I wanted to close the day by writing some of this down – today is one of those days that I simply treasured Sam’s words and actions, but I know I will all too quickly forget them if I don’t make a point not to.
After school and rest time today, we went over to the home of some new friends. The family has two little girls, ages 5 and 6 who speak French and Spanish, but no English. No problem for my little man, of course. The girls apparently like to play dress up and decided that they were the queens and that Sam was the bad Black Knight. Sam was disturbed by this and clearly told the girls that he was NOT the Caballero Negro, he was the REY! Ha!
Once we got home and started to eat dinner, Ruthie would have none of it. She’s been super fussy today and at this age I pretty much chalk any fussy behavior up to teeth (she must be cutting teeth, right? Right!?) Sam likes to help feed Ruthie, and once again he got the only few bites down her tonight. He also decided to capitalize on Ruthie’s “bad” behavior by pointing out, “It’s good that I’m having such great behavior.” And by saying things like, “I’m eating all my bites. Can I have a kiss for that?”
After dinner, we read a story about the Supreme Court and its nine justices. We talked about “good” and “bad” laws and tried to brainstorm some. Sam decided that requiring kids to go to school was a really good law, because we should all learn about God and painting. Hmmm…so that’s what he learns in school!
When I tucked him in and kissed him goodnight he asked me, “Can you turn the pillow over? I like the cold side.” Fascinating! Perhaps appreciation for the good things in life, like the cold side of the pillow, is just innate.
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