Today Mataya and I tagged along on Joshua's field trip to the zoo.
He was thrilled!
Even though I am working less this year, I have not been to many of his field trips. It seemed as though every time he had a trip, I had a conflict. Thankfully today was bright, sunny, and warm. The perfect day to explore the zoo.
It was very fun to see Joshua with his peers.
Where he was once shy and withdrawn, he is now very outgoing. He likes to be the leader of the pack. He is always talking. He thrives on little boy competitions, like climbing and racing. He loves to joke and joke and joke. Yep - as a 7 year old, his jokes are endless and sometimes they go too far and are repeated one too many times. He is pushing boundaries. . . which for the most part is good. I am thrilled to see him confident enough to push and pull a bit. (Most of the time anyway.)
Joshua hates photos, so I took very few - but I did snatch this one of he and his friend Ryley. These boys are besties. Joshua says "We are like brothers. We are just alike and we always want to be together." He is correct. They ARE alike... so alike I am surprised they get along!
When Ryley hears JG say they are almost like brothers he says, "Yeah. But we are not the same color." To which Joshua replies, "So?" And then they laugh and laugh.
They are all boy and all energy - but they are both nice kids.
In fact when Joshua was sick this winter, Ryley asked his mom to text and check on him. Sierra just melts at them. She says, "Mom! They are so sweet. They are like for real best friends."
Joshua was thrilled to have Mataya along. He made it clear that she was HIS. No one else was to play with her. And when he was on the playground with her he carefully stood guard rather than playing with is friends.
Mataya LOVED the zoo! (It was her first time there.) We will go back soon. She squealed with delight watching the animals. She attempted to copy their sounds. When they were sleeping she told everyone around her "SHHHH!" It was delightful to watch her.
It has been a long time since I have had such a sweet innocent day. The biggest problem of the trip was finding a water fountain. Little kiddos with little problems were so refreshing!
