Our little man turned eight over this past weekend.
As summer is starting to wind down and he (begrudgingly) gets ready for second grade, the last year of Sebastian’s life has been full of excitement.
He’s still very much into science, making experiments, outer space and the weather.
He loves his video games about as much as most kids his age spending a fair amount of time playing Minecraft and Roblox with his friends.
When he’s not actively playing those games, you might find him watching YouTube videos giving him ideas and walk-throughs for how to complete certain tasks or finish levels of games where he’s gotten stuck.
In the past year, he’s participated in flag football (short-lived), baseball, basketball and tennis. We’re still trying to figure out what sport he likes best and I think it’s still to be determined.
Now that he’s just tall enough to do so, Sebastian’s turned into a bit of a thrill seeker and the season pass he and his mother have for Cedar Point has been the best investment for the place they’ve ventured to on an almost weekly basis to get on nearly every rollercoaster and water slide he can find.
When he’s not on the rides, Sebastian loves to swim and, thanks to an abundance of YouTube shorts, he’s stumbled across videos showing him how to plant fruit and vegetable trees that he’s hoping will actually work in spite of the Ohio weather.
Throughout the school year, he became a voracious reader, devouring chapter books at a frantic pace and then, more recently, venturing into Manga graphic novels.
This has opened up a lot of interest into anime and Japanese culture (another nod to YouTube for showing us what life is like over there compared to the U.S.)
When he’s not trying to set up playdates with friends from school, Sebastian has little problem finding other ways to busy himself: drawing, writing, making forts, and still occasionally playing with Legos.
Over this past weekend, he said goodbye to being seven and welcome the age of eight with several of his classmates and friends as they partied through gel blasters and glow dodgeball at NEO Extreme Games in Brunswick.
As a birthday surprise, Sebastian (who says he has aspirations of being an astronaut) was treated to his first plane ride. Our “Uncle” Ned, took Sebastian, Marissa and myself on a private plane to fly around Akron and Canton on the day of his birthday. Despite being a little bit nervous at first, he absolutely loved the experience.
All in all, as the saying goes: eight is great and it’s certainly getting started that way for Sebastian.
We love you, little man, here’s to another year to fly high.
(Pictured below with the Cirrus aircraft right before takeoff)
