Our first born son

Akiva is our first born child. He loves reading, playing with Legos, riding his bike, getting together with friends, and saiingl. He enjoys math and science, but really dislikes writing. He's a great big brother to his 5 siblings. He continues to be homeschooled, and is thriving academically in many subjects. Akiva plays cello and takes Judaic art classes; he's also achieved the rank of 1st gup in Tang Soo Do karate (red belt with 2 stripes). He has a pretty serious and cautious nature, though can still be goofy, silly, and careless at times. He likes to help with outside chores (raking, shoveling, planting, weeding, etc), but not so much the inside chores (like his Ima). He's grown up so quickly, and it's hard to believe that in 2 short years he'll reach Bar Mitzvah.



Akiva- up on a limb of the ginkgo tree in the front yard.