Look at this awesome book Lex made at school this week. I wasn’t sure of the best way to show it, but hopefully you can see the details here. Click on the image and it will get bigger. I LOVE it.

I love that he drew himself as a smiling sunshine. I love that he likes playing games with mom. We are lying on our bellies playing Trouble. Notice that he started drawing me standing up then erased it when he remembered that we usually lay down when we play that game. He even drew a house around us. I love that he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. He even drew the safety line. I love that he drew Eve with big curly hair and that he drew me taller than Alan. When we asked him why he said Alan was bending down. I love that his favorite food is oatmeal. We share the same breakfast every morning. I love that he wrote his name down his arm. I just love this little book. It makes me smile :)

This is a dorky thing to say, but I really look forward to Fridays during the school year. For the obvious reasons, of course, such as the impending weekend,but more so because of the folders of papers that come home from school Friday afternoons. I love the little notes home from the teacher about what they did this week and what to expect next week. I like seeing all the projects and worksheets they do. Sometimes they are many and boring (Lex brought home a slew of color recognition worksheets this week. Really? In 1st grade?) but other times you get a beautiful painting from art class, or a fun book like the one above. This week we were supposed to get information about reading groups in Lex’s class. They did reading assessments this past week and his teacher said she would send home group info on Friday. I was disappointed to finding nothing about it in his folder. Next Friday he won’t be in school so I’m going to have to wait two whole weeks to learn more! The other disappointment in his folder was the photo order sheet. Class photos will be taken next week when we are away. We can do make-up photos in October, but he won’t be in the class picture this year. Bummer, I know!

Good thing this adorable book came home to make up for the downers. I’ll just keep reading his All About Me book and smile every time. :)