We also learned that while the seat-belt clip does in fact keep Bitty from unhooking his seat belt while driving, it does nothing to prevent him from squirming his way out of the seat belt altogether. Sigh. We had to pull over so I could jump into the back to keep him in his seat. Oh, and I'm really, really, thankful for child safety locks on car doors.
Anyway, on a brighter note, we had a few minutes at the beginning of primary where Bitty was actually sitting in his chair and semi-paying attention. Every week they have one of the kids read a scripture and then everyone repeats it along with them.
Well, Bitty heard everyone saying the words together so he tried to join in, only I noticed he wasn’t saying the same words. I listened closely and heard "Ameh-ca... un nay-shuh... iddizibul..."
I thought to myself, is that what I think it is?
I listened some more... "justih fo’ aww"
Sure enough, he was saying the Pledge of Allegiance. :) I don’t think anyone else caught it, but I was beaming – he was doing his best to participate and wow, he actually knows the entire Pledge of Allegiance!
I got him to say it again at home for dh and I took a video. He pronounces things in his own way, but I think he's got some pretty good approximations for some of those big words, no? Here it is:
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9 comments:
this kid is one marvelous kid for sure
he did sooo welll
He's awesome!!! (No bias here, btw)
AWESOME IS RIGHT!! Such a handsome little guy!
We haven't gone to church in so long. I spent 100% of my time appeasing or redirecting TC.
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That is so cool! I love it!
We, too, struggle with church. Though Danny is doing so much better, he still doesn't really participate in Sharing or Singing Time. I so wish the Primary president would listen to me when I say that he needs more structure and consistency. Heck, all the kids would do so much better, but the adults just think I am making too big a deal of it.
Woah! I hope you can figure out a way to keep him in his car seat!! I have heard of many kids who do that, and I'm sure their moms figured something out, LOL!
SO precious! I remember when my speech delayed child could say the pledge in preschool and I wanted to cry! This brought back warm and fuzzies for me!
He did a fantastic job!!! I loved it!!!! We've been having trouble keeping Daniel in his booster...even without a meltdown. = / Though insistence that he stays that almost triggers one. Sigh.
That is a very well-said pledge!
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