Last night Henry tread water in the deep end while his teacher counted to twenty.
Last week he learned to sit-dive.
He has been attending Spanish class with the other first graders and is doing very well, according to his teacher.
One night this week he had left a Spiderman book open on the floor to the Doc Ock page. (He leaves a trail of papers and magazines and books that are open to particular pages that he likes.) Thomas stopped to pick it up and Henry ran right over to stop him. "Henry," I said, "you weren't looking at that book anymore. Can you please let your brother look at it for awhile?" (This is the kind of request that I've uttered fruitlessly 100 times before.) But this time, to my shock, Henry said "ok", and handed the book over.
So many times this week he has said "thank you mommy" without being prompted. And "have a good day Kate" when we drop her off at school, also unprompted. (There were times earlier in the year when I tried to prompt him to say "have a good day" and he would shout "HAVE A BAD DAY KATE!" instead.)
This morning he announced "it's February 2nd. It's Groundhog Day. (And then in a sweet soft voice) Happy Groundhog Day mommy."
Kate has 2 study halls this semester (didn't have any last semester). So she decided to help in Henry's class a couple days a week and make it an independent study project. She started this week and it's going great. She has also been helping him with his homework after school and, by all accounts, is able to get him to do lots of things that the rest of us can't.
She helped Bill coach his 6th graders Wednesday night too.
Happy Groundhog Day everyone!
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This is fabulous (more than a few would be jealous of you)......... It feels like the biggest gain when so many little things are in place.
I bet Henry loves the fact that Kate is helping in his class. That is so awesome. I understand you feeling jealous, it's just that you wish you could have more time with your boys. Perfectly understandable.
Happy Groundhog Day!
No, it's not crazy at all, and I totally understand where you're coming from, BUT...isn't it wonderful that Kate loves Henry SO much that she is helping out with his class in her "free" time?
I always wish I could have more time with my kids, nothing wrong with that whatsoever!
not ridiculous at all! how sweet to long to spend more time with your swet boy. kate is lucky. henry is lucky. you are lucky to have them both!! happy belated groundhog day to you! it's so great to read about henry's spontaneous and sweet language!
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