A and J played so well together over Christmas break. It was nice to walk by the closed bedroom door and hear them laughing. Much of the time they involved Baby too, which increased the decibel level.
One night as I was putting them to bed I saw a scrap of paper on the dresser in A's room. I picked it up and begun to laugh. Before I show you what it said I have to remind you that they got the movie Night At the Museum for Christmas and have watched it at least 3 times already. During the day that I found the note the kids and I joked around calling each other 'hopscotch' and saying a silly threat, like the security guard, Guss (played by Mickey Rooney), did in the movie.
Here's the note I found, penned by J, my 7 year old boy:
"Wake up hopscoch or I will punch you in the nose! from guss" (and then "messige" with an arrow)
After having a good laugh with the kids I set the paper back on the dresser and said goodnight. Today when I saw the paper still sitting there I picked it up and saw that it had something on the back:
"invenchens. Fire Robot. Sack Robot. ailen Robot. (something scratched out that looks like "Homer Robot") Metroid Robot. With pictures of each drawn by the name.
I think these are all his inventions that were sparked by the game Little Big Planet. This tells you so much about my boy. It's hard to be in any way upset about his distractions, speaking out of turn, or fidgety hands in school when I see these things. His mind is always going and I don't want to put out that fire. Keep it channeled yes, not dousing it.
Yesterday his teacher started a program to track his behavior at school, specifically if he is paying attention and what his hands are doing. On the first day he only missed a perfect score by 3. Today he missed it by 1. Why do it at all if he's getting such good scores? Because he works to get a good score when he knows he's being scored. He likes having feedback on how he is doing and being praised. He especially likes the thought that we're going to reward him with a toy if he earns a certain number of good scores. His toy request? A new set of Woody, Buzz, and RC toys. "Mom, they all come together in a pack!"
Love my boy.
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