All about Alan

Some facts about Alan:
- He likes to surprise people with acts of service.

He wanted to make a salad for his babysitter back in September so he picked some shriveled up peas, some chives and tomatoes and mixed them up in a bowl.

- He loves to write notes to people.

A note to his friend Alex

It says "Please can I come over to your house. Please, please if I can I will say hurray please please."

- He is an early riser. He normally gets up between 6 and 6:30 am, everyday.

- He hasn't lost any teeth yet but a couple of weeks ago in church he suddenly leaned over to me and said "What is in my mouth?" I looked and one of his adult teeth was coming up behind his baby tooth. When I told him he was pretty excited. The tooth in front of it is finally getting loose.- He does well in school. The school sent a note home saying Alan would receive an award at their award assembly. I guess he made the kindergarten honor roll (I was kind of surprised that they had an honor roll for such a young age). When I told him he was going to get an award he got really excited but when I explained that it was a piece of paper telling him he did a good job he was really disappointed.

Alan standing with the other kindergarteners who received the award (the 2 girls to the left of him are in his class and the 3 boys to the right are in the other class)

- He has a kind and empathetic nature:
A few weeks ago Reed was having a stressful day and he had to make an important phone call. We knelt for a family prayer and briefly explained to the kids that we had some big decisions to make. After that Reed went upstairs to make his phone call. Alan immediately got to work on writing a note. He put a rainbow on the front and then on the inside he wrote "I love you Dad" and at the bottom he wrote "I know how it is". We thought that was so cute and grown up.

One night Reed and I were both in the boys' room putting them to bed. Reed was tucking Alan in and I was trying to help Conner. Conner didn't want my help, he wanted his dad. I was trying to convince him to let me put him to bed and then dad would come give him a kiss goodnight. At this suggestion Conner's lower lip started to tremble and he said in a shaky little voice "But dad is my best friend". I gave in after that and went over to Alan's bed to say good night while Reed went to tuck Conner in. As I sat on Alan's bed this was our conversation:
(Alan reaching out his arms to give me a hug)"Its okay mom, I love you"
"Thanks Alan"
"And Conner loves you too"
"Yeah, I kn--"
"But I think he loves Dad a little bit more" (holding his fingers about a half inch apart to show how much)
(Me smiling)"Maybe a little"

height: 49.25 inches
weight: 56 lbs.

favorite color: rainbow
favorite movie: Cars 2
favorite song: Praise to the Man
friends: Alex, Mara, Roman, Henry, Tate, Zachary
favorite thing to do: Watch t.v and color
favorite book: llama, llama stories
what makes you happy: playing with my friend Alex
what makes you sad: when I don't get to go somewhere fun and people make fun of me because I can't go. Like out in public (Alan is sick right now so he can't go out in public).
favorite food: Peanut butter and honey or jam sandwiches and macaroni and cheese
What are you going to be when you grow up: I want to work at a bank, because I think banks might let their workers have 1 sucker from their dish, if they work really hard.
Where are you going to live: in a house