Riley is obsessed with basketball. He's playing on a team for the first time and I've already felt all of those awful little league mom emotions that I swore I would never let myself feel. You know...like when I want to yell, "Hey you little brat...stop being a ball hog and pass the ball to my kid who is CLEARLY wide open right now." Of course, I don't actually say it. Anyway, this morning Riley was talking about Michael Jordan. His daddy was explaining how no one is as good as Michael Jordan. To prove his point he found a youtube video full of Michael's dunks and huge plays to show him. When it was over Riley simply said, "I'm as good as him." He went back to shooting baskets, clearly unimpressed.
When I picked him up from school today he was very excited to show me his work. His teacher often has them draw a picture and then try to write a sentence using their sounds to describe what they drew. Riley had drawn a picture of himself dunking the ball. Underneath he wrote, "I am beder then micel jordin." And to think I've worried about his self esteem.
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