Xander is smart academically.
Ari is street-smart.
All of last week, he'd been coming home with an empty lunchbox. "Good job!" we complimented him. "Good work eating all your lunch!"
The teacher yesterday told Jonathan that she caught him throwing away his sandwich and yogurt.
Jonathan was taken aback. Why??
Because apparently, at the school, the teachers don't let the kids eat their dessert or fruit dessert-like items before they eat the healthy things.
Ari was dumping his boring sandwich so he could get to the mango, or the apple slices, or the brownie.
We gave him a strict talking-to about wasting food and telling the truth... but honestly, I was kinda impressed. That's good logic for being three!
Even as a baby, when he pushed the table aside to get his ball that had fallen underneath , and when he raided the goodies no matter where you stashed them in the pantry, Ari has proven himself to be a topnotch problem solver. He gets slicker as the problems get tougher. Good luck, mom and dad!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteomg, i hadn't noticed the pattern til now!
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