Master Builder

Dear Sawyer,

It has been a pretty busy summer! In the past two months, you have gone to summer camp and our family has traveled to Ithaca, Legoland, the beach a couple times, Governors Island and Kalahari Resort. We have had so much fun and this morning, you told me, "Thank you for giving me the best summer ever." Awww, you're welcome, sweetie! I'm so happy you are enjoying your summer break!

We have been so active that we actually stayed home today just to chill. I asked you what you wanted to play with me and you said you wanted to build with Keva planks so the two of us ended up making a housing complex with two houses and a large yard with benches, trees and a swimming pool. While we were building the houses, you told me, "Master builders build carefully, not quickly." Wise words! And I had fun playing with you today!

Love,

Mom

Sawyer-O-Lantern

Dear Sawyer,

You lost ANOTHER tooth! It was the other top middle one and it came out when you started eating breakfast yesterday. You now have so many gaps in your mouth! You look so cute!

Love,

Mom

Mind the Gaps

Dear Sawyer,

When you started eating dinner last night, you lost another tooth! It was the front top one this time, so now you have one gap in your upper teeth and two gaps in the bottom, giving you the cutest jack-o-lantern smile ever!

Love,

Mom

Knocked Out

Dear Sawyer,

Noteworthy moments from today:

1) While we were waiting for your camp bus this morning, I looked up at the sky and said, "Sawyer, look at the sky! It's so pretty!" You had been reading your Archie comic book, so you looked up for a second, looked back down at your book and said while reading your book, "Not as pretty as you!"

2) You lost your fourth tooth! At camp! It had been loose for awhile and it finally got knocked out today when you fell off a swing at camp and hit your chin. You said you tasted blood and spit it out and when you did, you spit your tooth out, too. You went to the nurse to get cleaned up and they put your tooth in a little envelope for the "Tooth Fairy."

Love,

Mom

On the Right Track

Dear Sawyer,

You are on the small size for your age and still wear size 5T clothing. GuhGaw wore 5T clothing when he was in pre-K, so a lot of the 5T clothes he passed down to you have characters that are popular with 4-year-olds, including Thomas the Tank Engine. Today, you wore a Thomas bathing suit to camp and when you came home, you told me that the other boys in your group teased you and said Thomas was for babies. I am so sorry that you got teased but I am so proud of how you handled it. You told me that when they made those comments, you just kept saying, "So? So? So?" until the stopped. You also told one of the boys, "You can wear whatever you want." It takes a lot of courage to stand up to a group of kids who are teasing you and I am so proud that you didn't their words get to you. You are a lot stronger than I was at your age and I hope you will always be this confident and self-assured.

Love,

Mom