About a week ago I was getting dressed for the day, making beds, gathering school supplies, etc. when Jake came up to me with a little pad of Post-It notes and asked if he could use them. I said sure, forgot about it, and then shortly after left for school and some other errands. When I got back home later that day I took notice of what he had done with all the Post-It’s. They were stuck up on the walls all over the house. Most of them said See Dog, with a few variations.
I thought oh how cute – look how good he is writing his words! I knew SEE was one word he was good at writing, and figured he had sounded out how to spell DOG all by himself – end of story. I left them up because I thought Brent would get a kick out of seeing how well he was sounding out and spelling new words. So dinner time rolls around, Brent comes home, sees all the little notes, and launches right into a detailed discussion with Jake about the “Lost Dog” posters he had pinned up all over the house and how that was such a fun idea. I was flabbergasted at this revelation. Now the Post-It with the random numbers (our phone number) and the lone DOG? (with a question mark) made so much more sense!! After getting over the slight irritation that Mom is totally clueless and apparently has no imagination whatsoever – I got a pretty big kick out of the fact that Dad, straight home from work, and my 4 year old were totally on the same wavelength. Great minds think alike, I guess.
And no, we don’t even have a dog! Though if ever there was a kid that should have a dog – it’s Jake. He has been in love with dogs and showed absolutely no fear of them since he was a little baby. He will literally spend HOURS playing with friends’ dogs when given the chance. Last Christmas he was more excited to give his Uncle Teddy’s dog a surprise can of dog food than just about anything else. It’s times like these, coupled with the fact that Jake took his little stuffed puppy on his “leash” to school for show and tell on Friday – that almost make me want to get a real dog…. ALMOST.
By the way – Jake is currently trying to decide on a name for his little dog. He tells us it’s between “Jonanyah” and “Bob”. No joke. I couldn’t come up with this stuff on my own.
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