For the record, Oscar has one of the world’s most amazing first grade teachers. So amazing, in fact, that I should be writing a blog post about her thanking her for our son’s first grade experience that would be difficult to match and impossible to improve upon.

That said, the typical homework assignments apparently have taken their toll on our boy. Oscar is never one to complain much about homework. Today, however, was the exception. Every week he has “Word Wall Words” to learn from a spelling, definition and writing stand-point. The writing homework has two parts, writing twice and defining for us each word and writing 5 Excellent Sentences. Oscar usually likes the writing piece the most for obvious reasons.

It should be noted that when Oscar is the most upset he hides under his bed cursing the person or the situation that has caused him so much pain. It seems to work for him. Oh. No snow, but he did have a playdate with Max.

Here is what our frustrated boy wrote today: