Brayden keeps us on our toes...

So, I do think it is absolutely fabulous that Brayden is learning to read and write. Really, it's an amazing thing to watch. However, he doesnt always use this new skill of his for good.

Exhibit A

Let me explain... Brayden gets books every night in a folder that he has to read with us, and when we initial his folder then he gets to move on to new books and a higher "level." While he does love to accomplish the whole new level thing and keep up with his friends, he doesn't really like to actually read the books (esspecially since we insist he read them mulitiple times to really learn it- I know we are mean parents). Well last week we read the books and I said I would sign them off in the morning after we read them again. Brayden had another idea. The next morning he signed my initials himself and put his folder away in his bag- hoping of course I wouldn't get it out. Well I did... and while I was appalled at the dishonesty of it- I did think it was pretty clever for someone who is only in kindergarten (and really I think it was pretty innocent-- I like to think he didn't really know it was wrong). I took the picture after I had added my true initials to his forgery so you don't get the full effect but you do get to see that he is getting pretty good with a pen :)

And just so you see that Brayden also uses his writing skills for good- Here is a picture of what he called posters. These "posters" were in EVERY room of the house and Brayden explained to me that they were to tell us about an upcoming puppet show he was putting on for which we needed to be in our seats on the couch at 6:00 at night (hence the small moon shape in the corner) for the show which would start at 6:31.