Lex shocked and amazed me yesterday when
he decided to write Happy Birthday on pictures we were making
for Caitlin’s birthday party. Lex first decied to draw a
picture of a birthday cake with candles. After I wrote “Happy
Birthday Caitlin” on the picture Eve was drawing, Lex decided
he wanted to write it on his card too. He wrote “HAPE” and was
very excited. He asked if he spelled it correctly, and I had to
tell him no, but I said it gently and said it was a great try
and Caitlin would love it. He got frustrated anyway. For a
moment I thought he was done, but then he decided to get
another piece of paper and try again. Following my writing, he
wrote “Happy” on one side of the paper and “Birthday” on the
other. Then he wrote his name on both sides. I was so excited
that he was interested in writing and interested in trying
again and, AND he knew how to write most of the letters!!! I’ve
seen him writing his name a few times, but I didn’t know he
knew how to write so many letters! They weren’t all perfect,
but it was exciting anyway. Then we made an envelope out of
white paper and he wrote Caitlin’s name on it. We folded it up,
glued it together and he was very excited to bring it to
Caitlin. She smiled :)