Why I LOVE this funny Man!

As the resident funny man, a lot of times Ender may get written about in a light that makes him look nuts, but he is really a great, GREAT kid that we love and adore, and this is why:

1-He always makes me smile with his crazy antics and his constant smile. He is happy always and it is contagious!

2-He is a big helper. With Solace at school all day everyday, Ender has really had to step up and help a lot more, and he has done it really well and with hardly a complaint.

3-He is so loving and caring! He really wants to make sure to take care of and love everyone around him. He is also really sensitive to others and overall tries to help people out (this does not apply to his siblings as much, but even them sometimes!)

4-He is, as you all know, HILARIOUS!! I LOVE his sense of humor so much! It is one of the things that keeps me grounded and helps me get through on hard days! Seriously, I cannot tell you how often I am frustrated and having a hard day and he will do or say something that makes me laugh and I can't help but change my mood. Some of my favorite times are when he, Solace & Armour sit down and tell each other jokes. It is so funny how the many of the "jokes" make little to no sense to me, but they all laugh hysterically at them.

5-He loves to be adventurous. He reminds me of his dad a bit here-neither one of them can sit still for half a second! They both want to be up and out doing something fun and adventurous. He is pretty sure he wants to be Indiana Jones and a doctor when he grows up. I am pretty sure that he thinks Wes is secretly Indiana Jones and a doctor.

6-He is a genius! I am not kidding with this one at all! I do not know what will happen when he hits Kindergarten next year-seriously, he already knows everything they will learn the whole year and he is going to be bored. That is really why he acts out at all-boredom! I am trying to teach him to entertain himself quietly while he sits still so he can make it through school! We have talked a lot about making up stories in our heads or counting things around the room, things like that. Hopefully it will help him. (I told him that is what I do to keep thinking and learning even when I already know what they are teaching.) He already reads, is starting to write well (even though he is left handed and has basically been on his own figuring that out as I am really bad with my left hand and as Wes says, his left hand is basically a club), knows basic addition and subtraction and really is just smart. I often say he outsmarts me-I am not kidding, he is smarter than me and it is scary!

7-He seems to be a real natural athlete. Dad goes and plays with him and is amazed by his abilities-get the kids some coaching and he could be a real star!

We love Ender so much and I want to make sure you the readers of my blog get to hear the great things about him, though his funny stories are the ones that tend to make the blog. He is great! I am sure you will continue to read the humorous stories, but just keep in the back of your mind how great he is when you read them!

(And to end on a typically Ender note, I just said "Hey Ender, I just wrote a nice blog about what I love about you, do you want me to read it to you?" He said "Ahhh (like ahhh...cute)...NO. No thanks! But thanks for writing about me anyway!")