"MOM"

At four-years-old, Sawyer is measurably less interested in writing, letters and numbers than Sutton is at three-years-old. Sutton's fascination with letters and numbers borders on obsessive at times...taking time to stop and read every sign in the grocery store, every road sign we pass, and bombarding Mom and Dad with a constant barrage of "How do you spell booster seat? Grass? Green? Street? Tire? Yellow Truck?" ad nauseum as we drive down the road.

Sutton's obsession definitely helps to drive Sawyer towards learning more, his competitive nature challenged by his little brother's fascination. Still, Sawyer seems more content to just know his letters and numbers, and isn't that interested in trying to write them out just yet. That's why I was surprised when he walked up to me the other day, proudly grinning a mile wide, and announced to me, "Hey Mom, look...I made this for you. It's your name."

I love it! Somehow, somewhere, some way, everything seemed to click into place for him, and he has been practicing writing his letters and his own name for the past couple of days now too. When I picked him up from school on Tuesday, he grabbed a piece of artwork out of his cubby and showed me that, for the first time ever, he had written his own name on the back of it! Sure, the S looked like a Z, and the y was squeezed in there as an afterthought, but he DID it. I'm so proud...and so is he ♥