Last year Andrew would go to school and he saw other kids getting notes in their snacks. He asked me if I would write him notes for his lunch. I was very touched by this and then felt a great responsibility to make sure that each lunch had a note in it. They weren’t any thing profound but he enjoyed them.
This year I have been writing notes to put into each of the kids’ lunches. I have a set of colorful Sharpies as well as stickers and index cards. I try and think of something special for each of the kids every morning, or night.
Last night Andrew asked me if he could write Eva’s note this morning. I told him sure.
This morning he came to our room to tell us that he had a bad dream. He told me that his dream was that Eva was on the computer in a stranger’s house ad then the world split apart. This boy has big feelings and such love for his sister. I am so filled with love at the heart within this boy.
His note to Eva was “Gryffindor is Counting on You, Eva”. He knows that she loves Harry Potter and wanted to write something special about that. I’m sure that she is going to get a huge smile out of that note.
Each year we make a visit to Wild Time Comics for Free Comic Book Day. The tradition started with Eva years ago, but she was at Normandy Farms with her cousin Amanda. She has really been loving riding her bike lately and so proud of herself for having the training wheels removed.
this year it was Andrew and I attending the event. Eva did ask that I be on the lookout for something about the X-Men. She seems to be interested in that series, especially X-Men Evolution. We got 6 issues of that last year and she wanted more like that. I found a compilation of many essential X-Men stories and picked that up for her. It was nice because Andrew spun the wheel and got a 40% off coupon for our purchases for the day. It was pretty busy there but we were one of the first people in the door. I always try to arrive early because of work. This year I did not have to go into work on Saturday night so we hung around a little while longer than usual.We picked up some fun free books and then got some photos with folks dressed up.
Andrew was excited because Rocket and Groot were there. We had a great time at the event and look forward to going again next year.
