To Me From Me

Hans says the strangest things and anyone who has watched one or both of the renditions of Kids Say The Darndest Things will probably say, "it is nothing new"! That may indeed be true. Everything that Hans says possibly could already have been uttered by another child elsewhere...still; I will continue to chronicle what he says. Having said that, here is another post dedicated to the little fella!

A couple of days before Valentine's Day (yes, I am going back almost 10 months in time!), Hans and I were cutting out heart shapes from various coloured paper. As we cut, we kept count. Hans had 21 classmates and 2 teachers. I told him that I would write the name of the recipient and he could write his name. At that point in time, he could barely write his name properly. Hans' teacher did say that doing the Valentine's Day cards could be an excellent writing activity. I really didn't know if Hans would be able to write his name 23 times though?!

Eventually, we had 23 heard shaped pieces of paper. I wrote "To" and "From" on each of them. Once that was done, I asked Hans whose name he wanted me to write on the first heart. He immediately replied, "My name"! I thought he didn't understand my question and before I repeated it, he clarified, "To Hans From Hans". He smiled the biggest smile and continued, "I want to be number one!"

This is a child who feels the most powerful when he is home. He is a Super Hero. He is number one. One day, I hope, he feels that way everywhere.

Love you little guy. I am waiting for you to spread your wings and fly, but take your time.