Evan was envious that Ashlyn got to take Casey the box turtle to the pet show at her school. Over dinner a few days ago, he said that he wanted to take Casey to school too. I told him that they only way he’d be allowed to do that is if he was able to teach the class about the turtle. He thought about that for a little while; that typically is way out of his comfort zone. “But, what do I say?” He said. So, we practiced. He got a nice little repertoire about how we know Casey is a girl, what she eats, how she hibernates in the water….Then, we emailed his teacher. She was excited about the idea and said it could be the kids “kidwriting” topic of the day. Evan will teach them about the turtle. Then, the kids will have to journal about it. He was pretty excited about it–a little nervous too. “What do I do with it when I get to class?” But, he was all smiles when we got to school and everybody wanted to see what he had. I wish I could be a fly on the wall and hear his presentation. Probably best that I’m not there–I’d probably be snapping pictures like crazy and crying at the same time. I’m so proud of him for doing this.