Chuck D & Mr. T

I picked Teddy up from camp to take him to watch the US v Germany World Cup game with MJ and the BSD crew. He said as I came into the classroom
“Are we going to a bar now?!!?”

Teddy (upon seeing black and white photos from the 1940s) “Were there colors in olden days? No? Oh just in pictures and TV.”

Scottie “I getting a pink doggie.”
ALB “Dogs don’t grow pink fur.”
Scottie “Paint it pink.”

Charlie graduated from kindergarten today. It was so sweet. His teachers love the class so much that it just warms my heart and made me cry. And they were so sweet and have me flowers for being an “honorary” room parent (I think because I help cut paper and photocopy for them I love those teachers. I couldn’t have asked for better teaches. Ms. Whitney is so incredible and loving and inspiring. And so of Charlie.

Charlie also had a ballet recital.
Charlie is an awesome kid. I mean all kids are awesome but Charlie is beyond awesome. He’s only gone to a couple ballet classes, starting in April and was totally focused and peaceful during the show. They did some exercises and then did a dance of the fairy doll bases on Coppelia. My heart was overflowing watching him because he was thoughtful about it and because he was so confident. Later in the evening when I asked if he wanted to do more ballet, he said “It’s better when you have more boys” and recounted the story: “A first grade boy saw me and Anton going and he asked Anton where we were going and Anton said ‘ballet’ and he started laughing ‘You are girls! You are girls!’ And then we saw him another day and he forgot us and said to Anton again ‘Where Te you guys going?’ and Anton was about to tell him but I said ‘Let me get this,’ and I told the first grader we wee just having a play date”

So I asked Charlie how this made him feel and he said “sad.”

And then we talked about how that first grader wasn’t nice and didn’t really understand how people can do all sorts of things.

Anyway, how great is Charlie?!

Also got an excellent report card. I’m so proud of him and so happy for him.

After the recital we went out to dinner and I took him to buy celebratory books at Politics and Prose. He paid with a gift card I have him and completes the whole transaction on his own. At the end he said “This is my first receipt. What does a receipt do?”

Two weeks ago I did a trail ride in rock creek park. It was so nice and relaxing. As we were going past the creek about 30 tiny white butterflies (maybe moths) flitted up-it was magical. I rose a huge Belgian draft horse names Andrew who was so lazy but really sweet.

For the past two weeks I’ve been riding an amazing Oldenburg named Cookie who I’m totally in love with. I want to lease him but he isn’t really a jumper and I need to jump I think. Cookie is bouncy in his trot but I love it and his canter is so unbelievably smooth.

Teddy is a caring and good friend. I’m so thrilled for him. It will make him have a good life.

Charlie, will you hold still and hang out with me long enough for me to take your picture?

I let him climb around as much as he can.