Meet Gavin

Gavin is our witty 10-year-old. He loves to figure out how things work. He love to fold origami, Star Wars, and Jurassic Park (and combines the three by folding intricate origami dinosaurs or Star Wars figures). 

At the Aquarium

He is hilarious! If Gavin isn't building Legos, he is most likely out digging in the sandbox or entertaining Shipton. Because of Gavin's apprenticeship, Shipton can build all kinds of vehicles out of Legos (Shipton is now a much better builder than we as parents).  He is so good to share with his brothers and sister.  Gavin is very social and loves to play with the other kids, yet plays happily on his own if nobody is interested in his game.

These are cards that he meticulously and patiently lined up
and stacked to create a domino effect.

Gavin has an active mind, yet constantly surprises us because he doesn't tend to share while his thoughts are rolling like our other kids. Instead his ideas come out as well-thought-out ideas and expressions that we didn't know he was capable of stringing together. He usually can solve his math problems in his head faster than I can and/or without having to write it out like I need to. I remember watching him one day playing with his Geo-track (battery operated train set). He would run the train, then shut it off to excitedly adjust something then see what would happen, then tweak again, until he finally had the results he was working towards. He had hung string to catch it at just the right place and was also working to get the "right" weight loaded in the trailers for it to go down the hills at the desired timing. 

Gavin at his Christmas performance for gym

Gavin is consistently at the top of his class for Urban Gym. (It's a super hip, boy version of gymnastics). 

Gavin also participates in cubscouts and will be representing our pack as Cub of the Year in 2019.

Gavin's greatest gift to us is his sense of humor. He comes up with the most clever and well-timed things to say. Often, his humor is expressed in quoting lines from movies. He will either quote the line directly or alter it slightly to fit perfectly in context. Gavin has a light heart and can find the humor in any situation. His gift to our family is helping us to keep things fun.