Hayden...

Hayden is about the greatest kid in the world. I could fill blog after blog about how incredible this boy is, but for now I'm just going to highlight a couple of things that recently happened to Hayden.

First of all, Hayden was chosen to be the Student of the Month. They had a little assembly for those chosen where he was presented with his award. This is his second year in a row to be chosen and he was just as shy and embarassed as he was last year, which makes him all the more endearing. His teacher chose him because he is such a hard worker and never complains, but mostly because he is always happy and always smiling and he "has the cutest little giggle". For those who know Hayden know this is true. He is always happy and giggling! He also is such a hard worker. He struggles with learning but because of his hard work he is beginning to excel in his class. As an example, normally we do homework right after school but yesterday I spent the afternoon in the ER with Bella (another blog topic) and didn't get home until it was almost time for Hayden's karate, which was immediately followed by mine, so we didn't have time. He brought his homework to Karate and worked on it during my Karate. Turns out his pencil led broke, but instead of using that as an excuse, he did 90% of his homework using that tiny piece of broken led. And never complained, or even told me what he had done until I asked him. Such a good kid! We are so proud of our Student of the Month! (Above is Hayden being presented with his award, and below is all the kids with their teachers and principal. Isn't Hayden's teacher adorable?)

The second event is that our almost-eight-year-old finally lost his first tooth last week! All of his friends lost their first (and second...and sixth) teeth eons ago and have their big teeth already grown in, but Hayden's teeth decided to wait for a few years! He felt so left out, so needless to say he was very excited! And to add to the joy, his second bottom tooth came out yesterday! I'm going to miss those perfect little baby teeth, but it really was about time!