"Happy last couple days of 39!"

Yesterday, we celebrated Kate's 40th birthday a couple days early. Or, as my niece said, "happy last couple days of 39, Aunt Kat!" All in all, 21 of Kate's former students came. One of the girls from Kate's first year will be graduating in the Spring with the hopes of becoming a Kindergarten teacher herself. It was nice to hear their stories and see their accomplishments. A few of them yesterday were also my former students. Aaron wrote Kate a poem titled "That's Why My Mom is the Best." Original pieces are my favorite things to read from any kid, mine or one of my students.

We still have our friendly mutt we found the other night. I told Aaron we'd start searching next week for its owners. Aaron had that look in his eye, and I set the record straight on us keeping the dog rather quickly after I saw it.

Aaron also played guitar with me in church this morning during offering time. He's becoming quite the little guitar picker. He wants me to teach him something new every night. He's picked up on the chords very quickly.