The Younger Years

Cam told me yesterday that a friend of his is still attached to his TeleTubbies stuffed animal. He just shrugged his shoulders and said "I guess he's still holding on to his younger years." His younger years??? I thought we were still right in the heart of their younger years! It made me laugh to myself thinking about how big my 6 year old thinks he is, then made me sad to realize how big he really is! It goes too fast.
Speaking of growing and maturing, some of you have already heard about the great strides Ty is making in school. More specifically, spelling and reading. He has a fantastic teacher and his class is learning much more than I would ever expect from 4 year olds. Each week they learn a new letter, the sounds it makes, and how to put it together with other letters to create a word. When it was Ty's turn to go to the front of the class he put together the letters T - I - T, and announced "this says tit!" I guess his teacher and other moms in the room had to control their laughter, and the reading teacher got a bit flustered and moved on quickly! For the record, I don't believe Ty knows that this is an actual word with a meaning, as it's not a word we use at home (and I hope he doesn't hear it on Sponge Bob Squarepants.) I like to think that he was just demonstrating to the class his knowledge of the sounds that letters make. Let's hope. You gotta love the innocence of the "younger years".