In the last week, I asked Elliot to join me when writing my gratitude log. Here are some of the things for which we are grateful. I did not give him any ideas. I did not prompt or push him.

May 15, 2022

  1. Daddy is thankful for living in this wonderful house.
  2. Elliot is thankful for his toys
  3. Elliot is thankful for Daddy.
  4. Daddy is thankful to be with Elliot.

May 16, 2022

  1. Elliot: I am grateful for Mama.
  2. Elliot: I am grateful for my iron man car (it’s matchbox or hot wheels car he got for his 4th birthday)
  3. Elliot: I am grateful for my light-sticks and my cats.
  4. Elliot: I am grateful for my toys and you, Daddy.
  5. Daddy: I am grateful for being together with Elliot
  6. Daddy: I am grateful for living in this wonderful house
  7. Elliot is grateful for living in the Furniture Tent (that’s the red outdoor furniture with a collapsible half-dome — he loves it)

The two “W”s are Elliot practicing to write. In the Purple Room at Garden Preschool, they are learning about U and W this week.