After a sleepless night and a discouraging morning with my middleschoolers, I was simply hoping to make it to 3:30. Then enter my second-grader, the one with bouncy hair. She brought with her the book, "The pigeon finds a hotdog (written by the same author of, "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!", a personal fav).
We read this funny book and laughed together. After we finished I asked her to write a sentence about the story in her journal and if she wanted, she could draw something too. I decided I wanted to try and re-create these adorable little birds (there is a duckling in the book as well).
We drew for a few moments and I decided to write Ms. S under the drawing of the pigeon and her name under the picture of the duckling. We both cracked up at that and I realized that was the first time I laughed today. We both finished our pictures and I asked if we could trade. Kids art is so much better than grown-up art, although she praised my crayon drawing immensly.
A cheerful heart IS good medicine.
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