Before School Smiles

I continued to be amazed with how well Jimmy has taken to Kindergarten.  He loves every part of it, and gets on the bus each morning with a smile and a wave.  He’s starting to sound out words when he writes (he even wrote me an unprompted note the other day, and I could READ it!!), he’s enjoying playing with kids at recess, and his shaky penmanship is getting better and better.  He’s even expertly navigating some tricky waters – case in point: An older kid on the bus accused Jimmy and some other Kindergarten boys of being “dumb” when the boys admitted they didn’t know the answer to a 100 + 100.  Jimmy quickly retorted, “Well, do you know John 3:16?” And when the child said no, Jimmy quoted it in full.  So even though I’m not sure Jimmy’s heart was in the right place (since I think he was just subtly implying the other kid was “dumb” too!), I was proud he was thinking on his feet, and that his first thoughts were of Scripture!