Soaring high...............

You earned you word wall certificate last week.   You now officially recognize all 160 of them....and then some.   Then you went to read to the principal.   "The Spider Club" is the book you read to her.   Proud of you JT!   You are doing really well and the sky is your limit.   Can't wait to see how high you will soar!!!!  xo

Wacky day........

You  were a great student.  You celebrated at school....earning LAA Celebration Notations. A lot of times.   And because of that, you got to dress WaCkY to school!   I definate departure from the boring, I mean, "unwacky" uniform you wear each day!   The dilemma?    You wanted to be a "little" wacky....but not "too much" wacky as you told me!  I tried to get you to wear  your bathing suit, crazy pattern and colors, with an inside out shirt!  And two different socks.  That was a little too wacky for you.   :)  So you decided on the above.....your orange striped shirt and some red shorts, both right side out!  And two of the same socks, baseball ones.    

Groundhog Day was special!  Daddy was there with me to pick you up from school, being it was  Rachel's birthday. He got to see first hand what I do everyday.  Your excitement about your day.   You burst into the van, with the hat above on your head.  You were VERY proud.  After you took it off to read to us...you told us Spring is almost here!  Afterall, Phil did not see his shadow.   One of my highlights every day there is school is you telling me all about it.   And this day was no different.   Then you went on to exclaim that you got your certificate for knowing all of your sight words....you have 160 of them! Phew!  But what was exciting was how you acted just as happy to tell us of the other person in your class that got their certificate for knowing the sight words.   You got to celebrate together.   You are like your sister, JT.   Your heart is so good.   You care about other people.  I love that.  It is a gift you have been given.  One that many people who pass in and out of your life in years to come will love to share with you.   Always think of others and treat them kindly.  And my hope is that they will always do the same for you!

                                                                xo

Together......

I heard you whispering to each other....I couldn't hear what you were saying.  I heard the laughter, the giggles, the excitement.  I stood in the doorway to see.....

...the two of you, side by side, looking at your blog.   I had left if open and you were looking at it. 

Together.

xo

You love.............

                                                       ....playing!

                                                 ......being silly!

                                                       ....Mario!

                                                  ....creating things!

Pieces.....

JT, there are certainly a lot of things I love about you.  I think of them as pieces of you. There are so many of them, and all of them make up the unique person of ...YOU!

One of those pieces is your playfulness.   Now I know...you are FIVE!   You are supposed to be like that.  But honestly, I think that even when you are 25, 45, 65 or even 105.....you will still have very important piece of playfullness in you.  

You make a game out of everything.  And yes, sometimes it gets you in trouble.  BUT.........there is also something amazing in that as well.   Today....you raced against the waves coming close to you on the shore.   You would run forward and quickly back, just in time to keep your shoes and feet dry! 

Then...you looked for seashells.   While you ended up with a few that you took home that were intact and one piece, it was the ones that were cracked and beat up you were most interested in.   You wanted to bring them home. You started trying to put some of them together to make them whole again!   Then  I  to convince you that the other shells were enough and to leave the cracked pieces behind.
   
 In the end, we did in fact leave  the cracked shell pieces behind.   You brought the three you got that were all intact.   They will sit in your room.   However,  I am almost certain that the next time we head down to Sarasota and spend some time at the little beachy area we did today....those pieces, or pieces very much like them, will find there way to your hands, and into your thoughts of yours.   And I promise next time....to let those pieces come home too!  For I know tonight as I sit here and write this to you, even those pieces are important.  For if I didn't have every single piece of you that makes you whole, I would certainly know it and miss it!

Priceless..............

Ahhhh.....just found these!!!  JT where did the time go.....you were just ONE in these pictures!!!!!!

A boy and his dog...........

Two nights ago, you were in the family room, playing with Brandi.  Rachel and I were working on homework in the den.  You had already done your homework.   You decided to take the opportunity to write about dogs!  You love your dog!  And here is what you came up with when you proudly came in to show your sister and I!

You forgot those capital letters at the front of your sentences....something you never do....but as you excitedly read this to me, I know why.  Your little brain moves fast!  And I do believe you were writing just as fast as you could to keep up with it!  So you told us:

Dogs sit different ways.  Dogs listen.  Dogs like people petting them. Dogs lay down.
Dogs get excited.(I liked your first attempt at that word....icsided) Dogs put their ears up.  

You drew a picture of Brandi so "we would always have it".   And then at the bottom you put the "example" (as your teacher apparently calls it).....That 's what dogs do!


I asked you if you had been given that example before in school, to which you told me "No, I just love Brandi and wanted to write what she likes to do!"

You do so love Brandi.   And guess what JT, she LOVES you SO much!