{"id":1848,"date":"2020-01-03T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:33:02","slug":"birthday-boy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/2020\/01\/03\/birthday-boy-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How is our firstborn 8 years old already?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy birthday, Judah Johannes!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This last year Judah has learned quite a bit. He\u2019s learned to ride a bike, whistle, and blow bubblegum bubbles (he was really excited about that one). He\u2019s learned to read by himself and to do sums in his head. He\u2019s learned about how to be quite independent on an airplane. He\u2019s learned how to bottle-feed orphaned kittens. He\u2019s learned about George Washington and Winslow Homer and Shakespeare. He\u2019s learned about topics like slavery and war and oppression and cancer. He\u2019s learned how to take care of his baby brother and how to cheer him up when he\u2019s cranky. He\u2019s learned to be more courageous in many ways. He\u2019s learned more about Aesop\u2019s fables and fairy tales than I will probably ever know (thanks to his love for audio books). He\u2019s learned to show compassion and be a helper when Mama just needs some help. He\u2019s learned that goodbyes are painful and tears are okay. He\u2019s learned that home is a place hard to define for a child like him. He chose to be baptized and has learned more about what it means to follow and trust his God and Savior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are truly humbled to be Judah\u2019s parents and are so grateful for our son (who is growing up and losing teeth way too fast). To remember what he was like as an 8-year old, here\u2019s his annual birthday interview!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. How old are you?<\/strong> \u201c8\u201d<\/li>
  2. How old is Mommy?<\/strong> \u201c33?” <\/li>
  3. How old is Daddy<\/strong> \u201c35?”<\/li>
  4. What is something mommy says to you? <\/strong>\u201cSchatzilein\u201d (a German term of endearment) <\/em><\/li>
  5. What makes you happy?<\/strong> \u201cWhat makes me happy is when you wake me up and when you give compliments to me. And I\u2019m happy when I get presents; and I\u2019m happy when Mommy and Daddy kiss me.\u201d <\/li>
  6. What makes you sad?<\/strong> \u201cWhen people say mean things to me, or when I do a really bad thing. And when I accidentally hit someone but they say I did it on purpose.\u201d<\/li>
  7. What makes you laugh?<\/strong> \u201cWhen Elias toots and when Elias starts laughing because I can\u2019t help but laugh, too.\u201d<\/li>
  8. What\u2019s your favorite thing to do?<\/strong> \u201cThree things. Actually, four: reading with Mama, watching a movie, getting presents, and eating candy.\u201d <\/li>
  9. What\u2019s your favorite thing to do outside?<\/strong> “Building stuff with sand, playing capture the flag, climbing trees, playing soccer, playing by the ocean, and catching crabs.\u201d <\/li>
  10. Who\u2019s your best friend?<\/strong> \u201cJonas and Elias and Willy.\u201d (cousin, brother, and neighbor in Tanzania)<\/em><\/li>
  11. What are you really good at? <\/strong>” I think… drawing.” (Elias quickly added “AND swimming AND being the best leader AND sneaking like a ninja!”)<\/em><\/li>
  12. What\u2019s your favorite Bible story?<\/strong> \u201cDavid and Goliath, because I like how brave David is.\u201d <\/li>
  13. What is God like?<\/strong> \u201cEverything good!\u201d<\/li>
  14. What superhero do you want to be<\/strong>? \u201cBatman or Hawkeye. Hawkeye because he always hits his target. Always. And Batman because he doesn\u2019t really have a power. Only Ninja skills.\u201d <\/li>
  15. What\u2019s your favorite food?<\/strong> \u201cCan I pick desserts? Good. Donuts or ice cream.\u201d<\/li>
  16. What\u2019s your favorite book?<\/strong> \u201cWell, I have two: The Green Ember, and, right now, The Hobbit.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>
  17. What\u2019s your favorite movie?<\/strong> \u201cOhhh, that\u2019s a hard one\u2026 I think Narnia, all of them!\u201d<\/li>
  18. What\u2019s your favorite song?<\/strong> \u201cAt the end of the Green Ember audio book, there\u2019s a music that I really like.\u201d (starts singing it)<\/em><\/li>
  19. What\u2019s your favorite color?<\/strong> \u201cI have four. Green, black, white, and red.\u201d <\/li>
  20. What\u2019s your favorite animal<\/strong>? \u201cI have two very, very, very favorite animals. My very, very, very, veeeeeery favorite animal is a lion. And my other favorite animal is a wolf. Oh, and I like cheetahs and leopards.”<\/li>
  21. What\u2019s your favorite toy?<\/strong> \u201cLegos and Playmobil.\u201d<\/li>
  22. What\u2019s your favorite thing to learn about in school?<\/strong> \u201cHistory! Like learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and stuff like that.\u201d<\/li>
  23. What do you want to be when you grow up?<\/strong> \u201cBe an explorer and find fossils and make videos of animals. And be a zookeeper.\u201d <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Happy birthday, big boy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How is our firstborn 8 years old already?!? Happy birthday, Judah Johannes!!! This last year Judah has learned quite a bit. He\u2019s learned to ride a bike, whistle, and blow bubblegum bubbles (he was really excited about that one). He\u2019s learned to read by himself and to do sums in his head. He\u2019s learned about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/john-anyan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}