Thursday evening Declan asked "I wonder if Teo is bigger?" Teo being Matteo, the 2 year old from Kelly's. I told Declan I would text Kelly on Friday and ask. Kelly replied and told me that Teo is double the size he used to be and that he talks about Declan all the time. Very sweet. Teo was much like a little brother to Declan and he misses him.
Declan also told me about how Daniel sometimes has a hard time getting his Mr. Zippy into his backpack. I asked Declan if he helped him. Declan told me he doesn't help unless he's asked. Then he said "And he asked me so I helped him." (I'm guessing that the 'don't help unless asked' is leftover from the start of school when Declan was telling Daniel how to do things and it wasn't well received. Glad they've both moved on and seem to be building a friendship.
Declan and I were looking at his new Lego Superhero book. It had the names of different characters written under each ones picture. Declan pointed to the pictures and told me their names. He was stumped on one. I asked if he wanted my help and he said no. I just watched as he pointed at the name and said "C. C." (Pointed to the first letter) "G." (Pointed at the last) "C....G....Cyborg!!" I couldn't believe it! No...he didn't read the name but he did problem solve using clues he's got from learning about letters and the sounds they make. Happy to report he can actually recognize a nice number of words thanks to his reader homework.
And lastly everyone at Declan's school wore Blue as a part of anti-bullying education. He came home Friday and told us how they had an assembly and learned about "bystanders" and how you "don't want to be a bystander when someone is being bullied because then you are as bad as the bully."
I really hope he understands the message and not just the words.
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