Thursday, March 31, 2011

Family Holidays

April Fools' Day: This morning I was greeted by an ominous email from the judge entitled, "Clerk Responsibilities." I opened it to find a request for ideas for April Fools' Day pranks he could play on his kids. You know you've got it good when you've got a boss like that.

First Day of Reading: When I came home, I found some pieces of paper on the table with short sentences. Each word in the sentence was separately underlined, and all of the silent letters had a red line lightly drawn through them. I asked my wife what it was, and she invited my four-year old son to come up and read the sentences to me. He did. No problem. My jaw dropped. I'd never seen him read that much so quickly before on his own. I couldn't stop smiling. We celebrated by having freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies after dinner. I still can't believe it.

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