Ten Things Tuesday

As I've done for the past couple of weeks here is this weeks list of ten things, in no particular order, of a random topic that inspires me that day.

Ten Things Lachlan loves to do!

1. Read. Since he was a baby we have read books with Lachlan. When he got old enough to choose it was often the same books over and over again. He is a great reader and can read really fast. His favourites are Harry Potter (Only the first three), The Chronicles of Narnia, The Rangers Apprentice and Captain Underpants!

2. Ride his BMX. At our old house he wore a path through the grass were he would ride back and forth over his own homemade ramps and jumps. He would often ask to go to the local park, which had a hill that he could jump his bike over. He even joined the local BMX club for a short time, but found that he didn't like the racing part of it that much, he just wanted to do his own thing. I'm grateful for some friends, who also have a passion for riding, who take him out often to get his BMX fix!

3. Playing music. a couple of years ago Lachlan took some guitar lessons so we got him a small guitar. Now he is learning the recorder at school. He enjoys playing it and can often be heard practising in his bedroom. He has even made up a few songs all by himself.

4. Collecting rocks. This is kind of a new thing and was brought about by his school teacher. They started learning about the different kinds of rocks and he started to collect them to take to his teacher and work out what kind they were. He now has a rather big collection of rocks, including some that Nana gave him that used to belong to Grandad.

5. To play outside and can often be found kicking a ball or riding his scooter in the back garden. Whenever we ask the kids what they want to do his answer is always to go to a park or do something outside.

6. To bake. He loves to make cakes or cookies. He is getting a lot better at measuring the ingredients and mixing everything together. Soon he'll be able to do it better than me.

7. Make people laugh. Especially his younger cousins. He likes to tell jokes and when he finds a good one he tells it over and over again.

8. To play with his friends. He is surrounded by girls most of the time so any chance he get to play with some boys he is all into it. He loves his cousins Samuel and Ethan, but he also has many good friends at school at church.

9. Loves to go camping. He loves to get dirty, collect firewood, be outside, sit around the camp fire and sleep in the tent.

10. Lachlans favourite thing to do is . . . . . . to ride his Quad Bike! He got his first quad bike for his 6th Birthday and been hooked since the start. Whenever we go camping he is on his quad bike the whole time. He loves to go fast, go round corners and do some small jumps! He would love to do bigger jumps but Mummy won't let him!