Dallin Update

Everytime I post I realize that I don't usually say much about Dallin so this is an entire post dedicated to him.

Dallin started kindergarten last September. He is doing great! At his evaluation test at the beginning of the year his teacher marveled at how well prepared he was for kindergarten and she said that he knew more sounds in the alphabet than any other kid in the class. That is thanks to his wonderful father who reads to him every night and teaches him how to sound things out. He is really excelling at his academic work and his teacher says that he gets along with the other kids really well. He got all 3's on his first report card, except in PE he got a 4! He loves PE. He has made lots of friends and his best friend at school is Isaac. Apparently though he is not too fond of many of the girls, I have had reports from a couple of people that he does not let the girls play with them at recess...oh well, I am ok with him not liking girls. It is better than his friend Isaac who wants to take a girl on a date for Valentine's Day! Haha.

At this point in the year school is going well, my only wish is that he was in all day kindergarten because he comes home at noon and most of his friends are in school all day and he is so bored. Oh well, c'est la vie!

Dallin was really cute at the beginning of the year. His new primary teacher, Sister Emch, called to tell him that she was his teacher. He knows who she is and he liked her before anyway but when he got off the phone he got this kind of bashful look on his face and he said "I really liked that." (As a side note, it taught me a lesson to always do that when I teach a class again. I could see in Dallin how much the kids really appreciate that little gesture.)

Dallin recently lost 3 teeth in 1 week. He has a great smile and it is very amusing watching him eat with gaps in his front teeth.

Well I guess that is all for now. Dallin is still a sweet and compassionate kid, with a streak of wild and crazy! We love him though and we are grateful he is part of our family!