Rocky Rampton: 2022

Friday, July 8, 2022

Kinder Summer

Some pics from baseball season:

He was so cute and pretty good for being one of the youngest. I was so proud of him!

Some unique things in his report card from his teacher Ms. Kuan, who Rocky didn't especially love...

"Rocky has done well this quarter. He was a hard worker and applied himself in every assignment. He was able to use key details to comprehend literature stories and informational texts. This quarter, Rocky enjoyed interacting with his peers and has made great strides in all content areas. However, he needed occasional reminders about focusing during class time. Rocky worked very hard this year to achieve academic success in his studies. It was a pleasure having Rocky in my class this year."

Two nights ago Keith took Rocky and I to his office at Tripler late at night and got impressions for me and pulled out Rocky's front tooth. That thing was just so dead and not coming out. It was kind of painful for him, I'll just remember his little legs sticking up off the table, but he endured it well and got $2 from the tooth fairy.

"Are they twins?"

Rocky in the Rockies

With Matthew, his best buddy from the Rampton side

Finder of all the things

The night before we left for Oregon Rocky found a gecko that he really loved. He built a lego cage for the gecko to take through the airport. I didn't think there was any way he would remember it because we had to wake him up early for the flight, but I woke him up and he jumped out of bed to check on the gecko. I finally told him he couldn't take it with his, to which he was devastated. So I told him he could bring the gecko but not the cage, and that airport security would probably take him from him anyways. But he was determined. So we took off with the gecko in the pocket. Of course he gets randomly chosen to do a hand swab in airport security. He was so nervous, thinking he had been caught. His heart was pounding so hard. But he got cleared. Gecko made it through the flight to California but then stopped moving. He is laid to rest in a trash can in SFO.
On the way home Rocky purchased an art easel from the money he earned doing chores for Gumpa. He carried it around and every time we stopped (I mean everytime) he pulled it out to doodle. Wearing my sweatshirt because he was cold. He is such a character.

Being SO brave at cochroach cove. The waves were massive but he jumped in!

Love you so much Rocky! He still loves me, loves my body and tells me how beautiful I am. Can't believe you're going to be 7 soon!!!

Friday, February 11, 2022

Rocky Lately

Rocky, we love you so. We love your sweet little obsession with things. We love how much you love your mom. We love your creations and artwork and creativity. We love your energy and when you dance.

You also drive us absolutely bonkers! You have a recent severe potty mouth/are constantly shaking your butt at people. You laugh and laugh loudly at the most inappropriate times, especially when getting in trouble. You don't ever eat real food and are constantly begging for/sneaking snacks.

Rocky has had a pretty good year in Kindergarten. He is right on track in academics and never has problems with school work, but I did get a call that you made fun of a little girl and made her cry. We made him give her a gift. I feel like the teacher gets annoyed with Rocky, even though she's only mentioned his bugging habits when I spoke to her about the bullying incident. He still wants to wave when anyone ever leaves him, but has allowed me to walk down the hill as I wave, which is a big step from waiting until he got into his classroom to wave.

Rocky loves Pokemon. It was the cards for several months, now he really wants to play Pokemon Go. He asks me if he can play about 50x/day, often it's the first thing I hear when I wake up in the morning...

I want to encourage Rocky to create more, because when he does, his creativity really shines through! Pictures and legos are two really big things, but he also builds much less conventional things such as taping papers to rocks with massive amounts of tape, paper towel rolls, other random trash he finds. I love it.

Rocky is reading really well. We took a break from reading lessons as school was such a big change for him, and now that we're back at it, it is SO much easier. He just flys through the lessons. Thank you Ms. Kuan!

Rocky played soccer this summer and we learned he is so fast! He is a perfectionist in sports meaning he will either give it 100% or 0%. He is competitive but would complain about getting too hot. Now he's sitting out on dad's basketball team and is feeling left out. Excited to start baseball soon.

We are going to have a home date soon and watch Spiderman. I think Troy's too scared, so we are going to start with Rock! He watched a clip at the hotel and really wanted to watch more, while Troy was scared. I can't wait!

Rocky, we love you!!!

This boy loves me, and writes it everywhere!