Kangatopia

Dear Bear,

Last night at baseball practice, I could see that you really are getting more and more comfortable with the game. I am determined to take you to the batting cages this winter. I love watching you play. You get so excited, and are so happy when you are out on that field.

This morning we determined that if someone counted 1 year per second of the length of time the Earth has existed that one person could not complete this challenge within his or her lifetime. It was fun watching you do all that math in your head.

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Dear Monkey,

We still haven’t bought you a coat, so we are dressing you in layer upon layer every morning so that you won’t get too cold on the way to school. I’m sorry. I promise that we will find time to go to more places until we find a coat you wouldn’t mind being seen in. It’s to your credit that you are learning to be more discerning about what you wear.

You are also learning to read words faster and faster now, and it won’t be long before I can no longer spell words that I don’t want to say out loud in front of you. I think you are going to be a pretty damn clever teenager.

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Dear Turtle… ahem, Winston,

“Stop scratching, Rub!” Those words are probably going to reverberate through your dreams all of your life.

Did you know you are left handed? I swear I didn’t realize this until last week. You’ve also been reading words lately that I haven’t had to read to you first. It could be that your teacher goes over them in class, but last night you knew yellow, purple, green, red, blue. Your homework was to trace the letters of these words in crayon in the corresponding color. The only part I helped you do was hunt down a yellow crayon.

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Love,
Mama