He's a Writer!

Bug is so creative!  He has been amazing us with his stories and elaborate "pretend that..." games for over year, but now he's starting to write some of them down for school and it's been so fun to see his growth from just pictures to labels to full stories like the one that came home this week.  I just had to share and link up with MOB Society's Let's Hear it for the Boys even though I'm a couple days late. 

A lot of what he writes are about events in his life, but his teacher has been giving him some prompts to challenge him a little and here's his made up story from this week -

Title: Mr. Mouse
Text: Miss & Mr. Human took mouse's food so the mouse took it away.  Yummy.

Like an Elephant

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for it is right.  Ephesians 6:1

The verse above is Bug's memory verse from church last night.  They read it with the kids once or twice and they usually get a small card with the verse on it so parents can practice with them that week.  I didn't even see the card last night when Bug and Dad got home.  But, he could already say it to me this morning and he just repeated it for me now as I started to write this post.  His memory never ceases to amaze me!  We joke that he's part elephant some times (the memory and how much he eats :)).  I love that he's building his knowledge of the Word and hiding it in his heart for when he'll need it most.  And I'm so proud that he can remember it, tell me what it means, and share it with others. 

Just had to brag, check out some more at MOB Society!

He is a reader!

Being a boy in school is tough.  Of course I don't know this from personal experience, but from many years of teaching and seeing first hand that our school system isn't designed for rough and tumble boys who need to be in motion large portions of his day.  The really great teachers engage that and use it for learning, but it can still be challenging.  We expected those challenges for him and haven't been surprised when it's come up.  I've sent up a lot of prayers for wisdom in how to guide him in how to meet school expectations without telling him that he can't be himself.  This week was a bit discouraging as I had multiple e-mails from his teacher about disruptive behaviors.  I so appreciate her and know she's works really hard to redirect and teach him in an encouraging way, but it's still hard, even when you expect it.  So, today was a perfect time to join in with M.O.B. Society's Let's Hear It for the Boys and brag on my boy!


 He is a reader!  My kinder is reading Magic School Bus and chapter books and telling me what they are about!  He's been reading for over a year and was one of those kids that just started asking questions and figuring it out on his own.  People ask me what I did and all I can say is I read to him and when he wanted to know what words were, I told him...he took it from there. He loves trying new books, loves going to the library and book store as much as I do, reads to his sister, reads to us, and wows us every day.  I am one proud Mama!