little blue folder: goodbye, winter

this little gem of an in-class assignment came home recently in anth's blue folder.

it's the draft of his "letter to Winter."

precious.

 

i concur on the ice storms.

little blue folder - unrequited love notes

last week, i shared what i deemed as a "love note" that came home in anth's folder from school.

anth's female friend struck again with another note.

this one was received with much less fanfare from anth.

as in, when we went through his folder together at the end of the day, he pulled out the following note, looked at it with disgust, and tossed it aside on the kitchen table.

curious as to what drove this reaction, i unfolded the paper to take a look.

and found this:

fun seemed like a relatively safe thing to express fondness of, so i asked him why he had such a strong reaction to it.

"mom, this note doesn't even make sense. she should have said 'i like to have fun."

for a moment, i was totally torn between pride and concern.

i mean, i also judge grammar on occasion.

but, sheesh, anth.

live a little.

little blue folder - love notes

there is a little blue folder that resides in anthony's backpack. 

it is the one that brought home this recent classroom assignment. 

typically, it only brings home his classwork and messages from his teacher. 

but, last week, it also brought home a fun  new surprise.

anth and his classroom are currently into what is called "driting."

you start with a written statement, such as "i like," and then draw the rest of the sentence. 

drawing + writing = driting

for anthony, these usually include "i like," and then a picture of a Star Wars character. 

we get a couple of them a day in his little blue folder.

 last week, we found something new in his folder.

there was a piece of regular paper that had been folded into something resembling an envelope.

on the outside, it had what looks like a failed attempt at writing the word "september."

this is crossed out.

then is says "anth."

on the inside was the following little "love note."

i have classified it as such, as it was packaged and given to him by a girl at his table during "driting" time.

 

a girl, who, is apparently very direct about her ambitions in pursuing this relationship.