high. I had to watch it from my computer and I bawled for the first few minutes from being so proud of him and not being there. Zack is one smart cookie with a crazy memory. He memorized all 50 states and capitals and seriously looked over it for 10 minutes before going to school (after they had 5 smaller broken down tests previous weeks), and he got 100%. He has an ear for music and loves it. I forced him back into piano a couple months ago. He was literally on the ground crying when I told him. But, he was skipping to the car excited after his first lesson. She gave him some fun songs and he seemed determined to learn them. He will really love it someday I believe. And he would be soooooo good at it!!! Zack jumped soccer teams this year since his coach of 3 years was not going to be around much again. We decided to get a team closer to our new house and ended up at the Titans with a kid he already new from school. His old team ended up falling apart quite a bit since a few more found out about Zack’s new team (not from us) and ended up with Zack. He was thrilled to have old and new buddies on his team. They have done really well and were undefeated during their first season and should move up to D1. Zack makes one heck of a defender. Such a good read on the field and plays so smart and calm. Zack got lucky and had a kid his age move in last year and they have become little best buds (well besides Levi of course). It has been so good for him to have Corbin. Corbin and his brother Tyson come over and Levi and Zack and them are just so fun together. They make me laugh and get along so well. Zack has had good school friends move away almost every year and he has another one this year, so I am super glad for Corbin. Zack still loves to play his video games. He is our competitive soul. He puts his heart on the table, which is good and sometimes not so much. Ha! Lately they have had fun playing Among Us with cousins and friends on their Kindles. Zack is my one who still loves to play make believe games at times, and others he sits and talks to you like a teenager. I love hanging out with that kid. He has so much fun with Levi and they just giggle and giggle at the weirdest things. They can make me laugh and say “ew” all day long. We like to tease Zack for his knack for leaving stuff everywhere. When his coach ask, “Whose left this?” It is usually Zack. I have found his stuff by the fence at school where they meet, outside, and just about everywhere. He is starting to just laugh at himself. Zack still likes to take his sweet time getting places. Ever since he was a tiny guy he has. His brain just must be so entertaining because he gets so caught up that he is happy and content. I get jealous that I can’t have a little of that!!! Zack seems to gather quite the crushes at school. Last year he shoved some unread love notes in his backpack I discovered later. He laughed and told me he had never read them. He gets so embarrassed from the attention it is funny! One girl shoved a bear and chocolates in his locker at the end of last year for Valentines day. He said he was so embarrassed he slammed his locker closed before anybody could see him. It was too funny! Zack is also our fashionista. He has to match his socks with his shirts. He loves to get new clothes and shoes, and he told me once he hates when people touch his hair. Zack has gotten into reading more this year. He has always been a great reader, he just doesn’t really LOVE to read. He dove in during quarantine in April and by October he had read all the Harry Potter’s and seems to have picked up reading a little more for fun. Not quite like Levi’s fun, but he likes it more than before. Zack loves to do tricks and flips on the tramp. His friend Corbin teaches him all sorts of flips from his tumbling class. He is getting pretty good! We even had him doing back flips on the ground at one point. Zack is just such an easy going kid, super bright mind, funny funny sense of humor, and just a great kid. We love him to pieces and all that he adds to our family.
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