first day of school!

3!

Happy 3rd birthday, O!

The joy that emanates from O's smile melts my heart and brings joy to everyone around him. What a joy it is to celebrate this happy boy!

VBS

I have had the joy of teaching the twins' VBS class. I know I won't be able to do it every year, so I'm making the most of my time off. 

Of course, I particularly enjoy watching them sing and dance like the semi-coordinated 4-yr olds that they are.  I sort of chuckled to myself as S was all out of sorts from everyone. As the group followed the leaders on stage and moved left, S bumped into everyone as she moved right. And on. She always seemed to be a little behind. And when all the kids lifted their right hands to mirror the leaders, S lifted her left. I was super proud of her effort, though. 

Today, I got to sit near her during the song and dance time. We had just finished another song, following the leaders on stage and she was awkwardly out of sync, when she came over to me and said: 

S: "You think you're doing what they're doing, but you're not. When they lift this hand and you lift that hand, you should be lifting this hand."  

Me: you're right, but I'm mirroring them. 

S: [blank look...probably trying to understand what that means or why in the world we would mirror instead of actually doing what they do.]

No lie, I'm a little impressed that she figured out mirroring isn't copying. No lie, I'm also a little nervous about what this means about her future that she doesn't just do what everyone else is doing and enjoy it. Hopefully we can channel that energy for good.