Born to Fly
I realized I last attempted to write a post in October, and when I looked at my drafts I made it to one paragraph before calling it a day...and then a week...and then a month. Needless to say, the realities of life won out. Lately when it comes to Little Man I have been thinking a lot about what and how he is learning. At his parent teacher conference we heard a lot of great things, as well as the goal of raising our hands more instead of blurting out answers before others have a chance to think. His enthusiasm for learning is clear, and even when it seems he isn't listening he will prove otherwise. He is honest to a fault, and when he does wrong he has the self-awareness to eventually identify where he could have made a different choice and why. As parents we couldn't have been happier with what we heard. That being said, he is also still learning how to calm his body -- his brain is always so hard at work that the rest of him has no choice but to follow along. I love his ene...