Madden – Claassen Clan

Last week the day Madden had been waiting 365 days for finally arrived…his 6th birthday!

He still LOVES footie pj’s which makes my heart melt and I’ll be buying them for him until he moves out and maybe after cause 😍.

In planning for his party he went through approximately 127 different themes. I finally got him focused down to a Lego party and hoped he didn’t wake up that morning wanting a Spider-Man Lamborghini party (he’s a fan of theme-mixing).

Madden is so fun to celebrate. He’s enthusiastic and grateful. He has so many interests that you can’t go wrong. Literally everything gives him the giggles, he adores when he can make others laugh, and he gives the best hugs.

It’s been a year I never could have fathomed for him. He’s working through deep and long-term hurts. He will be profoundly different without Deacon by his side anymore. But I can see his resilience. He works so hard each day to learn things that come easier to other kids his age. Social norms, appropriate emotional expressions, and communication don’t come easy for him but he wants so much to please and he’s come so far in a year of remote learning, masks, and huge loss. He’s just amazing.

I’m still in denial that my youngest is somehow 6 but I’m so very grateful he’s mine!

While all of the kids have had a “favorite” color at any given time, they’ve always been prone to change their minds or have several favorites at a time.

Not Madden. He has been obsessed with orange from a very young age.

Clothes, toys, bikes, and food are all far superior if they are orange.

Even in an ice cream store with 20 flavors, he goes for the orange sherbet. It’s dedication.

So, when remote schooling recently began, obviously all work was done in an orange marker. Only, by day three, all our orange markers were drying out. The LAST thing we needed was more packs of markers just get get one or two orange ones.

Amazon to the rescue.

Did you know you can buy 12-packs of individual Crayola marker colors? You can. Perhaps this is all I’ll fill his stocking with. 🧡

Category: Madden

Six!

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