Growing up with the Christmas tree

We picked up a Christmas tree... last year you asked for a smaller tree that you could decorate on your own without my carrying you around the tree. This year you got a slightly bigger tree, but were able to decorate it all by yourself with the help of some small Ikea children tablets as platforms.

Ready when your ready

Recently you've been asking to go to kindergarten early because you no longer like Preschool. I wory that the reasons you don't like Pre-school - the increase structure of circle time, the difficult of playing with other kids without being about to socially bond with them... will be only aggravated when you go to kindergarten. You are 4.5 years old and 6 months is a long time, I hope you grow and will be ready to handle the new challenges that await you in kindergarten - but thankfully at this school, I'll also be volunteering in your class two hours a week so I'll be there to help you a little bit (although it is very tiring to volunteer so much at Stevenson).

A Wave Return to the Ocean

Picture a wave in the ocean, you can see it... measure its height, see the light shining off of it, it's there. But then it crashes on the shore and it's gone, but the water is still there. The wave is just a different way of the water to be for a little while, but the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from where it's suppose to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1IchzbtNj0

The Giving Tree

We've been reading you the book The Giving Tree. At first it sounds like a story about a boy and a loving tree. But it is really a metaphor about how a parent give some much of themselves to their children. I hope one day after you are grown up you'll come visit me like the tree stump. You don't have to do anything. Just sit and rest a while.

Always be yourself

If there is one thing you should realize, it that you will be happiness if you try to be yourself, and not what you think other people want you to be. Your worth as a person does not come from how pretty you are, how high a score you get on a test, or how well you can dance.

Joy of life

You probably are dreaming about how you want to grow up more quickly. But remember all of that comes with more complications. I see you today on how much joy you get out of the simple pleasures. A balloon. A toy bucket. Try to remember to grow up, but don't grow old.

Fasteners

You really like opening and closing buttons, zippers... You can spend over 30 mins on a single jacket