Have I mentioned how good school has been for this boy? He really enjoys it, and I enjoy all the things he tells me about it- I can tell he is paying attention! Reading and writing are really starting to click for him and it is fun to see him grow and develop. He sat down to write all the word wall words he knew and I asked him if he would write "I like Mom" and he whipped this right out (that's Marissa at the top and Sadie kind of backwards at the bottom).
He was sad one day because he lost his stuffed monkey "vines", at least I didn't know he had until he showed me this picture he drew of him and vines that he wrote "I wot vis"- I want vines on. I love that he thinks completely on his own to sit down and write things on his own now.
this is one I found yesterday- I had made a paper with stickers for Marissa to draw lines to match the matching stickers on and he asked if he could make one so while I was outside he stamped a bunch of Halloween stamps and matched them and then wrote the words next to them- some I had to work hard to guess what he meant but you can see "spidre" at the bottom and a little above that "jaclatrn" curving around the side, "Bat", "awl" at the top, "gost", and "it has 8...?" I asked him how he knew to put an e on the end of spider and he said "well did you know that eagle has two e's? when the letter says its name you put an e on the end"
School has been equally as good for him socially. He is learning and practicing how to be a good friend and interact appropriately with others, and that sometimes means stories of kids not wanting to play with him etc. The other day I was asking him about his table and he said, "Mom can I tell you something? There's kind of a problem. No matter what I do, L___ just thinks I'm annoying!" Man I love that boy so much sometimes it really pulls on my heart strings. I know how important it is for him to have these experiences, away from me, to figure these things out. And I'm really glad he knows I am there to talk to about these things and trusts me to share them with me and I am so proud of the way he lets them roll off his back.
And so glad he has sweet Ellynn to always be his friend.
3 comments:
After a BYU loss, these posts were the perfect antidote. I love these kids, and the stories make my heart melt.
Shane will also learn that sometimes when girls say you are annoying, they really mean they like you!
He is doing so good to be writing words already! I am also glad he tells you his concerns and how he feels about things. Such a sweetie he is!
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