He Gets It!

The highlight of my day today happened on a quick trip to the school. I walked past Nathan's classroom on my way to deliver something to the library, and I noticed that there were mock newspaper pages hanging in the hall. Each student had customized their pages with articles all about them.

Nathan's newspaper page was up above my eye level, so the first article I read was the one in the bottom corner (this is my paraphrasing):

My Hero
My hero is my mom because she can do anything she puts her mind to.

I almost started crying right there. Not because he chose me as his hero (which is pretty amazing since I feel he and I clash a lot at home), but because HE GETS IT! I hope that my children learn that they can do anything, if they set the goal and work for it. It made me so happy to know that he is catching on to my example and is starting to get it.

This school year has been a hard adjustment for Nathan academically. He is still doing really well, getting high scores in all subjects. But he is struggling with the fact that he actually has to work, and is not just breezing through his work in 30 seconds like he has in K-3. I hope he "puts his mind" to working hard and enjoying the challenges he will have this year and in all the years of school to come!