Last night Zorryn's school hosted a family reading/ math night. Troy and I had fun going to school with our son, eating supper there, reading books on the gym floor and visiting his classroom. It gave us insight to what his day looks like. In the classroom, the teacher gave us a quick look at what the morning activities are. One of them is posting the weather for the day. The teacher has colored coded the thermometer and has corresponding colored boxes to place a tally mark in the box to record the days temperature. Zorryn kept talking about "today is a purple day or a white day or green". I had no idea what he was talking about, now I do! For January we have had a record number of purple days (wonderfully warm for ND!).
The best part of the night was the drawing for the door prizes. Zorryn, like any child, really wanted to win something. We were talking him through the drawing and telling him "sometimes we win, sometimes we don't, we have to be happy for whoever wins" etc. His name was the last name that was called!!! From the back of the gym he goes skip - hopping, literaly clicking his heels! When he gets to the front he stops, does a Charlie Chaplin heel click and gets his gift bag of book. I was laughing as I was watching all this, so great! But really the joy he emulated by having his name called was wonderful to see. It makes me smile thinking about it now.
The joy a child freely shows when something pleases them is wonderful. One of the best things on earth really. As we grow we don't show our pure joy as freely or frequently. I know someday Zorryn will have things in life that are not as joyful. I just hope that I can provide him with the knowledge and skills to deal with those disappointments. BUT I also want to foster the pure joy moments, in those I also receive joy.
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