First love... Aw!!

Lucky for Lucas his regular teacher is off with appendicitis. He likes her, but he's rather taken with the substitute teacher.
He came home asking if he could write her a letter.

Now what he told me, and what he told Dad were two different stories!

Version to Mum when asked, "What did your teacher say when she read your letter?"
"We stood there smiling at eachother, I love her and she loves me. We're in LOOVE. When she smiled at me and said 'Thank you Lucas' my heart went all warm" (Big cheesy mushy grin)

Version to Dad when Mum told him the story,
" I never said that! She just read the letter and said thanks that's all"

He's such a softie this one. So caring and kind. Rather sensitive which sometimes helps me understand what I'm like for Steve to deal with when I'm tired! :)

Seeing his potential...

Spending time with Riley as he grows is just amazing. Kids learn so much at this age and we wonder if they're ready for school, if they make friends well enough, if they can make good choices etc.
Well Riley's vocab is pretty amazing for a 4 1/2yr old. He also shows fantastic dancing, body rhythm skills and ... well.. you can hear for your self about the noise! (above)

He will sit for 20mins at a keyboard "playing" music and is just so mechanically minded that everything becomes a working machine and has a purpose with a story.

At the moment he "reads" and keeps in his bed a Collins reference book of places and helicopters. So much so that Lucas keeps yelling at him to be quiet so he can get to sleep!

He loves organising. He got a special treat for doing such a great job with the shopping in the trolley.