Sweet Notes, and Week 41

I'm posting these mostly for my own sake. I want to remember when my sweet children liked me!

In case anyone was wondering...I am magical.

sweetness. :) 

Walker's "Thank-you note" 

(Not sure what he's thanking us for...)

This is Walker's "Mouse Trap" that he drew for me. I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.

Walker did some math for me. He still writes a lot of numbers in reverse. I'm sure he'll get it one of these days! As "normal" as it is, the teacher in me wants to fix it! :) 

("To Mommy...I love you so much...thanks for taking care of us." - Walker)

Walker's envelope

Lainey's envelope

The kids wrote me this note "together" with Lainey doing the transcribing. :) 

A note from Walker to me.

sweet Lainey

They truly love their daddy. And they miss him when he's gone.

(These are Walker's words, but Lainey's writing.)

Something about a "puppy that pooped in a purple bed"- really? That can't be right. We have this flip book of "silly starters" and the kids LOVE it. They flip the little pages of the book and are encouraged to write a response to the most random prompts...like "write a story about an elephant who read a newspaper while on a boat" or something like that! But I'm pretty sure that none of the prompts include the word "pooping." ;) He might have taken some creative liberties with that one. Anyway, on this particular evening, the kids decided to go ahead and write out their responses (normally it's a discussion filled with lots of laughter) and while this type of thing wouldn't surprise me coming from Lainey, I was so excited that Walker actually showed the interest and took the time (without getting frustrated) to write out his response. Even if he did use the word "pooping." :) He knows he can't use "bathroom words" when writing at school, but clearly he feels comfortable enough using them while at home. :) 

These are Lainey's responses to her prompts. Lainey loves to write; Walker, not so much. But since Kindergarten started, he's becoming more and more open to writing and drawing. He will even do it on his own, without encouragement from me. He still doesn't love to color, but occasionally he will color a picture that he's drawn.

This is the "silly starters" flip book. :)

This looks like it says "ABC Mall" but I really don't know. Could also say "ABC Mail." I will have to ask Walker about this one. :)