So much is happening in the world that is Eli. He is growing up so fast, learning how to read, how to write words and numbers, how to play with friends without Mommy there...mainly learning how to be independent! This is definitely causing some internal turmoil with my little man. He wants to be grown up, but it does mean a lot of responsibility and accountability that he's not ready for. So Eli goes back and forth between showing great maturity and a bit of regression in some areas. For example, this week he cut his hair with his scissors. Something I would never expect from him because he is always so trustworthy. But in another area, he showed some real 'big boy' decisions.
Before church last week, Eli found some extra change in his room and got to talking with Lehr about where he should put it. There are two piggy banks in his room as well as a bank housing change for kids in Kenya. Lehr reminded him that he could choose which bank to put the money in. He chose the bank for Kenya, telling Lehr, "I want Pkemei to have my money." (Pkemei is a child we sponsor in Kenya.) Lehr told him how cool that was, but then questioned him about money in general, to make sure he understood what he was doing. They discussed what money was used for: to buy clothes and food and toys. Lehr reminded Eli that he could save up a lot of change and use it to buy new Legos. (BTW - he was NOT trying to sway Eli to do this, just making sure he understood so that he could make an honest decision.) Eli told Lehr, "No, I'll give all of it to Pkemei. I have enough toys...maybe he can buy some with this money." Life is GOOD!
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