Wireless Message

It was really funny yesterday when Jadon went to school with spiky hair for picture day (along with shirt &tie). As he entered his classroom he kept looking around telling other how he liked their hair, but with a look of expectancy for compliments in return!

Wireless Message

Last week when Jadon was able to get to school in time to play on the playground, no one was using the slides because they were all wet with heavy dew (it was a foggy morning). He had wowed everyone with daring to go down (apparently he had gone down so fast he plopped onto the ground at the bottom of the slide). When I saw him again, he was at the top of the slides standing alone with a crowd of kids at the bottom chanting, 'Do it! Do it! Do it!' as he smilingly looked around, taking in the attention with his soaking wet pants. He did go down again (without plopping onto his butt), & afterward lots of other kids followed him onto the slides (after all, he'd nearly dried one of them for them), but we had to have a talk about peer pressure & trying to evaluate decisions based on whether it would please God or merely people. Poignant learning moment.

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Yesterday, Jadon read enough books to earn a chocolate bar from us, for which we gave him our 'equivalent': 6 Ferrero Roche hazelnut truffles. We were so pleased when he very willingly gave one of his prized chocolates (he RARELY gets any sweets) to a hungry homeless man (who blessed him for his generosity). Later, we were moved again when he insisted that Mommy & Daddy should get one chocolate each as well...what a son!

Fw: jadon & evangelina updates from Mommy

> Jadon's first week of 1st grade
>
> During Ms. Mazzuca's assessment testing of Jadon, the
> following
> conversation occurred:
> Jadon:  This is so long...!
> Ms. Mazzuca:  Welcome to 1st grade.
> Jadon:  Thank you very much.
>
>
> Jadon came home from school and asked me the following
> question while
> I was making his smoothie:
> Jadon:  Mommy, the kids in my class said, 'If you
> don't listen to Ms.
> Mazzuca, you'll get into hot water with her.'  Mommy,
> is it real hot
> water?
> Mommy: No, Jadon.  It just means you'll get into
> trouble.
> Jadon:  Ohhh....like the hot seat!  I was afraid
> that I'd have to get
> into hot water with Ms. Mazzuca.
>
>
> September 2011
>
> While Jadon was on a shopping trip with mommy at Costco...
> Jadon:  Mommy, let's get some samples! 
> Hurry...!
> Mommy:  Hang on, Jadon.  Don't worry...we'll get
> there.
> Jadon:  (taking a sample at one of the stand for
> himself and then
> reached out again and said...)  I'll get one for
> daddy.
>
> The problem with this?  Daddy was not with us at
> Costco.
>
> Jadon:  (quickly finished his sample and proceeded to
> eat "daddy's" sample)