Ka-Chow!!

 Dear Brecken,


The last few months can be summarized with Lighting McQueen (Cars, movie) and a continuation of loving the songs from the movies Sing 1 and Sing 2. Your favorite outfits and jammies feature the cars

The thrill of pumpkins!

characters, and now that you've learned how to use Amazon Alexa, your mornings sound like this:

"Lexa, play Still Standing, by Johnny"

"Lexa, play Ash" (Scarlette Johannsen from Sing)

What else?  You love school as that's a chance to 'gonna see Austin', your little buddy. You've been on a
bit of a rampage the last few weeks with your schoolmates...the occasional discipline notices with body slams and the taking of toys...but the teachers still love you. We're working on 'nice hands' on the daily!

While your first year was characterized by you eating just about everything in sight, it appears your pallet has simplified to eggs, grilled cheese, and yogurt pouches. Luckily, you're still a fan of fruit, so you're not as picky as Ya-Ya. 

You love, love, love being outdoors...everything from kicking a soccer ball to going on walks to even hiking up mountains. We took you on a Utah hike (12/25), and you wanted to walk the whole way!  If I had to guess, Mama is going to have you on skis next year, so you better get

Napoleon!

ready. 

You already know your alphabet!! It's one of your favorite songs to sing, and its very common for you to say hi to everyone while shopping at Kroger. 

Merry Christmas 2025!

2025 was also the year you got interested in holidays! Your Halloween costume was a huge hit, and after that, you wanted Santa, Santa, Santa!

You're so funny, Brecken Alexander, and I hope I can get you to run and squeal with pinchers forever...oh, hide! hide!

Love,

Dad


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