Optimistic

Wm came home from school on Friday with a button (the green one seen below!) that said "OPTIMISTIC" on it. He was practically bursting waiting for me to notice it and when I asked him about it, he goes, "They announced it at lunch!!! I AM THIS MONTH'S CHARACTER CLUB WINNER!!! The character trait of the month is 'optimistic.' When they said my name, I could not believe it!!!!"

Captain Optimistic

I asked him if he felt like he was pretty optimistic and he goes, "Mommy, you know, I have found...when you you think positive thoughts, positive things happen." HA!!!! He also said that because he is very fast doing his school work, he is almost always the first one done - then he walks around and helps/encourages his classmates. So he thinks those are the reasons for his Big Win. He was super cute about it!! It also made me laugh because he recreated the moment when they called his name for me - and he pronounces our last name differently than we do, so it's always jarring (in a funny way) to hear other people use the Wm-invented version.

We went to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat this afternoon and it was actually pretty fun. Wm, especially, really enjoyed it. And, afterwards, we went back to our friends' house with them and Steve hung out at their bar drinking and laughing his butt off, so he had a grand time too.

The Boys dreamingcoating it up