Sweetest Word

Josiah wrote the sweetest word I’ve ever read just the other day.  It was the first word he’s written and Jacob taught it to him.  I hadn’t even realized that he knew the letters to write “Mom”, but Josiah’s enthusiasm about having written it was just precious.

A few weeks ago I hung a dry erase board up in his room onto which I hung his first “letter of the week” flashcard that I had made.  We started with the letter “M” because he had noticed it on some M&M’s he’d been eating, so I figured we’d start with something that interested him.  He’s already familiar with letters and particularly loves the “O” and can write it, too, but now we are really working on writing them all.  I guess it would make sense to go alphabetically, or to start with his name, but he’s been so resistant to focused sit-down style learning that I’ve decided to try to latch onto his observations instead.

I was delighted to have him come and get me to show me his word with such enthusiasm.  After I saw it and told him how good it was, he asked to hug and kiss me and told me “I just love you”.  Melt my heart.  Then he posed so proudly for his picture.