Compilations

At the end of JD's preschool year, the teacher asks the parents to do a "compilation" of the year for each child in the class. It was up to the parents to decide what they wanted to do. In my case, I wrote JD a short letter with various photos from the last year as a border:

Dear JD,

You're becoming such a big boy. I love you very much and I'm so happy you're my son. You are kind and gentle. You take care of AJ. You are a great helper for me and Mommy. You are curious and like to try new things. You are creative and confident and do your own thing. You love your family and they love you.

I'm so proud of you and will always love you no matter what.

Love,
Daddy

My wife blew me away by writing a poem for her compilation (available here). I was really impressed with how quickly the poem came together. My wife has some serious talent.

I was commenting to my therapist the other day that I think my personal happiness peaked when I was four years old. Hopefully that won't be the case for JD (and AJ). He's such a wonderful, happy little boy. As he gets older, I really hope he doesn't lose his current joy for life.