Uh yea… so I haven’t done well with updating Samuel’s website this last year, have I? I’m making it a goal to do better in 2007!

So, what’s up with Samuel these days? He is almost five (less than 2 months now), and he is VERY excited about that. He wants to be a BIG boy so badly, and if there is ever anything we tell him he can’t do just yet, he always responds with, “well, when I’m FIVE, I can do it”. He has been planning his birthday party at ChuckECheese, and is looking forward to Mema coming. (She’ll be here the week before, to help very pregnant Mommy with the party planning!) Of course, his gift requests are all super-hero related. He wants anything and everything Power Ranger related, especially since Santa brought him some fun MegaZords for Christmas. He would love to have all the different “color” Power Rangers - right now he has a red one, and he’s asked for blue, green and yellow. (I think?) We’ll see what the Birthday Fairies bring!

Samuel has been doing a lot of learning lately, and is getting really close to mastering alphabet recognition and working towards reading. He recognizes about 20 of the letters in the alphabet in print, and is able to sound out (with help) simple words. He can also spell his name, and is working on writing it. It’s such a joy to see the “light bulb” moments when he realizes “I CAN…” read or write or recognize words.

As for picture updates, here is a recent layout I did with pictures of him. This is at Mema and Papa’s house in CA. My sister Sarah took these great shots of him, and as soon as I saw them, I had to put together a layout.

More coming soon, if I can manage! Feburary-April may be a bit scarce, as Baby Girl Huskins will be arriving mid-March. But I’ll do my best to upload some 5th Birthday pics, if I’m not back before that!