Yesterday Gus came home from school with a Mother’s Day card he’d made for me. It’s really pretty: on the front he drew a picture of a flower with pastels, then he watercolored over and around it. On the inside he wrote the following (case sensitivity preserved here):<\/p>\n
MOM
\nGRESE
\nSiNOMiN
\nBACiN
\nFLAWR<\/p>\n
Let me translate for you as Gus did for me: “Mommy, this is what you feel like (greasy), this is what you smell like (cinnamon), this is what you taste like (bacon), and this is what you look like (flower).”<\/p>\n
His teacher has told us that Gus is a fearless writer, that he dives right in and writes it down without asking or worrying about spelling. Which is exactly how I want him to feel about learning: dude, just jump in, you can fix any mistakes later.<\/p>\n
I can’t possibly explain how funny and wonderful and amazing and incredible my kid is, but I think I’ve come close.<\/p>\n
To all the mamas out there, happy mother’s day! I hope someone tells you that you smell like cinnamon, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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